Shenise Johnson Named to ACC All-Freshman Team

March 3, 2009

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The University of Miami’s Shenise Johnson was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team, as announced today by the conference office. 

Yesterday, Johnson became the first freshman to be recognized with a post-season honor since the Hurricane’s women’s basketball team entered the ACC in 2004, with her All-ACC Honorable Mention recognition and now she is the first player at Miami to be named to the conference’s all-freshman team.

The Henrietta, N.Y. native became the first McDonald’s All-American to come to UM since Tamara James in 2002.  James was named to the All-Big East Second Team in her freshman season, the last time that a first-year player has earned a conference award. 

Johnson is only the seventh player in school history to be named to a conference all-freshman team.  The previous six honors went to student-athletes who played for Miami when the university was a member of the Big East.

This season for the Hurricanes, Johnson is the team leader in most statistical categories, including scoring (12.8 ppg), free throw percentage (.825), rebounding (7.1 rpg), assists (4.1 apg), steals (2.7 spg) and blocks (1.0 bpg). 

Among ACC players, the guard/forward ranked in the top-10 in assists (fourth), free throw percentage (second), steals (seventh) and assist/turnover ratio (1.3, fifth).

Johnson and the Hurricanes will look for their first ACC Tournament win since 2005 when they face the Boston College Eagles in the opening-round.  Tip-off is expected to be at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 at the Greensboro Coliseum.