Raven Johnson

position Guard
height 5-9
class Sophomore
Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
High school Westlake

position Guard
height 5-9
class Sophomore
Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
High school Westlake

Awards

At South Carolina
SEC All-Freshman Team (2023)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022)

High School
Naismith Player of the Year (2020)
WBCA Player of the Year (2020)
All-America (Naismith, WBCA, McDonald’s (2020)
Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-Classification Player of the Year (2020)
2x Atlanta Tipoff Club Miss Georgia Basketball (2020, 2021)
2x Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Player of the Year (6A South, 2021; 7A South, 2020)
USA Today Georgia Player of the Year (2021)

International (USA Basketball)
2023 FIBA AmeriCup Team, silver medal
2021 U19 World Cup Team trials
2019 U16 National Team finalist

South Carolina Record Book

Season
5th – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (2.37 (123:52) in 2022-23)
Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a freshman (2.37 (123:52) in 2022-23)

Bio Information

Redshirt-Freshman Year (2022-23)

Helped team to program-record 36 wins, including perfect 16-0 slate in SEC action, seven wins over ranked opponents, an SEC Tournament title and a spot in the NCAA Final Four for the third-straight season
Part of team that set program records for points scored, rebounds and rebounding margin in addition to an NCAA record for blocked shots per game
Grabbed SEC All-Freshman Team recognition after averaging 18.7 minutes across her 36 games played and handing out 3.42 assists per game, including 4.1 in postseason games, to rank ninth in the SEC
Finished season ranked 17th in the nation and second in the SEC with a 2.37 assist-to-turnover ratio, which was also the fifth-best in program history
Poured on the offense in the second half in the NCAA Final Four against #3/3 Iowa (Mar. 31), netting 11 of her 13 points in the final 20 minutes, including 3-of-4 shooting from 3-point range with the final outside shot making it a one-point game with 4:25 to play
Drew the start in the SEC Championship game against Tennessee (Mar. 5), handing out three of her five assists in the pivotal third quarter and matching her career high with five boards
Posted a new high 10 points in SEC play against #3/2 LSU (Feb. 12) with six coming in the last three minutes of the game, including the final jumper with 15 seconds left
Set a new career high 14 points at #5/4 UConn (Feb. 5) in addition to seven assists with no turnovers in 36 minutes of action … hit a pair of free throws in the final 16 seconds to help seal the win
Tied her career highs with nine points and seven assists at Kentucky (Jan. 12), knocking down a 3 with under two minutes to go in the third quarter to extend the Gamecocks’ lead to five
Stepped up with big minutes at Mississippi State (Jan. 8), hitting five of the team’s first seven points of the second quarter to start the rally from a seven-point deficit
Post her third five-assist game of the season against Memphis (Dec. 3), playing just 16 minutes
Dished out five assists for the second time this season with five helpers in just 15 minutes against Hampton (Nov. 27)
Scored the last four points of an 11-2 run that made it a one-point game with two minutes left before halftime at #2/2 Stanford (Nov. 20)
Drew her first career start in season opener against East Tennessee State (Nov. 7) and turned in a balanced effort with nine points, four assists and four steals

Freshman Year (2021-22)

Part of first team in program history to be ranked No 1 in both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ Polls every week of the season and program’s second National Championship
Team posted program-record 14 wins over ranked opponents and claimed the SEC Regular-Season title
Suffered a season-ending left knee injury in the first quarter against South Dakota (Nov. 12)
Made her college debut at #5/4 NC State (Nov. 9) as the first freshman off the bench and played seven minutes

High School

Ranked the No. 1 point guard and No. 2 overall player in the Class of 2021
Named Naismith Player of the Year and WBCA Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American as a senior (2020-21) after averaging 15.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game
Earned Atlanta Tipoff Club Miss Georgia Basketball honors in her junior (2020) and senior (2021) seasons
Two-time Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Player of the Year in her classification (6A in 2021, 7A in 2020) and the organization’s All-Classification Player of the Year in 2020
Three-time Atlanta Journal Constitution Player of the Year (6A in 2021, 7A in 2019, 2020) and was an honorable mention All-State selection as a freshman (2017-18)
Led Westlake to four state championships

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