Vickie Johnson
Encyclopedia
Vickie Johnson is a WNBA
player who played for the San Antonio Silver Stars
until her retirement in 2009. She grew up in Coushatta, Louisiana
.
in 1997, which was composed of professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues, usually international leagues.
She was a two-time WNBA allstar and was the first New York Liberty player to record 2000 points.
In June 2005 in honor of Johnson's 3,000 points scored, Sandy Levine, owner of the world-famous Carnegie Deli in Manhattan
, created the VJ Classic sandwich, a 3000 Calories (12,552,000 J) belly-busting sandwich.
Johnson ended an eight-year career with the Liberty by signing with the San Antonio Silver Stars on February 9, 2006.
At the start of the 2009 WNBA season, Johson announced that she would retire from play at the end of this season.
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
player who played for the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
until her retirement in 2009. She grew up in Coushatta, Louisiana
Coushatta, Louisiana
Coushatta is a town in and the parish seat of rural Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the east bank of the Red River. The community is approximately forty-five miles south of Shreveport on U.S. Highway 71...
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High School Years
Johnson was a letterman in basketball and track and field. In track and field, she was the Louisiana State Champion on the long jump as a senior.WNBA career
Johnson was selected 12th overall in the second round of the inaugural WNBA Elite draftWNBA Draft
The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the WNBA through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The first WNBA draft was held in 1997...
in 1997, which was composed of professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues, usually international leagues.
She was a two-time WNBA allstar and was the first New York Liberty player to record 2000 points.
In June 2005 in honor of Johnson's 3,000 points scored, Sandy Levine, owner of the world-famous Carnegie Deli in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, created the VJ Classic sandwich, a 3000 Calories (12,552,000 J) belly-busting sandwich.
Johnson ended an eight-year career with the Liberty by signing with the San Antonio Silver Stars on February 9, 2006.
At the start of the 2009 WNBA season, Johson announced that she would retire from play at the end of this season.
European career
- 1996-1997:
Tarbes Gespe BigorreTarbes Gespe BigorreTarbes Gespe Bigorre is a French basketball club, taking part to the professional French league for women, the LFB, and to European Cups .... - 1997-1998: W Bordeaux Basket
- 1998-2000:
Lachen Ramat Hasharon - 2000-2001: Elitzur Cellcom Holon
- 2004-2005:
Trentino Rovereto Basket - 2005-2007:
MiZo Pécs - 2007-2008:
GalatasarayGalatasaray Women's Basketball TeamGalatasaray Medical Park is the women's basketball section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. The club is sponsored by Medical Park....