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Shannon ‘Pee Wee’ Johnson (San Antonio 2004-06)

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NO: 14
POS: Guard
HGT: 5-7
DOB: August 18, 1974
SCHOOL: South Carolina ‘96

 

WNBA TRANSACTIONS

May 3, 1999 Signed by the WNBA and allocated to the Orlando Miracle; following the 2002 season, the Mohegan Sun purchased the Miracle, relocated the team and renamed it the Connecticut Sun.
January 28, 2004 Traded to San Antonio.
April 21, 2006 Signed a contract with San Antonio
March 6, 2007 Signed as an unrestricted free agent with Detroit.
March 7, 2008 Signed as a free agent with Houston.
February 23, 2009 Signed as a free agent with Seattle.


WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Three-time All-WNBA second team (1999, 2000 and 2002)
  • Four-time All-Star (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003)
  • Finished among the top 5 in the league for assists five times (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008).
  • In 2003, averaged 12.4 ppg and 5.8 apg (4th in the W) in guiding the Sun to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Sun posted an 18-16 record on the season, marking the most victories in the team’s five-year history.
  • Averaged double-digit scoring in each of her first five years in the league, including a career-best 16.1 ppg to go with 5.3 apg in 2002.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

YEAR TM G GS MP FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT ORB DRB TRB/AVG AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS/AVG
1999 ORL 32 32 1147 151 338 .447 40 110 .364 105 153 .686 44 106 150/4.7 141 54 12 121 79 447/14.0
2000 ORL 32 32 1126 122 309 .395 30 90 .333 107 144 .743 53 102 155/4.8 169 58 7 102 83 381/11.9
2001 ORL 26 22 785 90 245 .367 38 104 .365 84 111 .757 15 62 77/3.0 68 34 6 54 66 302/11.6
2002 ORL 31 31 1110 157 389 .404 21 77 .273 164 214 .766 49 80 129/4.2 163 51 7 98 78 499/16.1
2003 CON 34 34 1107 138 319 .433 19 73 .260 125 171 .731 39 95 134/3.9 196 44 3 107 77 420/12.4
2004 SAS 31 30 954 89 234 .380 27 76 .355 82 107 .766 14 68 82/2.6 136 48 4 99 69 287/9.3
2005 SAS 34 33 1104 88 241 .365 28 90 .311 113 136 .831 17 74 91/2.7 158 46 5 113 78 317/9.3
2006 SAS 32 32 875 104 256 .406 32 91 .352 78 97 .804 31 64 95/3.0 117 60 5 75 78 318/9.9
2007 DET 33 8 559 57 166 .343 29 70 .414 50 61 .820 18 43 61/1.8 56 20 2 40 68 193/5.8
2008 HOU 33 32 1014 80 211 .379 31 97 .320 62 83 .747 31 76 107/3.2 168 52 9 79 84 253/7.7
2009 SEA 34 6 618 36 107 .336 18 61 .295 47 55 .855 14 48 62/1.8 52 27 7 52 56 137/4.0
Career 352 292 10399 1112 2815 .395 313 939 .333 1017 1332 .764 325 818 1143/3.2 1424 494 67 940 816 3554/10.1


WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Helped four teams to the WNBA playoffs, including in 2007 when Detroit advanced to the WNBA Finals after defeating New York (2-1) in the conference semis and Indiana (2-1) in the Eastern Conference Finals, before falling to Phoenix (3-2) in the best-of-five Finals.

WNBA POSTSEASON STATISTICS

YEAR TM G GS MP FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT ORB DRB TRB/AVG AST STL BLK TOV PF PTSAVG
2000 ORL 3 3 119 6 27 .222 2 13 .154 4 8 .500 4 17 21/7.0 14 5 2 7 9 18/6.0
2003 CON 4 4 131 13 29 .448 5 10 .500 14 18 .778 3 9 12/3.0 19 7 1 11 11 45/11.3
2007 DET 11 1 186 19 53 .358 9 26 .346 10 13 .769 8 17 25/2.3 28 5 2 13 13 57/5.2
2009 SEA 3 0 39 3 9 .333 1 5 .200 0 0 0 5 5/1.7 3 3 0 6 8 7/2.3
Career 21 8 475 41 118 .347 17 54 .315 28 39 .718 15 48 63/3.0 64 20 5 37 41 127/6.0

 

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ABL REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Began her professional career with the ABL Columbus Quest.
  • Posted four rebounds and two assists in 15 minutes of action during the 1998 ABL All-Star Game and was named 1998 All-ABL honorable mention.
  • With Johnson on the roster, the Quest posted an overall record of 78-20 (.796) in its two-plus years of existence.

ABL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

YEAR G/S FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST BLK STL
1998-99 14/- 66- 160 .413 23- 61 .377 56- 72 .778 82/ 5.9 211/ 15.1 55 5 24
1997-98 44/ 44 153- 357 .429 44- 127 .346 134- 169 .793 210/ 4.8 484/ 11.0 215 13 87
1996-97 40/ 40 140- 271 .517 69- 144 .479 60- 74 .811 157/ 3.9 409/ 10.2 151 6 69
TOTALS 98/ 84 359- 788 .456 136- 332 .410 250- 315 .794 449/ 4.6 1104/ 11.3 421 24 180


ABL POSTSEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Helped lead the Quest capture the 1997 and 1998 ABL titles.

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USA BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS

  • Providing a spark off the bench at the 2004 Olympics, Johnson averaged 6.1 ppg. and just under two assists a contest. She scored 21 points against host Greece in the medal quarterfinals, but it was her play against Australia that will be remembered. In a game that had been tight, she scored the final four points of the third quarter to give the Americans a 52-50 edge going into the fourth quarter and then topped that with six more in the fourth quarter. In scoring 10 of her 12 points in the final 10:31 of the contest, Johnson helped assure the third consecutive gold medal for the United States at the Olympic Games (8-0).
  • Prior to the Olympics, helped the USA to a 3-0 exhibition record.
  • Helped the 2004 USA National Team to a 13-0 record as the USA defeated teams from Cuba, Europe, Japan and a squad of collegiate all-stars.
  • Member of the 2002 USA World Championship Team, where she averaged 16.0 ppg in the three medal round games in route to gold and a 9-0 record; named to the five-member 2002 All-FIBA World Championship Team.
  • Prior to the 2002 Worlds, helped lead the USA to a 4-0 record at the Opals World Challenge against Australia, Brazil and France, and was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Defensive Player.
  • Recorded nine points, four assists, two steals and two rebounds in the 2002 USA National Team’s 100-59 exhibition game victory over the WBCA All-Stars.
  • First played for the USA National Team in 1998 against host Australia in the Opals Goldmark Cup (2-3 record) and followed that up with a spot on the 1999 USA National Team that went 4-1 on its Winter European Tour.
  • Participated in the 1999 and 2002 USA National Team spring training camps, and during the 1999 camp she helped the USA claim a 111-59 exhibition win over Germany in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • Named as an alternate for the 1998 USA World Championship and 2000 U.S. Olympic teams.
  • Johnson also helped USA Basketball teams capture gold medals at the 1997 World University Games, 1996 R. William Jones Cup and 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival, in addition to earning a bronze medal at the 1995 Jones Cup.

USA BASKETBALL STATISTICS

TEAM G/S FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AT BK ST
2004 OLY 8/0 18-46 .391 4-11 .364 9- 9 1.000 20/ 2.5 49/ 6.1 15 1 11
2004 OLYx 3/3 3-10 .300 2- 5 .400 1- 2 .500 6/ 2.0 9/ 3.0 3 0 1
2004 WNT 12/11 32- 64 .500 5- 14 .357 16- 21 .762 20/ 1.7 85/ 7.1 55 2 20
2002 WC 9/0 29- 61 .475 5- 18 .278 19- 24 .792 15/ 1.7 82/ 9.1 18 1 13
2002 WCx (OWC) 4/2 12- 31 .387 6- 14 .429 7- 10 .700 11/ 2.8 37/ 9.3 13 2 9
2002 WNT v WBCA 1/0 4- 6 .667 1- 1 1.000 0- 0 .— 2/ 2.0 9/ 9.0 4 0 2
1999 WNT v GER 1/0 1- 4 .250 0- 2 .000 0- 0 .— 3/ 3.0 2/ 2.0 5 0 3
1999 WNT ET 5/0 9- 22 .409 3- 9 .333 8- 10 .800 5/ 1.0 29/ 5.8 8 3 7
1998 WNT GC 5/0 7- 14 .500 1- 2 .500 10- 13 .769 9/ 1.8 25/ 5.0 5 0 5
1997 WUG 6/0 4- 8 .500 0- 3 .000 6- 8 .750 8/ 1.3 14/ 2.3 15 0 10
1996 JCUP 9/0 16- 27 .593 4- 8 .500 7- 13 .538 18/ 2.0 43/ 4.8 18 0 18
1995 JCUP 7/2 10- 19 .526 1- 6 .167 9- 11 .818 7/ 1.0 30/ 4.3 9 1 6
1993 USOFS 4/4 9- 20 .450 2- 3 .667 5- 8 .625 15/ 3.8 25/ 6.3 12 2 4
Totals 77/25 161- 343 .469 37- 101 .366 102- 136 .750 143/ 1.9 461/ 6.0 191 12 112

JCUP=R. William Jones Cup
OLY=Olympic Games
OLYx=pre-Olympic exhibition games
OWC= (Australia) Opals World Challenge
USOFS=U.S. Olympic Festival South Team
WC=World Championship
WNT=USA Basketball Women’s Senior National Team
WUG=World University Games


OVERSEAS HIGHLIGHTS

  • Played her final two EuroCup seasons for Ibiza (Spain) and averaged 8.2 ppg and 1.5 apg in 2008-09 and posted 18.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg and 2.6 in her final campaign in 2009-10 as her team fell to WBC Dynamo in the Sweet 16.
  • Averaged team-highs of 19.9 ppg and 4.0 apg for Sweet 16 finisher Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy) in nine EuroCup games in 2007-08.
  • Averaged 12.0 ppg and 4.7 apg for Wisla Can-Pack (Poland) during the 2004-05 EuroLeague campaign. Wisla fell to WBC Dynamo in the Sweet 16.
  • Competed the 2003-04 season for WBC Moscow Dynamo (Russia), and averaged 16.4 ppg and 4.3 apg as Dynamo capped the year with a third-place finish in the EuroCup.
  • Played two seasons (2001-02 and 2002-03) for Ros Casares (Spain). In 2001-02 she led Ros Casares in scoring (14.0 ppg), assists (2.5 apg) and steals (3.1 spg), and ranked second in rebounds (5.8 rpg) in 12 EuroLeague games.
  • Also competed professionally in Turkey for Fenerbahce in 1999-2000.

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COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS

  • During her four years, South Carolina compiled a 59-50 record (.541),
  • Upon completion of her eligibility, Johnson held South Carolina career records for free throws made (478) and free throws attempted (680), also ranked on USC career charts second in points (2,230) and 3-point field goal percentage (.382), third in steals (260) and fifth in assists (467); also scored a South Carolina record 50 points in a single game versus Appalachian State (1/31/96).
  • As a senior, ranked second among 1996 NCAA Division I leaders in scoring (24.7 ppg) and fourth in 3-point field goals made (2.9 3pt FGM.) and ranked 10th among 1995 NCAA Division I leaders in scoring (23.9 ppg) as a junior.
  • Named to the 1996 College Sports Magazine and Women’s Basketball News Service All-American second team, AP All-America third team ad WBCA All-America honorable mention.
  • A South Carolina Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Listed on the 1994, 1995 and 1996 All-SEC first teams.
  • Selected as the 1995 South Carolina Female Amateur Athlete of the Year and 1999 South Carolina Female Professional Athlete of the Year.

COLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR G FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST STL
1996 28 238-   544 .438   82- 202 .406 133- 179 .743 167/ 6.0 691/ 24.7 113 74
1995 27 214-   497 .431   64- 182 .352 154- 227 .678 172/ 6.4 646/ 23.9 138 57
1994 27 231-   506 .457   44- 111 .396 128- 187 .684 160/ 5.9 634/ 23.5 133 64
1993 27   89-   212 .420   18-   50 .360   63-   87 .724 98/ 3.6 259/  9.6 83 65
Totals  109 772-1759 .439 208- 545 .382 478- 680 .703 597/ 5.5 2230/20.5 467 260

 

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HIGH SCHOOL

  • Graduated from Hartsville High School in 1992.
  • Won state championships in 1990 and 1992.

PERSONAL

  • Born in Hartsville, South Carolina.
  • Daughter of Robert Brockington and Jo-Ann Bennett, the second oldest of six children, and has three sisters, Stacey, Shaquetta and Shaquanda Bennett and two brothers, Shaquan and Savion Bennett.
  • Earned her nickname “Pee-Wee” in the sixth grade because she was the shortest player on her volleyball team.
  • Graduated from South Carolina with a degree in retailing.
  • Has spent time coaching at the collegiate level.
  • Resigned after five years as head coach at Coker College for Nike’s W.I.N (Women In Nike) program in April 2020.

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