Imani Johnson

Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Southaven, Miss.
High School:
Desoto Central

2019-20 (Senior)
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
- Played in 27 games making 19 starts while averaging 19.4 minutes per game as a senior
- Scored in double-figures eight times, leading the team in scoring once
- Reeled in eight boards on two occasions: at Oklahoma (Nov. 10) and against Rice (Feb. 22)
- Scored a season high 17 points against Old Dominion (Jan. 4)
- Led team in rebounding four times
- Averaged 7.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game
- Second on the team in rebounds per game (4.5), first in offensive rebounds (47)
- Top 10 in UAB history in games played (119)

2018-19 (Junior)
- Appeared in 31 games
- Netted a career high 18 points with eight made free throws against Alabama A&M (Nov. 28) to lead UAB in scoring
- Registered eight double digit scoring games, including 17 against Troy (March 21) in the first round of the WNIT
- Also matched her career best of six made field goals against the Trojans
- Recorded three consecutive games with a 3-pointer: at Old Dominion (Feb. 7), at Charlotte (Feb. 9) and against Marshall (Feb. 14)
- Set career bets in field goals (86), 3-pointers (6) and points (231)
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

2017-18 (Sophomore)
- Appeared in all 34 games
- Helped the team to 27 total wins and 13 wins in C-USA play, both program records
- Helped win the program’s first-ever C-USA Regular Season Championship
- Member of the first UAB squad to play in the postseason since 2010-11
- Helped the Blazers to a 60-50 win over Chattanooga in the first round of the WNIT, the team’s first postseason victory since winning the WBI title game, 68-60, over Cal
State Bakersfield on March 27, 2011 and its first win in the WNIT since an 81-77 decision
over Davidson on March 15, 2007
- Was one of the team’s most productive players off the bench, scoring 6.6 points per contest while hauling in 4.0 rebounds per game
- Scored 223 points as a reserve, 30.6 percent of the reserves’ 729 total points
- Tied for the third-most steals on the team with 23
- Scored a career-high 15 points at High Point (12/03/17) and versus Middle Tennessee (02/22/18)
- Recorded her first career double-double against FAU (01/27/18), scoring 10 points and bringing down a career-high 11 rebounds
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2016-17 (Freshman)
- Started the season opener with Micah Scheetz, the first pair of freshmen to start the season opener since 2009
- Appeared in 27 games, making eight starts
- Named the Maggie Dixon Classic All-Tournament team after averaging 12.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in the first two games of the season
- Netted a career-high 12 points against No. 21 DePaul (11/12)
- Reeled in a career-best nine rebounds against Belmont (11/19)
- Connected on five made field goals on eight attempts at FAU, both career-highs (3/2)
- Recorded first career block at Samford (12/8)
- Scored in 20 of 20 games played
- Reeled in three or more rebounds in 10 contests

High School
- 2014 6A Mississippi All-District selection
- Played at the AAU level last year for the Memphis Elite
- State finalist for the Wendy's Heisman award
- Named team MVP at Desoto Central
- Earn arned the All-Star academic award in 2014
- Averaged 12.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game as a junior

Personal
- Daughter of Angela and Jerel Johnson
- Born December 30, 1997
- Has one brother, Jerel "Ricky" and one sister, Bene
- Father and brother both played college basketball
- Majoring in kinesiology