Glory Johnson
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | July 27, 1990|||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | |||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||
High school | Webb School (Knoxville, Tennessee) | |||||||||||
College | Tennessee (2008–2012) | |||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2012: 1st round, 4th overall pick | |||||||||||
Selected by the Tulsa Shock | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | |||||||||||
Position | Power forward | |||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||
2012–2019 | Tulsa Shock / Dallas Wings | |||||||||||
2012–2013 | Chevakata Vologda | |||||||||||
2013–2015 | Nadezhda Orenburg | |||||||||||
2016–2017 | Xinjiang Tiashan Deers | |||||||||||
2017 | Canik Belediyespor | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | Guangdong Dolphins | |||||||||||
2018 | Hatay BB | |||||||||||
2019 | Xinjiang Magic Deer | |||||||||||
2019–2020 | Dynamo Kursk | |||||||||||
2020 | Atlanta Dream | |||||||||||
2020 | Sopron Basket | |||||||||||
2021 | Kayseri Basketbol | |||||||||||
2021 | Elitzur Ramla | |||||||||||
2021–2022 | Beşiktaş | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
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Stats at WNBA.com | ||||||||||||
Medals
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Glory Bassey Johnson (born July 27, 1990)[1] is an American basketball player who last played for Turkish club Beşiktaş.[2] Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she went to Webb School Of Knoxville[3][4] and played collegiately for the University of Tennessee Lady Vols. She holds a Montenegrin passport and has represented the Montenegro national team internationally.
College career
[edit]Johnson enrolled at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 2008. She recorded 36 double-doubles over the course of her college career.
Johnson completed her bachelor's degree in global studies in three years, and earned a master's degree in communications during her fourth year of basketball eligibility.[5]
College statistics
[edit]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 |
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2008–09 | Tennessee | 33 | 335 | 40.4 | – | 61.6 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 10.2 |
2009–10 | Tennessee | 35 | 354 | 45.8 | 100.0 | 64.8 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
2010–11 | Tennessee | 37 | 443 | 53.4 | – | 58.6 | 9.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 12.0 |
2011–12 | Tennessee | 36 | 511 | 53.8 | 50.0 | 63.6 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 14.2 |
Career | Tennessee | 141 | 1643 | 48.8 | 40.0 | 61.9 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 11.7 |
Source[6]
USA Basketball
[edit]Johnson played on the team representing the US at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China. The team won all six games to earn the gold medal. Johnson scored 6.2 points per game and had nine steals, tied for second place on the team.[7]
Professional career
[edit]WNBA
[edit]Johnson was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA draft (4th overall) by the Tulsa Shock. In her rookie season, she was ranked fourth in steals per game (a career-high 2.1 spg).
In 2013 and 2014, her second and third seasons with the Shock, Johnson was named in the Western Conference All-Star team.[8]
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Johnson sat out the 2015 WNBA season on a maternity leave after announcing her pregnancy.[9]
She returned one month into the 2016 WNBA season after her suspension stemming from her domestic violence incident with Brittney Griner.[10][11] By this time the Tulsa Shock had relocated to Dallas and were renamed the Dallas Wings, Johnson had re-signed with the team during free agency.[12] Johnson averaged 11.3 ppg in 18 games with 6 starts. Also during her comeback season, she recorded the league's 16th 20-point, 20-rebound performance of the season in a win against the Phoenix Mercury when she scored 23 points along with a career-high 22 rebounds.[13][14]
During the 2017 season, Johnson continued to put double-doubles in rebounds and points which is what she has become statistically known for earlier on in her career. On June 18, 2017, Johnson scored a season-high 27 points in an 87–83 win over the Washington Mystics.[15] From July 31 to August 6, Johnson was named the Western Conference player of the week.[16] On August 19, 2017, Johnson recorded her 13th double-double of the season, scoring 23 points along with 13 rebounds in a 90–86 win over the Atlanta Dream.[17] During the game, Johnson threw a punch at Dream's point guard Matee Ajavon and served a one-game suspension two days later.[18] The Wings would finish with a 16–18 record and the number 7 seed in the league. In her first career playoff game, Johnson scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a losing effort to the Washington Mystics in the first round elimination game.
The 2018 season proved challenging for Johnson, with several injuries sidelining her for a brief time. The injuries and subsequent recovery period led to her coming off the bench for a number of games. In total, Johnson played 29 games with 17 starts and averaged career-lows in scoring and rebounding. The Wings went on to make the playoffs with a 15–19 record, and finished with the 8th seed in the league. They would once again be a first-round exit, after losing to the Phoenix Mercury.
Overseas
[edit]From 2012 to 2015, Johnson played three off-seasons in Russia for two different teams; Chevakata Vologda and Nadezhda Orenburg.[19][20] As of November 2016, Johnson signed with the Xinjiang Tiashan Deers of the WCBA for the 2016–17 off-season.[21][22] In August 2018, Johnson signed with Hatay BB of the Turkish League for the 2018–19 off-season.[23]
Personal life
[edit]On August 14, 2014, it was announced that Johnson and fellow WNBA player Brittney Griner were engaged.[24][25] On April 22, 2015, both women were arrested for physically attacking each other after police broke up a fight between the two in their Goodyear, Arizona, home. Both sustained minor injuries during the incident.[26][27] Nevertheless, they stayed together and married on May 8, 2015.[28] It was announced on June 4, 2015 that Johnson was pregnant and that she would miss the 2015 WNBA season.[29] One day later, Griner filed for annulment which was rejected.[30] Johnson gave birth to twin girls in October 2015, 16 weeks premature.[31] The twins were conceived by IVF treatment using her eggs and a sperm donation.[32] The divorce was finalized in June 2016.[33]
WNBA career statistics
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2012 | Tulsa | 34 | 28 | 28.2 | .482 | .000 | .677 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
2013 | Tulsa | 29 | 28 | 30.2 | .446 | .333 | .747 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
2014 | Tulsa | 33 | 33 | 32.4 | .449 | .000 | .760 | 9.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 14.7 |
2016 | Dallas | 18 | 6 | 27.9 | .442 | .286 | .753 | 8.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 11.3 |
2017 | Dallas | 33 | 33 | 31.0 | .464 | .313 | .766 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 14.9 |
2018 | Dallas | 29 | 17 | 22.5 | .417 | .315 | .780 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
2019 | Dallas | 28 | 19 | 24.1 | .364 | .340 | .583 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
2020 | Atlanta | 18 | 1 | 15.4 | .373 | .262 | .500 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
Career | 8 years, 2 teams | 222 | 165 | 27.2 | .440 | .311 | .728 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 11.4 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017 | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 36.8 | .375 | .000 | .750 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
2018 | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 22.1 | .500 | .333 | .000 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
Career | 2 years, 1 team | 2 | 2 | 29.4 | .409 | .250 | .750 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Glory Johnson Bio – University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site". Utladyvols.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Glory Johnson, Beşiktaş HDI Sigorta'da".
- ^ "USA Basketball: Glory Johnson". Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ Glory Johnson. "Glory Johnson, Tennessee F – Scout". Girlshoops.scout.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Glory Johnson Bio – University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site". Utsports.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- ^ "Twenty-Sixth World University Games – 2011". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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- ^ "Glory Johnson of Dallas Wings returns from suspension over Brittney Griner incident". Espn.com. June 9, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Other Sports: Glory Johnson shows flashes in her return as Dallas Wings fall to Washington | SportsDay". Sportsday.dallasnews.com. June 9, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Dallas Wings Re-Sign All-Star Forward Glory Johnson
- ^ "Triple-Doubles, Dunks and 20–20 Games – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Glory Johnson has 23 points, 22 rebounds in Mercury win". Sports.yahoo.com. July 6, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Glory Johnson's 27 points, Skylar Diggins-Smith's 19 power 87–83 Dallas Wings win over Mystics
- ^ Chicago's Vandersloot, Dallas' Johnson Named WNBA Players Of The Week
- ^ College Park Center Saturday, August 19, 2017
- ^ Dallas' Johnson throws punch, suspended 1-game by WNBA
- ^ "2014 Offseason: Who is Where?". WNBA.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Glory Johnson profile | Game center". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "WNBA Players Playing Overseas – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com. June 20, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Glory Johnson Basketball Player Profile, Canik Belediyesi Samsun, Tennessee, News, KBSL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket.com". Basketball.eurobasket.com. July 27, 1990. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Hatay tabs Glory Johnson
- ^ Nichols, James (August 15, 2014). "Brittney Griner Proposes To Girlfriend Glory Johnson". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ Silver, Jake (August 15, 2014). "WNBA's Brittney Griner Gets Engaged to Former Tennessee Vols Star Glory Johnson". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ "WNBA star Brittney Griner arrested on assault and disorderly conduct". Sports Illustrated. April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Mercury's Brittney Griner arrested on assault allegations". Azcentral.com. April 23, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Brittney Griner Marries Fellow WNBA Star Glory Johnson". US Weekly. May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ^ "Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson Expecting First Child". People. June 4, 2015. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "A Day After Announcing Pregnancy, WNBA's Brittney Griner Seeks Annulment from Expectant Wife Glory Johnson". People. June 5, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Glory Johnson Welcomes Twin Daughters Ava Simone and Solei Diem Several Months Premature". People. October 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ Toomey, Alyssa (June 15, 2015). "Glory Johnson "Really Saddened" by Brittney Griner Split Amid Pregnancy, Clears Up Fertility Rumors". E! News. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ^ Ortiz, Jenna; Scott, Dana; Horos, Emily (March 10, 2022). "Brittney Griner detained in Russia: What to know about WNBA star's life spent in spotlight". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Montenegrin women's basketball players
- American women's basketball players
- American emigrants to Montenegro
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- Atlanta Dream players
- Basketball players from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Dallas Wings players
- Guangdong Vermilion Birds players
- LGBT basketball players
- LGBT people from Colorado
- American lesbian sportswomen
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
- Sportspeople from Maricopa County, Arizona
- Power forwards
- Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball players
- Tulsa Shock draft picks
- Tulsa Shock players
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- WNBA All-Stars
- Xinjiang Magic Deer players
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American women
- United States women's national basketball team players
- Naturalised basketball players