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Girls Basketball - Pennsylvania

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Diamond Johnson

Guard
NEUMANN-GORETTI HS
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

28.1

Points per game

5.8

Rebounds per game

4.5

Assists per game

4

Steals per game
“Diamond Johnson is pretty much unstoppable. She’s small and quick, she’s got a deadly floater and she can shoot from well behind the line. She changes the entire dynamic of that team.”
Beulah Osueke
Head Coach Head coach at West Catholic High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 junior guard had led the Saints to an 18-8 record and a berth in the Class 3A state tournament at the time of her selection. Johnson averaged 28.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 4.0 steals through 26 games. The MVP of the Philadelphia Catholic League, she scored 54 points in the city championship game and is ranked as the nation’s No. 14 recruit in the Class of 2020 by ESPN.  

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Academic Achievement

Johnson has maintained a 3.57 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Johnson has donated her time as a mentor for young children and has volunteered locally on behalf of the Christopher’s Footprints Child Care Center.