REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2014-15) In 31 games and 14 starts averaged 12.4 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game…knocked down a team-best 58 three-pointers (9th Big West) while shooting a team-high 43.0 percent (58-of-135, 6th Big West) from three-point range, a percentage that ranks fourth in Fullerton single-season history…shot 84.3 percent (75-of-89, 4th Big West) from the free-throw line – a percentage that rates fifth in program single-season history…totaled 20 double-figure scoring games, one 30-point game and seven 20-point games…led the team in scoring on 10 occasions and assists eight times…scored 27 points on 7-of-10 shooting and added two assists in a 67-62 win over Wright State (11/27). His .700 shooting percentage in the game was a season-best for any Titan…scored 31 points – matching a season-best for any Titan – in a 79-64 loss at USC Upstate (11/28)…scored 29 points – 16 in the second half – in an 84-78 overtime loss at UC Riverside, knocking down 11 field goals – a season best for any Titan (01/08)…poured in 23 points to go along with four assists in an 81-61 loss at Hawai’i (02/14).
PRIOR TO CAL STATE FULLERTON Averaged 18.3 points per game during the 2013-14 season at Central Arizona College for head coach JD Pollock…totaled 57 three-pointers and 64 assists while shooting 78.1 percent (121-of-155) from the free-throw line…named to the all-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Division I Second Team…spent the 2012-13 and 2011-12 (redshirt) seasons at Tennessee Tech University before transferring to Central Arizona…as a redshirt freshman at TTU averaged 7.6 points and 1.4 assists per game.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Walton High School in Marietta, Ga…averaged 24.0 points per game during his senior season...was a first-team all-state selection and the leading scorer in Cobb County...named first-team all-county and all-region en route to helping his team to a regional title...voted team MVP…named MVP of the Rainier Beach Tournament…as a junior was named second team all-county, all-state honorable mention…two-time member of the all-tournament team at the Glaxo Smith Kline Invitational (2013, 2014).
PERSONAL Born in Atlanta, Ga…parents are Wil and Teresa Johnson…has one brother, Cameron…major is communications…great grandson of Gus Johnson, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Johnson played in the NBA with Baltimore, Phoenix, and Indiana (ABA). As a member of the Baltimore Bullets, was voted to the All-Rookie Team (1963-64), and played in five NBA All-Star Games, was named to four All-NBA Second Teams, and was twice named to the All-NBA Defense First Team. Won an ABA title with Indiana…cousin Ricky Johnson is a third-year starting point guard at Bethune-Cookman (2012-present).