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Kiana Johnson

Kiana Johnson (born August 23, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Belarusian club BC Minsk. 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 and 2023, she won the Icelandic championship as a member of Valur.

Kiana Johnson
No. 3 – BC Minsk
PositionPoint guard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993 (age 30)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Listed weight63 kg (139 lb)
Career information
High schoolWhitney Young
(Chicago, Illinois)
CollegeMichigan State (2011–2014)
Virginia Union (2015–2016)
Playing career2016–present
Number3
Coaching career2022–present
Career history
As player:
2016–2017Forssan Alku
2017–2018Tapiolan Honka
2018–2019KR
2019–2021Valur
2022Societa Sportiva Bocca
2022–2023Valur
2023–presentBC Minsk
As coach:
2022–2023Valur (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

College career edit

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 edit

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] During the regular season, she averaged 19.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and league leading 7.9 assists per game.[14] On 26 October 2022, she scored a season high 30 points.[15] On 28 April 2023, she won her second Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1,[16] with Johnson being named the Playoffs MVP.[17]

In September 2023, Johnson signed with BC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League.[18]

Statistics edit

College statistics edit

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  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[19]

References edit

  1. ^ Matt Estreich (1 August 2018). "Ex-MSU Spartan Kiana Johnson at home with Virginia Union". WWBT. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Virginia Union's Kiana Johnson Named National D-II Player of the Year". HBCU Sports. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b David Squires (19 October 2016). "Ex-Virginia Union star Kiana Johnson now lighting it up in Finland". Andscape. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Virginia Union's Kiana Johnson learning to leave legacy, on and off the court". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ^ Pasi Rakkolainen (24 October 2016). "Amerikan korikuningatar tuli Forssaan". Forssan Lehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Tehotakamies Kiana Johnson tahdittaa Hongan naisten hyökkäystä alkavalla kaudella". tapiolanhonka.fi (in Finnish). 11 September 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Allt í hnút í Dominosdeild kvenna". RÚV (in Icelandic). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Johnson úr KR í Val". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  10. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (8 July 2019). "Íslandsmeistararnir sækja sér Kana í KR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  11. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 September 2019). "Vandræðalaust hjá Val gegn Keflavík í Meistarakeppni KKÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Íslandsmeistari snýr aftur í Val". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Kiana Johnson - Subway deild kvenna (2022-2023 Tímabil)". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Lykill: Kiana Johnson". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  16. ^ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (28 April 2023). "Valskonur eru Íslandsmeistarar í körfubolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  17. ^ Árni Jóhannsson (28 April 2023). "Kiana: Það trúði engin að við myndum vinna mótið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Kiana Johnson (ex Valur) signs at BC Minsk". Eurobasket.com. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  19. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

External links edit

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