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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
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| High School:
Crenshaw High
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 186
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| Position:
G
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| Experience:
3L
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A fourth-year player who joins Chris Walton as the only members of this season's senior class to sign with San Diego State out of high school... Will have an opportunity for greater playing time this season... Will be looked upon to provide leadership... Has the ability to score but is looking to add the threat of a consistent jumper to his arsenal... Lefty who ranked as a top 100 prospect out of high school... Has a flair for the big moment and has the uncanny ability to come off the bench and make an immediate impact... Known as a slasher, who can finish at the basket, but has proven to be an effective outside shooter as well... Enters his senior season ranked 25th on the school's all-time three-point field goal chart.
As a Junior (2003-2004)
Played in 29 of 30 games during the season, missing only the UC San Diego game (12-6-03) due to a shoulder injury... Made 11 starts during the campaign, the sixth highest total on the squad... Averaged 4.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 17.6 minutes per contest... Recorded three double-digit scoring games, including a career high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting against Troy State (11-30-03)... Played 10 or more minutes 24 times, 20 or more minutes 12 times and tallied 30 or more minutes twice... Scored in 22 of the 29 games in which he played... Had the best hockey plus/minus rating a team-high three of the final 12 games of the season... Totaled nine points on three-of-five shooting from the floor against Air Force (3-1-04), including his first three-pointer in nine games... Tied a season high with five rebounds in 19 minutes against Wyoming (2-21-04)... Played 29 minutes at Brigham Young (2-7-04), scoring eight points, which were his most minutes and second most points in a game since Dec. 3, 2003... Made six of eight shots and played a combined 40 minutes vs. Wyoming and Air Force... Scored nine points vs. Wyoming (1-26-04), his highest scoring output in 12 games, as he was a perfect 3-of-3 from the field... Also pulled down four rebounds in 22 minutes of action... Started the first 11 games that he played... Missed the UCSD (12-6-03) game due to a shoulder injury... That ended a streak of 21 consecutive games in which he had played dating back to the previous season... That was the longest streak of his career but has a current stretch of 23 consecutive games... Hit double figures in scoring for the third time in four games with 10 points at San Diego (12-3-03)... Has eight double-figure scoring games in his career... Recorded a career-high four steals vs. Troy State... Posted a stretch of a blocked shot in five of six games earlier in the year... Had a three-point field goal in five straight games, the longest streak of his career, snapped at Texas Tech (12-13-03)... Owns game-high plus-minus honors a team-best three times in the final 12 games (at Wyoming (1-26-04), vs. Air Force (1-31-04) and vs. Utah (3-11-04).
As a Sophomore (2002-03)
Played in 28 of 30 games, playing 10 or more minutes in each of the last 12 games, including consecutive career highs in the category with 28 minutes at Utah (2-15-03) and 29 minutes at Brigham Young (2-17-03)... Played 20 or more minutes in each of the last three games, tying a career mark in that category... Started seven games during the campaign, including six straight from Dec. 14 to Jan. 6... In 28 games he produced far more statistically than in his freshman campaign (sophomore vs. freshman seasons: points: 156-31, rebounds: 72-18, assists: 49-7, minutes played: 474-120)... Posted strong numbers in his his final three games: 32 points, 10 rebounds, five assists while connecting on 11-of-19 field goals in 68 minutes of action... Made a three-point field goal in 12 of his last 21 games and connected on 10 of his last 19 attempts (52.6 percent) from bonus distance... Connected on 21-of-29 (72.4 percent) free-throw attempts this season after hitting 1-of-4 all of last season... Had 10 points, including a big three-point field goal, and added four rebounds in 25 minutes vs. UC Santa Barbara (3-19-03)... Tied a career-high with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor in the game at UNLV (3-13-03)... Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds and added eight points in 18 minutes against IPFW (12-30-02)... Had seven points, two rebounds and three assists in 13 minutes of action against New Mexico (2-24-03)... Tied a career high with three steals in 17 minutes against Air Force (2-22-03)... Made his seventh start of the season at BYU, and first since the Texas Tech (1-6-03) game... Had five points, five rebounds and three assists at Utah and followed that up with eight points, three rebounds and two assists at Brigham Young... Played 12 minutes against UNLV (2-11-03) with three points and two rebounds... Saw 10 minutes of action, contributing two points and one rebound vs. Wyoming (2-3-03)... Prior to that game, he played one minute vs. Colorado State (2-1-03), the fewest minutes he has logged in any game he has played after seeing 12 minutes of action at New Mexico (1-25-03)... Had four points, three rebounds and a team-high four assists against the Lobos... Came off the bench to score four points and add three offensive rebounds in just six minutes against Brigham Young (1-20-03)... Following his first DNP of the season against San Diego (3-8-03), he played 10 minutes against Air Force (1-11-03) scoring three points and adding two rebounds in 10 minutes off the bench... Prior to not playing against USD, Johnson had started the previous six games at the wing position... They represent the first six starts of his career... Scored at least three points in the first 15 games in which he played prior to being shutout against Colorado State (2-1-03)... Contributed two three-pointers to SDSU's record-setting barrage of 16 treys against UCSD (12-2-02)... Started his first career game against Hawai'i (12-14-02)... Played 21 minutes against the Rainbow Warriors scoring six points... Made the most of his opportunity against top-ranked Arizona by scoring five points and adding four assists in 17 minutes of action.
As a Freshman (2001-02)
Only San Diego State freshman to see action during the 2001-02 season... Played in 20 games... Did not play in the final eight contests as the rotation became tighter in the final month of the season... Made major progress during the season, connecting on 11 of his final 23 field-goal attempts (47.8 percent) after connecting on just one of his first 10 attempts (10.0 percent of the season)... Got a key offensive rebound and subsequent lay-in late in the second half as the Aztecs went on to defeat NCAA Tournament-bound Hawai'i (12-14-01)... Scored in consecutive games three different times in the season... Committed just four turnovers in 120 minutes of action (one turnover every 30 minutes)... Tallied six points in the contest at New Mexico State (11-24-01) and followed that up with a career-high 10 points against UC San Diego (11-27-01)... Also had three steals in 14 minutes in the contest against the Aggies... Scored 31 points in 120 minutes of action during the season (average of 10.3 points per 40 minutes of action)... Had as many blocked shots (4) and as many steals (4) as he did turnovers (4) on the season... In the seven games in which he played at least 10 minutes, the freshman scored 25 points (3.6 ppg) and added 11 rebounds (1.6 rpg).
High School
The 2000 Los Angeles city player of the year, Johnson averaged 17 points and six rebounds as a senior at Crenshaw High in 1999-2000.
Personal
Born Jan. 21, 1982, in Los Angeles... Majoring in criminal justice administration... Listed as one of the top 100 prep players nationally, Johnson is a gifted athlete who received attention from the likes of Michigan and Boston College... Originally signing with Washington State, Johnson remained at Crenshaw High in 2000-01 and signed with the Aztecs in April of 2001... Listed as the number two shooting guard in the 2000 Southern California prep class, behind DeShawn Stevenson, who bypassed college and went directly from Washington Union High in Fresno, Calif., to the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz... Johnson joins Jim Roban as the only players ever to wear No. 0 for the Aztecs.
