Stella Johnson

Scouting Report

Stella Johnson is a sniper and is super aggressive. Her ability to absolutely put the ball in the basket is elite. At 5’10, with a high release point and strong frame, she can always get off a clean shot. She excels in transition and in catch and shoot situations, she doesn’t miss! Defensively, she can guard positions 1-3 and make it really tough on them. She is strong and uses her body to keep the opposition from being able to get to their spots. She is a WNBA level player!

Profile

2019-20
- Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors from the Associated Press, United
States Basketball Writers Association and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association,
becoming Rider’s first-ever All-American in Women’s Basketball
- Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist
- Senior CLASS All-America Second Team
- Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Finalist
- Became Rider’s all-time leading scorer in women’s basketball with 2,167 career points
- Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year and All-Met First Team
- ECAC Division I Player of the Year and All-ECAC First Team
- Named MAAC Player of the Year for the second-straight year, while being a
unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team, her fourth-straight All-MAAC honor
- NCAA Division I Scoring Champion at 24.8 points per game
- Drafted 29 th  overall in the WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury, becoming Rider’s first-
ever WNBA Draft selection
- Later signed with and made her WNBA debut with the Chicago Sky before signing with
the Washington Mystics, with whom she registered her first career points.
- Clair Bee Rider Female Athlete of the Year for the second-straight year
- One of two MAAC nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year
- Was the only active player in NCAA Division I with more than 2,000 points, 700
rebounds, 400 assists
- Finished among the league’s leaders in points (24.8, 1 st ), minutes (37.1, 1 st ), assists
(3.8, 5 th ), free-throw percentage (.804, 5 th ), rebounds (7.6, 6 th ), blocks (0.8, T-7 th ), field-
goal percentage (.470, 9 th ) and three-point field-goal percentage (.329, 15 th )
- Set a new Rider record with 41 points vs. Lipscomb on November 22
- Established a new MAAC Championship record with 37 points in a quarterfinal win
over Niagara on March 11
- Compiled her second-career triple-double with 15 points, a career-high 12 assists and
10 rebounds against Canisius on February 29
- Posted nine of her 18 career double-doubles as a senior
- Scored in double-figures in all 30 games, giving her 100 career double-figure scoring
games
- Scored 20 points or more 23 times, more than twice the total of the next-closest
competitor in the MAAC

- Named the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year
- Unanimous selection to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team
- Named to the Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List
- Named the USBWA National Player of the Week on November 26
- Named the MAAC Player of the Week 10 times (11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/9, 12/16, 1/6,
1/20, 1/27, 3/2 & 3/8).
- Named the College Sports Madness MAAC Player of the Week four times (11/11,
11/18 , 1/6 & 3/2).
- Named the MBWA Division I Player of the Week three times (12/17, 1/21 & 1/28).
- Named the College Sports Madness National Mid-Major Player of the Week twice (1/6
& 3/2).

2018-19
- 2019 MAAC Player of the Year
- 2019 First Team All-MAAC
- Named the MAAC Player of the Week six times (11/12,11/19, 1/7, 1/14, 1/21 & 2/11)
- Named the College Sports Madness MAAC Player of the Week five times (11/12,
11/19, 1/7, 1/14 & 1/21)
- Recognized as the Division I Player of the Week by the Metropolitan Basketball
Writers Association twice (1/8 & 1/22)
- Named the College Sports Madness National Mid-Major Player of the Week on
November 19th.
- Recorded the second triple-double in program history (35 points, 12 rebounds & 10
assists) against Mount St. Mary's on November 17.
- Scored her 1,000th career point in a win at Binghamton on December 9. She became
the 23rd player in program history to reach the milestone and the first junior to do since
MyNeshia McKenzie during the 2012-13 season.
- Earned First Team All-ECAC honors.
- Led the MAAC in points per game (18.8 PPG) and steals (2.53 SPG).
- Named the team's MVP.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2017-18
- Second Team All-MAAC
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Named to the MAAC All-Championship Team at the MAAC Tournament.
- Recorded a team-high five double-doubles
- Led the team in scoring (16.0 PPG), rebounding (6.2 RPG), assists (100 – 3.2 APG),
blocks (27 – 0.87 BPG), steals (76 – 2.5 SPG) and three-point field goal percentage
(40-100 40%).
- Dished out a career-high 10 assists in a win versus Iona.
- Scored 20 or more points seven times, including in four of the final six games.
- Scored a career-high 29 points at Saint Peter’s.
- Grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds at Canisius.

2016-17

- Appeared in 33 games and made 32 starts.
- Named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team
- Set a new program record with eight steals against Lafayette on November 14.
- Twice named the MAAC Rookie of the Week.
- Was once honored as USBWA Freshman of the Week.
- Led the team and set a new Division I program record with 93 steals.
- Averaged 9.9 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game.
- Shot .304 from three-point range and .769 from the free-throw line.
- Led the team and ranked third in the MAAC in field-goal percentage (.506).
- Led the team and ranked third in the MAAC in steals (2.8 per game).
- Scored 20 or more points twice, highlighted by a career-high 24 against St. Francis
Brooklyn.
- Scored in double figures 14 times.
- Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds at Towson on December 11.
- Had four or more steals in a game 10 times.

BEFORE RIDER
Four-year letterwinner for basketball and soccer…Erin Nieswand Memorial Most Valuable Player for the three-time Sectional Champions…team went 24-3 during her senior season and she was named The All Daily Record Girls Basketball Player of the Year…averaged 13.1 points, 4.1 steals, 3.3 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game as the Crusaders won a fourth straight Morris County Tournament title…scored a game-high 36 points in the North Non-Public B semifinal…was a First Team All- Conference honoree as a junior.