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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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23 Makaela Johnson

23 Makaela Johnson

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Hamden, Conn.
  • High School:
    Hamden
  • Prev School:
    Saint Rose
  • Major:
    MS in Criminal Justice

Summary

Biography

2023-24: Made an appearance in all 27 games, starting in 19 … Closed out the season fourth on the team in scoring at 7.5 points per game and third in rebounding at 4.1 rebounds per game … Added 56 assists and 11 steals, while closing out the season shooting 74-of-185 for 40 percent … Finished third on the team with 27 three pointers, while going 28-of-34 at the free throw line … Closed out 10 games with double figures in the scoring column, including opening up her time in a Charger uniform with a double double as she finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while adding three assists and a steal, against Wilmington (Nov. 10) … Added 16 points the next day against Goldey-Beacom (Nov. 11) to average 13 points over opening weekend, shooting 11-of-19 from the field in those two games … Closed out her collegiate career with double figures in three of the final four games of the season, including a baker’s dozen 13 in the opening round of the NE10 Tournament against Southern Connecticut (Mar. 1) … Finished with at least one assist in all but five of the 27 games, setting a career-high with six on the road at Adelphi (Feb. 7) … Earned Academic Excellence honors on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Fall 2023 semester.

Prior to New Haven: Transferred to New Haven from fellow Northeast-10 opponent the College of Saint Rose where she played two seasons … Played her freshman and sophomore years at the University at Albany where she appeared in 21 total games for the Great Danes … At Saint Rose, appeared in 27 games, starting in 11 as a senior in 2022-23 … Finished her senior season averaging 10.6 points per game, which was second best on the team, shooting 37.1 percent from the field (115-of-310) … Also averaged 4.9 rebounds and dished out 24 assists and picked off 19 steals.

High School: Played four seasons of varsity basketball for the Green Dragons of Hamden High School … Served as team captain as a senior … Helped led the Green Dragons to the Southern Connecticut Conference Championship … Twice named All-State and All-Area.

Personal: Daughter of Jenny and Will Johnson … Has one younger sister, Isabella … Pursuing a Master of Science in criminal justice.

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