July 15, 2015 Inside LMU Women's Basketball | Give to LMU Athletics | LMU on Facebook |
LOS ANGELES - Six new faces have joined the LMU women's basketball roster beginning in 2015-16 and the LMU Sports Network, along with host and senior guard Deanna Johnson, is giving fans an inside look at new players.
Episode one features senior forward Jackie Johnson who comes to LMU by way of University of Minnesota and Eden Prairie High School. Due to transfer rules, Johnson will sit out the 2015-16 season and officially join the Lions' active roster in 2016-17 with one year of eligibility.
A 2012 graduate of Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota, Johnson was ranked among ESPNU's top-100 on ESPN.com, as well as ranked No. 13 nationally at her position. She was nominated to the 2012 McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Team, ranked the No. 1 recruit in the state of Minnesota by GPrep.net and was a Minnesota Miss Basketball finalist.
Johnson holds the Eden Prairie High School records for career blocks (254) and rebounds (888), while ranking second in points (1,460). She also holds single-season records in points (485), rebounds (293), blocks (108) and steals (74), and twice participated in the state tournament.
She spent two seasons (2012-13 and 2013-14) on the court for the Gophers of Minnesota. She saw action in 12 games as a freshman, earning the team's Golden Gopher Award. As a sophomore she was named the team's Most Improved Player, averaging 2.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game in an average of 11.2 minutes per game. Johnson was sidelined for the 2014-15 season due to injury.
Check back to LMULions.com and the LMU Sports Network as we continue to feature the new faces of LMU women's basketball.
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