Career Honors:
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2017-18 Second Team All-CAA
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2014-15 CAA All-Rookie Team
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2018 CAA All-Tournament Team
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2017-18 NCCSIA Second Team All-State
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2017-18 Preseason Second Team All-CAA
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CAA Player of the Week | Feb. 5, 2018
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CAA Player of the Week | Jan. 22, 2018
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CAA Rookie of the Week | Jan. 5, 2015
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CAA Rookie of the Week | Dec. 22, 2014
Career Highs
Points: 22 at Campbell | Dec. 17, 2014
Rebounds: 14, 2x – last vs. Winthrop | Nov. 10, 2017
Field Goals: 10, 3x – last at Northeastern | Feb. 18, 2018
Three Pointers: 1, 4x – last at James Madison | Feb. 12, 2017
Free Throws: 6, 2x – last at Davidson | Dec. 6, 2017
Assists: 3, 11x – last vs. King | Dec. 28, 2016
Steals: 4 at American | Nov. 22, 2015
Blocks: 7 vs. William & Mary | March 8, 2018
Turnovers: 6, 2x – last at Hofstra | Jan. 29, 2017
Minutes: 37, 2x – last at James Madison | Feb. 12, 2017
2017-18: The only player to start all 33 games during the year, Johnson closed the season with 11.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest while averaging 24.8 minutes per game…Her 11.7 points finished as the third-most on the team while he4 5.9 rebounds also placed third…Earned Second Team All-CAA honors following the season after being picked a Preseason Second Team All-CAA honoree…Finished tops in the conference for the second year in a row in shooting 54.2 percent from the floor…The mark also placed 35th in the country…Also finished seventh in the CAA for blocks with 40…Became the 24th player in program history to reach 1,000-career points when she scored 16 and had 13 rebounds against Delaware (1/21)…Earned CAA Player of the Week twice on Jan. 22 and Feb. 5…Picked up the first honor after posting back-to-back 16-point games against Towson (1/19) and Delaware (1/21) while shooting 15-of-19 for the weekend…Added her second CAA weekly honor of the year after averaging 15.0 points per game in two wins over College of Charleston (2/2) and James Madison (2/4)…Scored a season-best 20 points at Drexel (1/26) on 10-of-13 from the floor to go with seven rebounds and three steals…Finished with a double-double against Drexel (2/9) at home with 13 points and 10 rebounds with seven rebounds and three steals…Finished with a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double at Hofstra (2/16)…Added a season-high-tying 20 points at Northeastern (2/18) and posted a team-best 17 points with six rebounds in the Senior Day win over Hofstra (2/25)…Pulled down a career-high-tying 14 rebounds on opening night against Winthrop while also adding 14 points…Had a team-best 14 points with nine rebounds in Elon’s win at AAC-foe UCF (11/22)…Was named to the CAA All-Tournament Team after averaging 13.6 points per game in Elon’s three wins…Had a double-double in the CAA Quarterfinals against William & Mary with 13 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks…Followed her performance against the Tribe with back-to-back 14-point games to go with eight total rebounds...Picked up NCCSIA Second Team All-State honors after the season.
2016-17: Played in all 34 games, making 32 starts on the year…Chipped in 9.1 points per game, finishing 25th in the CAA and fourth on the team…Shot 54.4 percent from the floor to pace both Elon and the CAA…Grabbed 6.5 rebounds per game to earn second on the team and 10th in the conference…Led the team and placed third in the conference with 54 blocks, averaging 1.6 per outing while picking up multiple rejections in 16 games…Her 54 blocks ties her for sixth-most in a single season in team history…Scored a season-high 18 points in the win over Bucknell…Found herself in double figures 15 times on the season with 13 of those occasions coming when the calendar turned to 2017…Rejected a season-high six shots in the win over Towson on Feb. 3, tying her for third-most in a single game in program history…Posted two double-doubles against College of Charleston and William & Mary and pulled down double-digit rebounds four times…Had big games against College of Charleston (17 points, nine rebounds), Northeastern (16 points, eight rebounds) and Towson (15 points, eight rebounds).
2015-16: Played in all 31 games and made 29 starts on the season…Averaged 27.0 minutes, 8.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game…Second on the team and 10th in the CAA with a 42.2 field goal percentage…Second on the team and 15th in the league with 181 rebounds…Played a career-high 37 minutes at Hofstra…Scored a season-high 15 points twice…Posted a career-high 14 rebounds against East Tennessee State…Matched career-high three assists six times…Claimed a career-high four steals at American…Matched career-high five blocks twice…Led team with 34 blocks and ranked 11th in CAA in blocks per game…Recorded a season-high six field goals off 10 attempts against Charlotte for a 60.0 field goal percentage…Hit first career three at Delaware…Scored in double figures in 14 games…Tallied three double-doubles on the season.
2014-15: Played in all 32 games as a rookie and started 20 of those contests…Averaged 20.8 minutes, 7.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game…Finished the season with a 51.1 field goal percentage…Scored a career-high 22 points off a career-high 10-of-12 performance from the field and went 2-of-3 from the line at Campbell…Posted her first career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 11 boards against Furman…Scored in double figures nine times on the season…Matched her career-high with 11 rebounds against Towson…Hit a career-high six free throws against College of Charleston…Recorded a career-high five blocks against UNCW in the CAA Championships…Tallied a career-high three steals at UNCW…Currently ranks fifth on Elon’s career blocked shots per game record list with 1.4/game…Named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Dec. 22 and again on Jan. 5…Selected to the CAA All-Rookie Team.
High School: Helped North Surry to three straight conference championships (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13), a regional final (2011) and two sectional finals (2010, 2013)…Member of the winning West team in the North Carolina East-West All-Star game after scoring 12 points and hauling down eight rebounds...Averaged 10.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 4.4 blocks and 2.2 steals per game as a junior…Three-time all-conference player, two-time all-district pick and a two-time All-Northwest selection by
The Winston-Salem Journal…Also an accomplished volleyball player…Helped volleyball team win the 2012 NCHSAA 2A state championship and was named the state championship MVP…Three-time all-conference player in volleyball…2013 volleyball conference player of the year…Honor roll student.
Personal: Full name is Malaya Kristen Johnson…Daughter of Christopher and Leslie Johnson…Born on Sept. 15, 1996...Graduated with a degree in Human Service Studies with a minor in Psychology.
