Raven Johnson

position Guard
height 5-8
class Freshman
Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
High school Westlake

position Guard
height 5-8
class Freshman
Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
High school Westlake

Awards

At South Carolina
All-SEC (2024 2nd team)
NCAA Albany 1 Regional All-Tournament Team (2024)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2023)
3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)

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
2nd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (3.09 (179:58) in 2023-24)
2nd – Games played in a season (37 in 2023-24)
5th – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season of SEC games (2.65 (69:26) in 2023-24)

Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a freshman (2.37 (123:52) in 2022-23)
Most assists in a single NCAA Tournament (26 in 2024)
Most steals in a single NCAA Tournament (17 in 2024)

Bio Information

Career Summary

Part of first team to be ranked No 1 in both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ Polls every week of the season (2021-22) … in 2022-23, group went on to 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 47 games, which is 10th-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 her other season
Has helped Gamecocks to three SEC regular-season titles and two SEC Tournament crowns
Career averages of 6.0 points and 4.0 assists with a 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio, highlighted by 19 double-digit scoring games and 32 games of five or more assist

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

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