Stella Johnson (basketball)

Stella Johnson (born July 11, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Rider Broncs.[1]

Stella Johnson
Personal information
Born (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998
Denville, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight158 lb (72 kg)
Career information
High schoolMorris Catholic
(Denville, New Jersey)
CollegeRider (2016–2020)
WNBA draft2020: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2020–present
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2020Chicago Sky
2020–2021Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× MAAC Player of the Year (2019, 2020)
  • 2× First-team All-MAAC (2019, 2020)
  • Second-team All-MAAC (2018)
  • MAAC All-Rookie Team (2017)

Career

Despite playing on a top-tier Amateur Athletic Union team, Johnson was unranked and not recruited by major college teams. She was recruited by and enrolled in Rider University of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), whose women's basketball team had never made the NCAA tournament.[2][3] In her four seasons with the Rider Broncs, she was named MAAC Player of the Year two times and led the team to its first postseason appearance in the 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament.[1] At the end of the 2019–20 season, she was the only active Division I player to record 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 400 assists and 300 steals.[2]

She was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2020 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, with the 29th overall pick. She was waived by the Mercury before the start of the season, but was signed by the Chicago Sky on June 29, 2020.[4] On July 28, she made her WNBA debut in a win over the Los Angeles Sparks.[5] On August 12, she was waived by the Sky.[6] On August 13, the Washington Mystics signed Johnson after they were issued an emergency hardship waiver.[7]

Rider statistics

Source[8]

Ratios
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
2016–17 Rider 33 50.6% 30.4% 76.9% 4.49 2.21 0.58 2.82 9.88
2017–18 Rider 31 45.3% 40.0% 72.7% 6.19 3.23 0.87 2.45 16.00
2018–19 Rider 32 45.1% 37.7% 71.9% 5.69 4.44 0.75 2.53 18.75
2019–20 Rider 30 47.0% 32.9% 80.4% 7.60 3.77 0.83 2.87 24.83
Career 126 46.6% 36.0% 76.1% 5.95 3.40 0.75 2.67 17.20
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
2016–17 Rider 33 131 259 14 46 50 65 148 73 19 93 326
2017–18 Rider 31 180 397 40 100 96 132 192 100 27 76 496
2018–19 Rider 32 219 486 75 199 87 121 182 142 24 81 600
2019–20 Rider 30 261 555 51 155 172 214 228 113 25 86 745
Career 126 791 1697 180 500 405 532 750 428 95 336 2167

WNBA 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

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020 Chicago 401.5.000.000.0000.50.00.30.00.00.0
2020 Washington 5218.8.485.6431.0002.02.41.00.40.89.2
2021 Washington 605.2.375.4001.0000.50.30.00.20.82.0
Career 2 years, 2 teams 1528.7.452.5791.0001.00.90.40.20.63.9

References
  1. "Stella Johnson – Women's Basketball". Rider University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. Weiner, Natalie (April 17, 2020). "Stella Johnson is the WNBA Draft's best Cinderella story". SBNation.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  3. Megdal, Howard (February 24, 2020). "The Indefatigable Stella Johnson Is WNBA-Ready". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  4. Spruill, Tamryn (June 23, 2020). "Stella Johnson rises into the Chicago Sky". Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. "Los Angeles vs. Chicago – Game Recap – July 28, 2020". ESPN.
  6. "Sky Waive Stella Johnson". Chicago Sky. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. "Mystics sign Stella Johnson". Washington Mystics. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  8. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved July 6, 2021.


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