Raven Johnson

Awards

At South Carolina
All-America Third Team (2026 – AP)
All-America (2026 – WBCA)
All-America Honorable Mention (2026 – USA Today, USBWA)
SEC Defensivel Player of the Year (2026)
2x All-SEC Second Team (2024, 2026)
2x SEC All-Defensive Team (2025, 2026)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2023)
NCAA Sacramento Regional 4 MOP (2026)
NCAA Albany 1 Regional All-Tournament Team (2024)
SEC All-Tournament Team (2026)
4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

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

In the South Carolina Record Book

Career
1st – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a career (2.86 (612-214), 2022-26)
3rd – Assists in a career (612, 2022-26)
8th – Assist average in a career (3.97 (612 in 154 games), 2022-26)
8th – Steals in a career (232, 2022-26)
10th – Defensive rebounds in a career (484, 2022-26)
2nd – Games played in a career (154. 2022-26)
3rd – Consecutive games started (88, 3/8/24-4/5/26)
8th – Games started in a career (117, 2022-26)
9th – Minutes played in a career (3806, 2022-26)
2nd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a career of SEC games (2.78 (245-88), 2023-26)
3rd – Assists in a career of SEC games (245, 2023-26)
3rd – Assist average in a career of SEC games (3.83 (245 in 64 games), 2023-26)
3rd – Games played in a career of SEC games (77, 2023-26)

Most assists in career NCAA Tournament games (72 in 23 games, 2023-26)
Most steals in career NCAA Tournament games (38 in 23 games, 2023-26)

Season
2nd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (3.16 (202-64) in 2025-26)
3rd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (3.09 (179:58) in 2023-24)
4th – Assists in a season (202 in 2025-26)
4th – Minutes played in a season (1146 in 2025-26)
1st – Games started in a season (40 in 2025-26)
1st – Games played in a season (40 in 2025-26)
3rd – Games started in a season (39 in 2024-25)
3rd – Games played in a season (39 in 2024-25)
1st – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season of SEC games (3.33 (50-15) in 2024-25)
3rd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season of SEC games (3.16 (79-25) in 2025-26)

Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a freshman (2.37 (123:52) in 2022-23)
Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a sophomore (3.09 (179:58) in 2023-24)
Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a senior (3.16 (202-64) in 2025-26)
Most games started by a junior (39 in 2024-25)
Most games played by a junior (39 in 2024-25)
Most assists by a senior (202 in 2025-26)
Most games started by a senior (40 in 2025-26)
Most games played by a senior (40 in 2025-26)
Most minutes played by a senior (1,146 in 2025-26)
Most assists in a single NCAA Tournament (26 in 2024)
Most steals in a single NCAA Tournament (17 in 2024)

Bio Information

Career Summary

• Played in more wins than any player in program history with her 145-9 career record (.948), which includes a 49-6 mark against ranked opponents and a 20-3 slate in the NCAA Tournament
• Holds the program record for career assist-to-turnover ratio (2.86) and holds eight other top-10 positions in career stats
• Part of teams the helped Gamecocks become just third program in history of AP Poll to hold No. 1 spot every week in back-to-back seasons … in 2023-24, team became just fifth program in NCAA history to go undefeated and win a National Championship with a program-record 38 wins and ran SEC win streak to league-record 57 games, which is sixth-best conference win streak in NCAA history
• Among the first group of Gamecocks to win two National Championships (2022, 2024) and helped team reach the Final Four in every season of her career
• Has helped Gamecocks to five SEC regular-season titles and three SEC Tournament crowns
• Scored her 1,000th career point on a steal and layup against Southern Cal (Mar. 23) in the 2026 NCAA Tournament
• Was the first Gamecock selected in the 2026 WNBA Draft as the Indiana Fever made her the No. 10 overall pick

Senior Year (2025-26)

• Started a program-record 40 games in her final season, leading South Carolina back to the national championship game and another SEC regular-season title
• Became just the eighth guard in league history to be named SEC Defensive Player of the Year and drew All-America honors from the WBCA and the Associated Press
• Ranked fourth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.2) and ranked sixth in the SEC with a career-high 5.1 assists per game
• Turned in career-best shooting percentages overall and from 3-point range
• Named NCAA Regional MOP behind a near double-double (10 points, 8 rebounds) against #14/12 TCU (Mar. 30) and 18 points against #10/10 Oklahoma (Mar. 28) in the Sweet 16
• Powered SEC Tournament semifinal win over #6/6 LSU (Mar. 7) with career-high 22 points, including four made 3s, while dishing out eight assists to earn a spot on the All-Tournament Team
• Tallied 19 points at #6/6 LSU (Feb. 14), including a team-high six points in the decisive fourth quarter
• Swatted a career-high three blocks against #5/4 Vanderbilt (Jan. 25) while dishing out a team-high six assists
• Difference maker against #4/4 Texas (Jan. 15), scoring or assisting on 12 of the Gamecocks’ 18 fourth-quarter points, moving her up to No. 5 in the Gamecock record books for career assists
• Launched and fueled the game-winning surge in the final four minutes at #22/21 Louisville (Dec. 4) with a pair of free throws that got the Gamecocks within three before leading Madina Okot to two of her three layups and grabbing a defensive rebound and turning it into a layup that put the Gamecocks up three with 33 seconds left … finished the game with 11 points and eight assists
• Powered the rally from a slow offensive start against Duke (Nov. 26), scoring the first five and last two points of an 11-3 run that tied the game early in the second quarter
• Had two double-doubles early in the season – one with points and rebounds (vs. #8/10 Southern Cal) and one with points and assists (Bowling Green) – and flirted with a triple double in the season opener against Grand Canyon (Nov. 3)

Junior Year (2024-25)

• Helped team claim SEC regular-season and tournament championships and advance to the national championship game, starting all 39 games
• Named to the SEC All-Defensive Team
• Posted the best assist-to-turnover ratio in SEC games in program history (3.33)
• Top rebounding guard on the team, pulling in 4.5 per game, including 5.3 per NCAA Tournament game
• Led the team in rebounds (6) and assists (5) against #10/10 Oklahoma (Mar. 8) in SEC semifinal matchup
• Stuffed the stat sheet against Auburn (Feb. 2) with nine points, seven assists and a career-high six steals.
• Was turnover free against pressure defense at #18/17 Tennessee (Jan. 27), adding five her 10 points in the dominant third quarter
• Scored four of her five points against #5/4 LSU (Jan. 24) in a pivotal five seconds of the third quarter after the Tigers had pulled within five … tied her career high with five steals
• Handed out an SEC career-high eight assists against #13/13 Oklahoma (Jan. 19)
• Led the team in rebounding against #5/6 Texas (Jan. 12) with a season-high 10 boards
• Hit the first of her three 3s against #9/13 TCU (Dec. 8) to tie the game early in the first

Sophomore Year (2023-24)

• Helped Gamecocks to undefeated National Championship season that included SEC Regular-Season and Tournament titles as well en route to a program-record 38 wins … starting 35 of her 37 games played
• Grabbed All-SEC Second-Team honors and was among the best lead guards in the nation, ranking second in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.09, 1^st in SEC) … ranked third in the SEC in assists per game (4.8) and eighth in steals per game (2.1)
• Handed out five or more assists 20 time to go with 16 double-figure scoring games and two double-digit rebound outings … against ranked opponents, averaged 5.0 assists and 5.2 rebounds to go with her 8.6 scoring average
• Put on a defensive clinic in the National Championship game against #2/2 Iowa (Apr. 7), holding NCAA-leading scorer Caitlin Clark to just three second-quarter points that helped turn an 11-point deficit into three-point halftime lead after a layup off her third steal of the period on the Hawkeyes’ last possession
• Earned a spot on the NCAA Albany 1 Regional All-Tournament Team average averaging 8.5 points, 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds over that weekend
• Set a new NCAA Tournament career-high against #14/14 Indiana (Mar. 29) with 14 points, hitting a clutch 3 in the final period after the Hoosiers got within two in the final minute of the game and added a free throw to seal the victory
• Led the team in rebounding and assists at the SEC Tournament, averaging 6.0 boards and 4.7 assists, and her 8.7 points per game were third on the team
• In the SEC Tournament semifinal against Tennessee (Mar. 9), put up seven of her 11 points in the second half, including four points in the last 3:28 to help set up the victory
• Dominated the glass at Tennessee (Feb. 15) with a team-high 15 rebounds, including eight in the first half
• Had a career night on the glass against #11/9 UConn (Feb. 11), pulling down 12 rebounds alongside 10 points, with eight coming in the third quarter alone, to earn her first career double-double
• Finished just shy of her first career double-double, adding nine rebounds to her 13 points at #9/9 LSU (Jan. 25) … scored five in the deciding fourth quarter, including a pair of free throws to tie the game at 67 with 4:02 to play and the game-clinching driving layup with 22 seconds on the clock
• Was aggressive early at Florida (Jan. 4) with 10 of her 16 points coming in the first quarter on 4-of-5 shooting
• Hit a 3 with under five minutes to go at Duke (Dec. 3) to double the Gamecocks’ lead and start a 17-4 run the closed out the victory, adding a pair of assists to the game-winning surge as well
• Handed out 17 assists against Clemson (Nov. 16) – the most by an SEC player since 2005 and the second-most in program history
• Opened the season with a balanced showing in Paris against #10/10 Notre Dame (Nov. 6), scoring nine of her 11 points in the first half and dishing all eight of her assists after the break

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