LaTonya Johnson (born 17 August 1975) is a former professional basketball player who played in the WNBA for seven seasons. She also played overseas in Israel and Bulgaria.

College

Johnson played at Memphis from 1994 to 1998, where she was a four-year letterwinner. She left Memphis as its third all-time leading scorer (2,232), sixth all-time in rebounds (686), and all-time leader in three-point field goals made (207). During the four years, the team compiled an 86–34 record.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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Playoffs

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College

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Honors and awards

College

*Conference USA Tournament MVP as a senior (1998) *Conference USA First Team member (1996 and 1998) *Second team honoree (1997) *3x C-USA Player of the Week *Great Midwest Conference Newcomer of the Year (1995) *First team all-Great Midwest Conference (as a freshman) *Basketball Times All-American Honorable Mention (1996 and 1998) *USA Today Freshman of Influence (1994–95), one of just two Lady Tigers to ever earn that honor.

References

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