Stella Johnson (basketball)

Stella Johnson
Personal information
Born (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 (age 26)
Denville, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight158 lb (72 kg)
Career information
High schoolMorris Catholic
(Denville, New Jersey)
CollegeRider (2016–2020)
WNBA draft2020: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2020–present
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2020Chicago Sky
2020–2021Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× MAAC Player of the Year (2019, 2020)
  • 2× First-team All-MAAC (2019, 2020)
  • Second-team All-MAAC (2018)
  • MAAC All-Rookie Team (2017)
  • NCAA season scoring leader (2020)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Stella Johnson (born July 11, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Rider Broncs.[1]

Career

Despite playing on a top-tier Amateur Athletic Union team, Johnson was unranked and not recruited by major college teams. She was recruited by and enrolled in Rider University of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), whose women's basketball team had never made the NCAA tournament.[2][3] In her four seasons with the Rider Broncs, she was named MAAC Player of the Year two times and led the team to its first postseason appearance in the 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament.[1] At the end of the 2019–20 season, she was the only active Division I player to record 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 400 assists and 300 steals.[2]

She was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2020 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, with the 29th overall pick. She was waived by the Mercury before the start of the season, but was signed by the Chicago Sky on June 29, 2020.[4] On July 28, she made her WNBA debut in a win over the Los Angeles Sparks.[5] On August 12, she was waived by the Sky.[6] On August 13, the Washington Mystics signed Johnson after they were issued an emergency hardship waiver.[7]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020 Chicago 4 0 1.5 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020 Washington 5 2 18.8 .485 .643 1.000 2.0 2.4 1.0 0.4 0.8 9.2
2021 Washington 6 0 5.2 .375 .400 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.8 2.0
Career 2 years, 2 teams 15 2 8.7 .452 .579 1.000 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.6 3.9

College

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage
 FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high  *  Led Division I
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016–17 Rider 33 32 26.7 50.6 30.4 76.9 4.5 2.2 2.8 0.6 2.7 9.9
2017–18 Rider 31 31 33.6 45.3 40.0 72.7 6.2 3.2 2.5 0.9 3.0 16.0
2018–19 Rider 32 32 33.2 45.1 37.7 71.9 5.7 4.4 2.5 0.8 3.4 18.8
2019–20 Rider 30 30 37.1 47.0 32.9 80.4 7.6 3.8 2.9 0.8 4.6 *24.8
Career 126 125 32.5 46.6 36.0 76.1 6.0 3.4 2.7 0.8 3.4 17.2
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stella Johnson – Women's Basketball". Rider University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Weiner, Natalie (April 17, 2020). "Stella Johnson is the WNBA Draft's best Cinderella story". SBNation.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Megdal, Howard (February 24, 2020). "The Indefatigable Stella Johnson Is WNBA-Ready". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  4. ^ Spruill, Tamryn (June 23, 2020). "Stella Johnson rises into the Chicago Sky". Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. ^ "Los Angeles vs. Chicago – Game Recap – July 28, 2020". ESPN.
  6. ^ "Sky Waive Stella Johnson". Chicago Sky. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Mystics sign Stella Johnson". Washington Mystics. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Stella Johnson College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.