Kiana Johnson
Kiana Johnson (born August 23, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She played college basketball for Michigan State and Virginia Union, where she was named the NCAA DII Player of the Year in 2016. In 2021, she won the Icelandic championship as a member of Valur.
| No. 3 – Valur | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Úrvalsdeild kvenna |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 23, 1993 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Listed weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Whitney Young (Chicago, Illinois) |
| College | Michigan State (2011–2014) Virginia Union (2015–2016) |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Number | 3 |
| Coaching career | 2022–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2016–2017 | Forssan Alku |
| 2017–2018 | Tapiolan Honka |
| 2018–2019 | KR |
| 2019–2021 | Valur |
| 2022 | Societa Sportiva Bocca |
| 2022–present | Valur |
| As coach: | |
| 2022–present | Valur (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
College career
Johnson started her college career with Michigan State in 2011. She transferred to Virginia Union in 2014[1] and sat out the 2014–2015 season due to NCAA Transfer Rules. During the 2015–2016 season, Johnson averaged 29.3 points and 8.7 assists,[2] and was named the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament Player of the Year.[3][4]
Playing career
In 2016, Johnson signed with Forssan Alku of the Finnish Naisten Korisliiga.[5][3] For the season she averaged 18.9 points and 5.8 assists per game.[6]
She remained in Finland the following season, signing with Tapiolan Honka.[6] In 33 games, Johnson averaged 17.1 points and 5.5 assists per game.
In 2018, Johnson signed with KR of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna. On February 6, 2019, Kiana scored 50 points in a 102–81 victory against Breiðablik along with 16 rebounds and 10 assists.[7][8] For the season, she averaged 23.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 3.4 steals.[9]
In July 2019, Johnson signed with reigning Úrvalsdeild champions Valur.[10] Valur opened the 2019–20 season by defeating Keflavík, 105–81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup where Johnson posted 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and game-high 6 steals.[11] In the Úrvalsdeild, she averaged 22.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and a league leading 8.2 assists per game. However, the last three games of the season and the whole playoffs were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland with Valur being named Divisional champions (Icelandic: Deildarmeistarar) for having the best record at the time but no national champions were crowned.
On 2 June 2021, she won the national championship after Valur beat Haukar 3–0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[12]
After playing for Societa Sportiva Bocca in Venezuela, Johnson returned to Iceland and signed again with Valur in June 2022.[13]
Statistics
College statistics
| 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 | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2011–12 | Michigan State | 32 | 228 | 38.3% | 33.3% | 70.5% | 2.8 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 7.1 |
| 2012–13 | Michigan State | 25 | 233 | 36.3% | 33.0% | 81.6% | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| 2013–14 | Michigan State | 19 | 160 | 38.2% | 32.7% | 65.4% | 2.5 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| 2014–15 | Did not play – NCAA transfer rules | ||||||||||
| 2015–16 | Virginia Union | 31 | 905 | 45.6% | 40.7% | 82.4% | 4.7 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 29.2 |
| Career | 107 | 1526 | 41.8% | 11.1% | 78.6% | 21.2 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 14.3 | |
Source[14]
References
- ^ Matt Estreich (1 August 2018). "Ex-MSU Spartan Kiana Johnson at home with Virginia Union". WWBT. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Virginia Union's Kiana Johnson Named National D-II Player of the Year". HBCU Sports. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ a b David Squires (19 October 2016). "Ex-Virginia Union star Kiana Johnson now lighting it up in Finland". Andscape. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Virginia Union's Kiana Johnson learning to leave legacy, on and off the court". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Pasi Rakkolainen (24 October 2016). "Amerikan korikuningatar tuli Forssaan". Forssan Lehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Tehotakamies Kiana Johnson tahdittaa Hongan naisten hyökkäystä alkavalla kaudella". tapiolanhonka.fi (in Finnish). 11 September 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Allt í hnút í Dominosdeild kvenna". RÚV (in Icelandic). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (7 February 2019). "Hefur hækkað sig um tuttugu í framlagi í tveimur leikjum í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Johnson úr KR í Val". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (8 July 2019). "Íslandsmeistararnir sækja sér Kana í KR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 September 2019). "Vandræðalaust hjá Val gegn Keflavík í Meistarakeppni KKÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (2 June 2021). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Valur – Haukar 74–65 – Sópurinn á lofti og Valur Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Íslandsmeistari snýr aftur í Val". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
External links
- Icelandic statistics at kki.is
- Naisten Korisliiga statistics at korisliiga.fi
- Virginia Union profile at vuusports.com
- Michigan State profile at msuspartans.com