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2007-08 (Senior): Played in all 34 games and started 23 ... Southern Conference All-Tournament First Team ... Scored in double figures nine times ... Moved into tie for ninth place for blocked shots in a career with 61 ... Tallied the first double-double of her career with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Georgia Southern ... Connected on the first three-pointer of her career in the semi-finals of the Southern Conference Tournament against Elon ... Also hit a three-pointer in the championship game against Chattanooga ... Career-high 20 points against Appalachian State ... Career-high 11 rebounds against UNC-Wilmington ... Season-high point total ending the year with 247 points.
2006-07 (Junior): Played in 33 games and started 26 ... Ranked second on the team in blocked shots with 14 ... Scored in double-figures four times ... Recorded 23 points including a season-high 15 against Saint Joseph's (12/3) at the Courtyard Classic ... Averaged 7.7 points per game in the Southern Conference Tournament, including scoring 11 in the semifinal win over Georgia Southern (3/2).
2005-06 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 29 games, making 14 starts ... Was Western's leading scorer in one game and top-rebounder twice ... Ranked tied for 14th in the SoCon in blocked shots with a 0.55 average ... Led the team with a career-best 16 points in the season opener at Detroit (Nov. 18), also pulling down four rebounds ... Tallied her second double-figure scoring performance of the season with 10 against Florida State (Nov. 26) ... Finished with a dozen in the consolation loss to Wright State (Nov. 27) ... Scored all of her six points at South Carolina (Dec. 29) in the first half ... Scored six points, had three steals and blocked a pair of shots in the road win at Wofford (Dec. 31) ... Did not start for the first time all season at Davidson (Jan. 7) ... Tied for a team-high in rebounds, boarding seven at home versus UNC Greensboro (Jan. 18) ... Finished with eight points, seven rebounds, and two assists in the road win at Georgia Southern (Feb. 13) - it marked her best point production since scoring nine at home versus Radford and her best rebounding effort since also tallying seven boards against UNC Greensboro in mid-January ... Her two assists versus GSU tied her career-high and the seven rebounds were the most ever in a SoCon game ... Posted back-to-back, double-digit scoring outings to end the season with 10 points in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament win over Appalachian State (March 3) and 12 in the semifinal loss to Chattanooga (March 4) ... Led the team with nine rebounds in the win over ASU, while also connecting on career-highs with 8-of-8 free throws.
2004-05 (Freshman): Played in all 32 games, starting five times ... Averaged 4.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game ... Scored her first career points on a jumper at the 17:29 mark of the second half in the season opener at Clemson (Nov. 19), finishing with 10 points and nine rebounds ... Set a seasonal-high in scoring with 15 points in the win over High Point (Dec. 1), nailing seven shots from the floor ... Led the team as one of three players to record 11 points in the loss at UNC Asheville (Dec. 4), shooting 5-for-7 in the loss in the Civic Center ... Made her first career start at home versus Davidson (Dec. 20), playing for the injured Lori Tanner who rolled her ankle at Georgia Southern ... Responded to the first career start with 13 points and five rebounds ... Finished with seven points and a pair of blocked shots in the home win over Georgia Southern (Jan. 22) ... Provided a pickup for the Lady Catamounts, scoring seven off the bench at Chattanooga (Feb. 5) and boarding five rebounds ... Outside of basketball, she was an All-Southern Conference performer in Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, leaping over 1.67 meters ( 5.48 feet) to place third in the SoCon Indoor Track & Field meet (Feb. 25) and again finished third, clearing 1.62 meters (5.31 feet) at the Outdoor Championships held in Cullowhee (Apr. 30).
High School: Led her 2003-04 squad at Riverdale HS to the Sweet 16 at the State tournament after finishing as the region champions ... As a senior, averaged 12 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game, receiving the team's Defensive Player of the Year award as well as the Coaches Award ... Riverdale additionally finished as region champs during Johnson's freshman and junior seasons while making it to the State Elite Eight in the 2002-03 season ... As a junior, was named All-State honorable mention, all-region first team and all-conference first team ... She also received her team's Rebound Award for averaging 8.6 boards per game during the 2002-03 season.
Personal: Full name is Jessika Marie Johnson ... Daughter of James and Karen Johnson ... Majoring in Sociology with a minor in Psychology.
