2011-12
Played in 15 games as freshman, logging 116 minutes...Scored 27 points (1.8) with 21 rebounds (1.4).
Those 27 points included 6-of-31 three-point baskets...Had six steals and six assists on season.
Top scoring game was nine points against Appalachian State (11/26/11) as she hit 3-of-5 shots outside the three-point arc...Scored six points at Florida State (11/21/11) and made 2-of-3 three-point attempts.
Had three rebounds in four different games...Had a two-steal game in the win over Kennesaw State (12/14/11).
Thirty-one of her thirty-five shots taken during the season were behind the three-point line.
PREP
Johnson poured in 1,230 points and made 174 three-point baskets in her career at Fort Wayne, Ind., South Side High.
The southpaw was a two-time all-conference first team pick, after having been a second-team pick in her sophomore year.
A two-year team captain and National Honor Society student, Brittany was certainly a leader on the court and in the classrooms. She had a 3.9 cumeulative GPA for high school.
The Archers of South Side were quite formidable during Johnson's years, posting 20-win seasons in every year and played in the state postseason tournaments.
Often, Johnson was leading the point parade like the 25-point night in a holiday tournament or the 20-point game in the state semifinals against South Bend Washington.
Johnson scored 21 points the night in regular season that South Side played South Bend Washington and Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame)...There were multiple double-double games as she could fight to get rebounds as well.
A deft outside shooter, she made a personal-best six three-point baskets in a game several times, including against rival high Snider....And with her high school coach Juanita Goodwell stressing defense, there were plenty of steals, including a six-theft game.
Johnson shot 31.5 percent outside the arc for her career with top seasons of 52, 45 and 44 made...But, not just a stand and shoot player, she got herself to the free throw line often, shooting 441 free throws in her career.
Her final prep totals included 336 rebounds, 290 assists and 281 steals.
She played AAU ball with the Lady Legit team of Coach Juan Gorman and the Indiana Family team....Was picked for the Indiana All-Star Classic. Playing against top competition throughout the summers, her teams traveled to tournaments in Florida, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and in Las Vegas, Nev.
John'sons shooting skills drew plenty of notice by college recruiters...Took visits to Western Michigan, IUPUI and Xavier amidst all the letters and calls she had received...GSU assistant coaches Jonathan Barbaree and Jocelyn Wyatt visited last summer and had watched her and kept up with her during her high school career.
PERSONAL
Brittany Charmaine Johnson was born July 6, 1992, in Fort Wayne to Dawn and Vernon Johnson.
Johnson becomes the second member of her family to play basketball at GSU, as her older brother Marques played for the GSU men's team the past two years. Older brother Marques let her play in some pick-up games with the guys and taught her lots of fundamentals of basketball.
Brittany's mother, Dawn, played two years of college volleyball. Between her family and her coaches, Brittany's overall game improved. "I think I learned to work harder and do the extra stuff when I don't really want to," she said. "I work hard now on defense, too, and I do extra ball-handling drills to get better in that area, too."
One of her fun things to do when she can find both time and money is shopping for shoes. ..The recent surge of TV crime-solving shows got her more interested in forensic science and criminal justice and she is considering a major in that.
