Synia Johnson

Photo by: William Stone

Photo by: Andrew Yates

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Riverdale Baptist
Hometown:
Waldorf, Md.
Major:
Management Information Systems

Career: Will be long remembered for her 2023 American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player award… Johnson was a three-time Team Captain… Appeared in 112 games, making 66 starts and averaging 22.8 minutes played per game… Scored 609 points, grabbed 339 rebounds, dished 197 assists and plucked 181 steals.

2024-25 as a Graduate: Appeared in 24 games, making 19 starts… Scored 109 points while recording 65 rebounds, 61 assists and 35 steals… Scored in double figures twice with 15 points against Charleston Southern (11/6) and 12 against Hampton (12/12)… Second on the team in assists… Dished three-or-more assists 13 times.

2023-24: Played in and started nine games before suffering a season-ending injury on 12/21… Recorded 46 points, 30 rebounds, 20 assists, 15 steals and one block… Contributed four points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals vs. Elon (11/6)… Scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds vs. No. 15 Ohio State (11/20)… Posted four points, four rebounds and six assists vs. Hampton (11/29)… Registered three-plus steals in three games.

2022-23: Appeared in all 33 games with 24 starts... Recorded five steals against VCU (12/4) and UCF (2/18) and four on multiple other occasions... Scored in double figures nine times... Recorded eight rebounds against High Point and seven several times.. Scored a career-best 16 points against Houston (2/22) and Tulane (3/7)... Scored 13 points with four steals and seven rebounds in the AAC Final against Houston... Named Most Outstanding Player of the AAC Tournament... Made Dean's List in the Fall and Chancellor's List in the Spring Semester... Named to the ECU All-Academic Team... Named Female Outstanding Scholar-Athlete at the 2023 Breakfast of Champions.

2021-22: Appeared in 26 games, starting eight... Averaged 5.3 points, 3.6 rebounds 1.3 steals in in 21.5 minutes per game... Scored a career-best 15 points against Memphis on Feb. 13... Pulled down nine boards on the road against the Tigers on March 2... Recorded a career-high seven steals at Houston on Feb. 16... Recorded at least one steal in the final 11 games of the season including four consecutive games with multiple takeaways.

2020-21: Appeared in 20 games, making six starts…Averaged 5.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 19.3 minutes per game…Earned a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on March 1 after scoring a combined 24 points in games against Cincinnati (2/24) and Memphis (2/27)…Scored 10 points and added three steals in her collegiate debut at Towson (11/25)…Had nine points, a career-high six assists and three steals against Wichita State (2/20)… Followed that game with 11 points and a career-best five rebound against Cincinnati (2/24)…Scored a career-best 13 points in the win over Memphis (2/27)…Scored in 18 of the 20 games she played and had multiple steals on nine different occasions.

High School: Lettered for two years at Riverdale Baptist in Upper Marlboro, Md., and for two years at North Point HS…Helped lead Riverdale Baptist to the 2020 NACA semi-finals and finish as No. 20 in the Maxpreps National Top-25…During the 2018-19 season, helped Riverdale Baptist reach the NACA Championship and was named an NACA All-American…Was named the MVP of the Governor’s Challenge…Named First-Team All-SMAC during both her freshmen and sophomore campaigns at North Point…Helped North Point win back-to-back SMAC and Regional Championships, reaching the Maryland State semifinals in each season...Also played for the Lady Prime and GTS Fuzion teams…Off the court, maintained a 4.0+ GPA in all four years of high school, earning Principles Honors and a spot in the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Keith and April Johnson…Has two younger siblings, Kourtney and Kristopher….Mother, April, was a state champion in the high jump and long jump and was inducted into her high school’s Hall of Fame in 2018...Majoring in management information systems.