Monmouth University Athletics

QUICKLY: All-America and NEC Player of the Year Candidate... Team leader in scoring, rebounding and assists each of the last two seasons... Solid defensive player... Enters season as starting point guard... Enters the season ranked eighth on MU's Division I-era scoring list with 1,061 points.

2000-01 (JUNIOR): Played in all 31 games for the Hawks, including 30 starts... Named Northeast Conference Player of the Year... Earned NEC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors... Tabbed Associated Press All-America honorable mention... Earned second-team All-Met from the New York Metropolitan Sportswriters' Association... Earned NEC All-Tournament team honors... Recognized on the All-NEC first team... Selected to the CollegeInsider.com All-Mid-Major team... Earned NEC Player of the Week honors on February 5 and December 4... Led the Northeast Conference with 5.74 assists per game... Ranked third in the NEC with 19.1 points per game and 2.06 steals per game... Ranked eighth in the NEC with 2.23 3-point field goals per game... Ranked 11th in the NEC with .768 free throw percentage... Ranked 15th in the league with 6.1 rebounds per game... Scored 20 or more points in 14 games on the year... Set Monmouth Division I single-game scoring record with 43 points vs. St. Francis-NY (2/4)... Scored 11 points in NCAA Tournament loss to Duke (3/15)... Registered 14 points and eight rebounds in NEC Championship win over St. Francis-NY (3/5)... Recorded second-career double double with 23 points and 10 rebounds and added seven assists in NEC semifinal win over UMBC (3/4)... Registered 19 points and eight caroms in NEC first round victory over Fairleigh Dickinson (3/3)... Nearly recorded a triple-double with 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists vs. Mount St. Mary's in season finale (2/24)... Paced team with 17 points vs. UMBC (2/22)... Tallied game-high 25 points and six assists vs. Quinnipiac (2/19)... Led team with 25 points, all in the second half, in a loss at Mount St. Mary's (2/15)... Scored game-high 21 points in a win at St. Francis-PA (2/8)... Logged team-high 18 points in win at Long Island (2/1)... Posted 12 points and six assists in victory against Sacred Heart (1/29)... Totaled 18 points, seven assists and seven rebounds in win over FDU (1/27)... Registered 24 points and seven assists vs. St. Francis-NY (1/25)... Led team with 21 points, seven assists and four rebounds vs. CCSU (1/19)... Posted 14 points and eight rebounds in win at Wagner (1/13)... Tallied 21 points, nine assists and six rebounds in win over Robert Morris (1/8)... Booked 22 points in win over St. Francis-PA (1/6)... Logged 15 points, seven rebounds and eight assists vs. FDU (1/4)... Just missed triple-double vs. UNLV with nine points, 11 rebounds and nine assists (12/28)... Tallied 15 points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals in win over St. Peter's (12/16)... Booked 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists in win at Albany (12/9)... Posted double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds in victory over Long Island (12/7)... Logged 22 points, seven rebounds and eight assists in victory over Wagner (12/2)... Notched 20 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in win vs. Sacred Heart (11/39)... Registered 27 points, nine rebounds and seven assists vs. Drexel (11/27)... Came off the bench to tally 15 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals in victory over Princeton (11/25)... Tallied a team-high 29 points in loss at Rider (11/21).

EUROPEAN TOUR: Started all five games on Monmouth's tour of France and Switzerland... Led the team with 17.2 points per game... Also averaged 2.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game... Scored in double digits in all five games, including a tour-high 22 points in the opener vs. Entente Orleanaise.

1999-2000 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 27 games for the Hawks as a sophomore, including 23 starts... Led team with 17.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game... Also led team with 55 steals and ranked second with a .802 free throw percentage... Logged season high 40 points, third highest total in school history, in first-round NEC Tournament loss to St. Francis [N.Y.]... Scored 25 points in regular-season finale vs. UMBC (2/26)... Scored 21 points in Monmouth's one-point victory over Fairleigh Dickinson (2/22)... Came off the bench to score 20 points in loss vs. St. Francis [N.Y.] (2/19)... Recorded first career double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds in win over Long Island (2/17)... Booked 20 points in one-point triumph over St. Francis [Pa.] (2/8)... Registered 23 points in 69-44 thrashing of Long Island (1/24)... Scored 20 points in loss vs. St. Francis [N.Y.] (1/22)... Notched 18 points, six rebounds and four assists in 52-49 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson (1/19) with a 17-point, seven-assist effort... Logged 20 points and nine rebounds in victory over Wagner (1/15)... Keyed a one-point victory over UMBC (1/10)... Paced Hawks with 22 points and seven rebounds in loss to St. Peter's (12/22)... Tallied game-highs with 28 points and seven rebounds in victory over Rider (12/18)... Led Hawks to victory over Albany (12/11) with 17 points and seven caroms... Logged 22 points and seven rebounds in loss at DePaul (12/6)... Contributed 14 points and seven rebounds in Monmouth's 67-46 loss at Miami (11/23).

ALLEGANY COLLEGE: Averaged 7.5 points per game and dished out 116 assists at Allegany College in Cumberland, Md., during the 1997-98 season... Led Trojans to a 34-1 record and a No. 2 ranking in the final NJCAA national poll... Helped Allegany capture the Region 20 Championship and advance to the NJCAA National tournament... Appeared in all 35 games, shooting 48.5 percent from the field... Also made 35 three-pointers and tallied 75 steals... Teammate of the No. 2 pick in the 1999 NBA draft Steve Francis.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three seasons at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C... Led the Eagles to a conference title, 22-2 record and a No. 1 ranking in the city in 1997.

PERSONAL: Brother, Van Johnson, Jr., was a standout football player at Temple University and in the Arena Football League... Has one daughter, Natalia Elaine Johnson (four months).... Son of Denise Johnson... Born April 1, 1978, in Washington, D.C... Majoring in communications.