Biography
Career Honors:
3rd team All-MIAA Forward (2021-22)
Honorable Mention All-MIAA Forward (2022-23)
MIAA All-Tournament Team (2023)
CSC Academic All-District (2022-23)
MIAA Scholar Athlete (2021-22)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)
MIAA transfer and first-year Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
2022-23 - Johns appeared in all 36 games for the Lions as the first one off the bench while playing as a forward to average 8.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 0.8 threes, 0.8 steals, 0.4 assists and 0.2 blocks a game in 18.0 minutes ... For the season scored 310 points going 112-for-282 from the field, 29-for-95 from three, 57-for-79 from free throws while grabbing 182 rebounds, dishing out 16 assists, blocking six shots and collecting 27 steals ... Shot 39.7 percent from the field, 30.5 percent from three and 72.2 percent from free throws ... Scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds against Augustana (Mar. 10th) in the Central Region Quarterfinals to become the fifth Lion in program history to have an NCAA Tournament double-double and the first since 1996 ... Scored in double figures in 15 games off the bench ... Made two or more three pointers in eight games with a season-high three made against #17 Central Missouri (Dec. 13th) ... Had a 10 points, 10 rebound double-double against Central Christian College (Nov. 26) in 16 minutes off the bench ... Provided three assists against Missouri S&T (Nov. 23) and #17 Central Missouri (Dec. 13th) ... Blocked two shots against Central Oklahoma (Jan. 28th) ... Came away with three steals against Central Christian College (Nov. 26) ... Finished her career with the second most points from a bench player with 804 the 33rd most in program history ... In career ranks she is 24th for three pointers made and attempted going 67-for-218, 30th for rebounds with 387 and 35th for free throws made and attempted going 151-for-208 ... As a collegiate athlete finished with 1,292 points (4 points at Purdue Fort Wayne, 484 points at Frank Phillips College and 804 points at Missouri Southern) scoring her 1,000th point against Henderson State (Nov. 11th) in the MIAA/GAC Challenge.
2021-22 - Johns appeared in 29 games getting the start in 9 for the Lions while being capable of playing as a guard or forward... Averaged 10.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 0.7 assists a game while shooting 40.1 percent from the field and went 29-for-87 from three... Scored a season-high 24 points against Lincoln (Feb. 7th) going 7-for-11 from the field, 3-for-6 from deep and made seven free throws while adding eight rebounds... Connected on four three's against Central Missouri (Feb. 5th) while adding four rebounds... Secured a season-high 10 rebounds against #2 Fort Hays State and poured in nine points as well... Provided three assists against Emporia State (Jan. 15th) with 11 points and nine rebounds as well... Came away with two blocks against Northeastern State (Jan. 11th) and had a two steal game against #21 Missouri Western (Feb. 10th)... Had six games this season with 15 or more points and eclipsed 20 points twice this season... As a team the Lions ranked in Division II, 8th in fewest turnovers committed per game (12.2), 24th in three's attempted (701), 30th in assist-turnover ratio (1.08), 32nd in three point field goal defense (27.2) and turnover margin (+4.23), 33rd in three's made (221), 34th in fewest turnovers committed (377), 40th in rebounds (1,207), 41st in free throws made (416), 43rd in scoring margin (+10.3), 46th in free throws attempted (574) and 49th in blocks (111)... In the MIAA the Lions were first in blocks per game (3.6), field goal percentage defense (37.2) and turnover margin (+4.23). Second in defensive rebounds per game (27.9), rebounds per game (38.94), three's made and attempted (221-701) and three's made per game (7.1). Third in Blocks (111), offensive rebounds per game (11.0), rebounds (1,207), scoring margin (+10.3), three point field goal defense (27.2) and fewest turnovers committed per game (12.2). Fourth in assist-turnover ratio (1.08), fewest turnovers committed (377), free throws made and attempted (416-574), scoring defense (59.7) and turnovers forced per game (16.39). Fifth in steals (253), Sixth in assists (406), steals per game (13.1) and three point percentage (31.5)... Helped set the team record for made and attempted three's in a single-season going 221-for-701 while tying the single-game records for makes and attempts as well.
2020-21 - Johns appeared in all 23 games for the Lions getting the start in the first three this season ... On the season averaged 14.1 minutes a game, a bench-high 7.7 points a game, shooting 38 percent from the field and 72.1 percent from the free throw line while grabbing three rebounds a game ... Had a season-high 21 points off the bench against Rogers State (Dec. 5th) in the Lions 96-85 win going 7-of-9, 1-of-2 from three and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line ... Pulled down a season-high eight rebounds and scored 10 points in the home 67-57 win against a receiving votes Central Oklahoma (Feb. 27th) to help seal the Lions berth into the MIAA Postseason Tournament ... Was named onto the MIAA transfers and first-year Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll, one of three Lions to be named this season ... As a team the Lions ranked in Division II, ninth in blocked shots (98) and free throws made (331), 12th in free throws attempted (446), 24th in rebounds (860) and 30th in blocked shots per game. In the MIAA ranked second in blocked shots per game (4.3), defensive rebounds per game (27.5), third in blocked shots, fourth in field goal defensive percentage (38.4), free throws made and sixth in free throws attempted
Prior to Southern - Johns is a native of Plainfield, Ill., registered 17.8 points per game as a sophomore for the Plainsmen of Johns of Frank Phillips College in Berger, Texas ... She finished the 2019-20 campaign by shooting 44.6 percent (131-of-307) in 28 minutes per game as she played in 29 games ... From beyond the arc, Johns was 36-of-112 (32.1 percent) and she hit 81-of-99 (81.8 percent) from the charity stripe ... A two-time Western Junior College Athletic Conference (WJCAC) Region V Player of the Week (Dec. 3 and Dec. 17, 2019), Johns was named WJCAC All Conference and landed on the Presidents List for obtaining a 4.0 grade point average ... Prior to attending Frank Phillips, Johns attended Purdue-Fort Wayne (NCAA Division I) in Fort Wayne, Ind. where she played five games and was on the 2018-19 Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... In high school, Johns set a school record for free throws made in a season with 71 while earning All-Area and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Honorable Mention, All-State accolades ... She was a 2018 graduate of Oswego East High School as a member of the Wolves after transferring from Plainfield North and a member of the Tigers.
Personal - She is the daughter of Jill and Jemal Johns and intends to major in pre-physical therapy at Southern.
