Johnson Earns NAIA All-American Honors
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Senior forward Abby Johnson was named to the NAIA All-American second team, becoming the fifth Azusa Pacific women’s basketball player to earn second-team or higher recognition in the annual postseason honors.
Johnson, a 6-foot-2 forward from Clarkston, Wash., posted team-high scoring and rebounding averages of 15.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, leading Azusa Pacific to its fifth consecutive 20-win season and fifth straight NAIA Tournament appearance. Both team accomplishments were program firsts, and Johnson was one of the primary contributors to the Cougars’ success the past 2 seasons.
Johnson came to Azusa Pacific in fall 2006 for her final 2 seasons of eligibility after playing her freshman and sophomore seasons at NCAA Division I Eastern Washington. She nearly became the first of Azusa Pacific’s 16 1,000-point scorers to reach the milestone in just 2 seasons, but first-round defeats in the GSAC and NAIA Tournaments this season kept Johnson from making a serious run at the mark. She finished with 939 career points in her 2 seasons as a Cougar, and she had a 2-year rebounding total of 510.