LaTonya Johnson

This article is about the basketball player. For the politician, see La Tonya Johnson.

LaTonya Johnson

Personal information
Born	(1975-08-17) 17 August 1975 (age 49) Winchester, Tennessee
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	152 lb (69 kg)
Career information
High school	Franklin County (Winchester, Tennessee)
College	Memphis (1994–1998)
WNBA draft	1998: 3rd round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Utah Starzz
Position	Forward
Number	24, 23
Career history
1998–2002	Utah Starzz
2003	San Antonio Stars
2004	Houston Comets
Career highlights and awards
2x First-team All-CUSA (1996, 1998) CUSA Tournament MVP (1998)
Stats at Basketball Reference

LaTonya Johnson (born 17 August 1975) is a former professional basketball player who played in the WNBA for seven seasons. She also played overseas in Israel and Bulgaria.

College

Johnson played at Memphis from 1994 to 1998, where she was a four-year letterwinner. She left Memphis as its third all-time leading scorer (2,232), sixth all-time in rebounds (686), and all-time leader in three-point field goals made (207). During the four years, the team compiled an 86–34 record.

Career statistics

WNBA

Legend

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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1998	Utah	28	8	17.5	40.0	28.6	61.8	1.9	0.7	0.4	0.0	1.5	5.4
1999	Utah	31	18	23.2	36.5	29.3	81.0	1.7	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.3	6.5
2000	Utah	29	6	16.6	40.3	33.3	65.1	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.2	5.0
2001	Utah	26	0	8.8	26.2	16.7	78.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.9
2002	Utah	28	1	9.6	32.9	31.3	75.0	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	2.7
2003	Utah	31	1	9.0	25.4	26.1	72.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.9
2004	Houston	6	0	6.0	28.6	33.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0
Career	7 years, 2 teams	179	34	14.0	35.3	28.3	71.5	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	3.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2001	Utah	2	0	7.5	25.0	0.0	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0
2002	Utah	5	0	8.0	50.0	22.2	50.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	3.4
Career	2 years, 1 team	7	0	7.9	44.4	16.7	75.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.6	3.0

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1994–95	Memphis	30	-	-	49.6	40.2	70.3	6.1	1.4	2.4	0.2	-	17.6
1995–96	Memphis	29	-	-	50.2	42.1	75.2	6.5	1.0	1.9	0.2	-	20.7
1996–97	Memphis	29	-	-	44.7	34.6	69.6	4.9	1.2	1.7	0.1	-	15.3
1997–98	Memphis	30	-	-	48.0	40.5	78.8	5.7	2.0	2.5	0.2	-	21.9
Career		118	-	-	48.3	39.4	74.5	5.8	1.4	2.1	0.2	-	18.9
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[1]

Honors and awards

College

• Conference USA Tournament MVP as a senior (1998)
• Conference USA First Team member (1996 and 1998)
• Second team honoree (1997)
• 3x C-USA Player of the Week
• Great Midwest Conference Newcomer of the Year (1995)
• First team all-Great Midwest Conference (as a freshman)
• Basketball Times All-American Honorable Mention (1996 and 1998)
• USA Today Freshman of Influence (1994–95), one of just two Lady Tigers to ever earn that honor.^[2]

References

1. "LaTonya Johnson College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
2. "LaTonya Johnson Joins Lady Tiger Basketball Staff :: Former player and WNBA veteran to rejoin Lady Tigers on the sidelines". www.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.