Niesa Johnson

Niesa Evett Johnson (born February 7, 1973) is a retired American women's basketball player with the Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1999 to 2000.

Niesa Johnson

Personal information
Born	(1973-02-07) February 7, 1973 (age 52) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Career information
High school	Clinton (Clinton, Mississippi)
College	Alabama (1991–1995)
WNBA draft	1999: undrafted
Position	Guard
Career history
1999–2000	Charlotte Sting
Career highlights
First-team All-American – AP (1995) 2x All-American – Kodak, USBWA (1994, 1995) 3x First-team All-SEC (1993–1995) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1992) SEC Freshman of the Year (1992) SEC All-Freshman Team (1992)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Jones Cup 1996 Taipei Team Competition FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship 1996 Mexico Team

College

Johnson attended the University of Alabama and was a two-time All-American with the Crimson Tide. She was also a Naismith Award finalist. As of March 2006, Johnson had scored the second most points in Alabama women's basketball history. She helped the 6th seeded Alabama squad reach the 1994 Final Four. In 2006, Johnson was named to the 25th anniversary team of the Southeastern Conference.^[1]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1999	Charlotte	31	0	9.5	30.0	26.1	91.7	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.5
2000	Charlotte	6	0	13.0	52.9	40.0	100.0	0.7	1.8	0.7	0.0	1.5	4.3
Career	2 years, 1 team	37	0	10.1	35.8	28.6	94.4	0.6	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1999	Charlotte	4	0	14.3	12.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.5
Career	1 year, 1 team	4	0	14.3	12.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.5

College

Source^[2]

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
1991–92	Alabama	30	488	35.6%	32.9%	73.9%	7.1	5.0	2.9	0.2	16.3
1992–93	Alabama	31	499	41.8%	35.3%	79.4%	5.4	7.3	3.1	0.4	16.1
1993–94	Alabama	33	494	40.6%	33.1%	73.7%	5.5	7.2	2.8	0.5	15.0
1994–95	Alabama	31	653	43.5%	37.5%	82.0%	6.0	6.0	2.5	0.4	21.1
Career		125	2134	40.3%	34.7%	77.8%	6.0	6.4	2.8	0.4	17.1

USA Basketball

Johnson was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. The team competed in Guanajuato, Mexico in August 1992. The team won their first four games, then lost 80–70 to Brazil, finishing with the silver medal for the event, but qualifying for the 1993 world games. Johnson averaged 9.6 points per game during the event.^[3]

Johnson continued with the team to the 1993 U19 World Championship (then called the Junior World Championship). The team won five games and lost two, but that left them in seventh place. Johnson averaged 8.6 points per game and recorded 12 assists, highest on the team.^[4]

Johnson was invited to play with the team representing the US at the 1996 William Jones Cup competition held in Taipei, Taiwan. The team won all nine games to win the gold medal. Johnson averaged 4.2 points per game.^[5]