Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Graduate Assistant
- Email:
- sjj7cf@mail.umkc.edu
Johnson is no stranger to UMKC basketball as he is the school’s all-time leader in rebounds and games played during his career from 2007-11. He returned to serve as the graduate assistant in 2013 after playing professionally in Europe.
An honorable mention All-Summit League pick, he recorded a UMKC single-season record 283 rebounds as a senior, averaging 9.4 rebounds per game to rank second in school history. He also recorded 21 rebounds in a game vs. North Dakota State that year, the second-highest total in school history.
He set the school records for career rebounds (710) and games (121), that year as well. He ranks 10th in UMKC history in scoring (993) and field goals made (352), ninth in field goal attempts (792) and three-point field goal attempts, sixth in minutes played (2951) and tied for fourth in games started (91). Johnson’s 16 double-doubles are third in school history, while his 22 double-figure rebound contests are tied for second, and his 45 double-figure scoring games are tied for 10th all-time. At one point during his career, he started 50 consecutive games.
Johnson started his professional career in August of 2011 in the Luxembourg top division on team Etzella. He averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds a game there, before switching teams to a league in Portugal, playing for Udo Uniao Desportiva Oliveirense. He was the team’s leading scorer and co-captain. He helped them to a 20-9 mark and to the Championship Final Four. He had a season high 36 points and 14 rebounds in a second round playoff game. Johnson also recorded eight double doubles during the regular season. He had season-high 19 rebounds during the regular season as well, and made the league’s All-Newcomer squad.
A product of Champaign, Illinois, he graduated from Central High School, where he enjoyed an award-winning basketball career, earning all-state honors while helping the squad win two conference and two regional crowns. After high school, he attended prep school at the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina for one year.
He graduated from UMKC in 2011 with his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts.
