Glory Johnson

Position: Forward
Height: 6-3 • 191 cms
Weight: 170 lbs • 77 kgs
School: University of Tennessee ‘12
Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee

USA Basketball Notes:

• Bronze Medal: 2007 USA Youth Development Festival.
• Named to the 2011 USA World University Games Team on Aug. 3, 2011.
• Helped the USA Blue Team to a 1-2 record and bronze medal at the 2007 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival; averaged 11.6 ppg. and 5.6 rpg.

College Honors:

• State Farm/WBCA All-America honorable mention and All-Region 3 (2011).
• All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) first team (2011).
• SEC All-Tournament Team (2011).
• SEC All-Defensive Team (2011).
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2009).

College Notes:

• As a junior in 2010-11 paced the Lady Vols with 12.0 ppg. en route to a 34-3 record and a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight; recorded a team-high 9.7 rpg. and 50 total steals while shooting 53.4 percent from the floor.
• Led Tennessee in 2009-10 to a 32-3 record and an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen by posting averages of
  10.1 ppg., 7.7 rpg. and 1.3 spg. in all contests as a sophomore in 2009-10, appearing in all 35 games and making 25 starts.
• As a freshman in 2008-09, averaged 8.9 ppg. and 6.9 rpg. in SEC play; scored in double figures 16 times and grabbed at least 10 boards seven times for the 22-11 Lady Vols.
• Has 33 career double-figure scoring games and 15 career double-digit rebound contests.

High School notes:

• Attended Webb School (Tenn.), where she was named to the WBCA, McDonald’s and Parade Magazine All-America teams (2008) and was a two-time Gatorade Tennessee Player of the Year (2007, 2008).
• Tennessee Ms. Basketball for Division II (2007).
• Led her team to the state championship as a junior, earning MVP honors (2007).
• Earned four varsity letters in both basketball and track & field, and one varsity letter in field hockey.

Personal Notes:

• Was born on July 27, 1990, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Born to parents Mercy Bassey Johnson and Bassey Johnson Udofot; is the youngest of five children, including one brother and three sisters.
• Obtained a degree in global studies in May 2011, taking just three years to earn.
• Hopes to work with athletes internationally one day.

The Inside Scoop:

• Has post-basketball ambitions of: getting into sports broadcasting, international business or modeling.
• Last book read for pleasure: "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
• Has worked at: Zuma Fun Center, working in the management department.
• Favorite class: calculus.
• Least favorite class: history.
• Is learning: Spanish.
• Favorite meal to make at home: pork chops.
• If not for basketball, would want to excel at: golf.
• When she was five, wanted to be: a veterinarian.
• If she could live in any city, it would be: New York.
• Next big purchase will be: a house.
• Most read online newspaper: New York Times.
• Favorite magazine: Essence.
• Favorite Facebook account: Black Girls and White Guys.
• Piece of clothing she can’t live without:  her Victoria’s Secret bra.
• Most prized possession: her laptop.
• Favorite sport other than basketball: track & field and soccer.
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Tamika Catchings.
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Michael Phelps.
• Strangest place ever played basketball: a pool.
• Best player ever faced: Maya Moore.
• Wants to go one-on-one against: Dwight Howard.
• Favorite basketball announcer: LaChina Robinson.
• Most people don’t know: she has two Chihuahuas.
• Most interesting place ever visited: Nigeria, her parents were born there.
• First basketball memory: state championship in high school.
• This right-hander wears No. 25 because: it’s not too big and not too small, just like her.
• Superstitious about: spilling salt, opening an umbrella inside, saying ‘bloody Mary’ in front of a mirror three times, splitting the pole, crossing the path of a black cat and knocking on wood.
• First overseas trip was: the Virgin Islands.

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