Shenise Johnson


Shenise Johnson is an American basketball guard for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. Born in Rochester, New York, Johnson went to Rush–Henrietta Senior High School in Henrietta and played collegiately for the University of Miami. She was drafted by the San Antonio Stars with the fifth overall pick of the 2012 WNBA Draft.

USA Basketball

Johnson was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2009 U19 World's Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand in July and August 2009. Although the USA team lost the opening game to Spain, they went on to win their next seven games to earn a rematch against Spain in the finals, and won the game 81–71 to earn the gold medal. Johnson scored 9.4 points per game and led the team in steals, with 18.

Miami (Florida) statistics

Source
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008-09Miami 3038438.532.382.07.14.12.61.012.8
2009-10Miami 3668549.639.477.37.74.63.10.619.0
2010-11Miami 3364848.834.984.68.33.83.20.819.6
2011-12Miami 3254545.229.887.78.04.43.40.417.0
CareerMiami 131226246.034.582.57.84.23.10.717.3

WNBA

She was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars.
On March 12, 2015, the San Antonio Stars traded Johnson and their second round draft pick in the 2015 WNBA draft to the Indiana Fever in exchange for the Fever's first and third round draft picks in the 2015 draft.