Cory Johnson (basketball, born 1988)

Cory Rockne Johnson (born April 5, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Ehime Orange Vikings in Japan.[1] He played college basketball for Iowa State and Valparaiso.

Cory Johnson
Free agent
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1988-04-05) April 5, 1988
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High schoolDuluth East
(Duluth, Minnesota)
College
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Korihait
2012–2013Básquet Coruña
2013–2014Società Atletica Basket Massagno
2014–2015KTP Basket
2015–2016Yokohama B-Corsairs
2016–2018T71 Dudelange
2018–2019Ehime Orange Vikings

College career

Johnson began his college career at Iowa State University where he played two seasons for the Cyclones before transferring to Valparaiso University.[2] After sitting out a redshirt year, Johnson spent the 2009–10 and 2010–11 basketball seasons competing for the Crusaders. During his senior year, he was selected as a preseason Second Team All-Horizon League honoree and named MVP of the Lou Henson Award Tournament.[3] He helped lead the crusaders to a 23-12 record and a spot in the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. A Second Team All-Horizon League selection in his Junior year, Johnson also earned a spot on the league All-Newcomer squad averaging 15.6 points and 5.8 rebounds. Johnson also finished second in the Horizon League with .556 field goal percentage, which ranked 20th nationally.[4]

Professional career

Following the completion of his college career, Johnson signed with basketball club WCAA Giants of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[5] Due to financial difficulties the club withdrew from the DBL prior to the 2011-12 season.[6] Johnson then signed with UU-Korihait, which competes in Korisliiga, the top men's basketball league in Finland. He averaged 16.9 points 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists for Korihait during the 2011-12 season.[7]

Johnson played for CB Coruña during the Spain 2012–13 LEB Oro season.[8]

In July 2013, Johnson signed with SAM Massagno Basket in Switzerland for the 2013-2014 season.[9] He finished the regular season second in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball in scoring, averaging 20.3 points, while adding 6.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game.[10] In the 2014 post season awards, Johnson was named All-Swiss LNA 3rd team by Eurobasket.com.[11]

In October 2014, Johnson joined KTP Basket of the Finnish Korisliiga to compete in the 2014-2015 EuroChallenge. [12]

On February 10, 2015, he signed with BBC Monthey of the Swiss Ligue Nationale de Basket.[13]

On August 22, 2015, an agreement was made with the Yokohama B-Corsairs for the final season of the Japanese bj League.[14]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015-16 Yokohama B-Corsairs 503425.7.467.299.7826.81.6.9.414.8

References
  1. Ehime Vikings (17 August 2018). "コーリー・ジョンソン選手 契約合意（新規）のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. Cyclones. "Cory Johnson To Transfer". Iowa State Athletics. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. Potter, Bill. "Valpo Takes Lou Henson Award Tournament Title with 103-102 Comeback Over Oakland". Horizon League. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  4. "Cory Johnson". Valpo Athletics. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  5. "Johnson, Fletcher Headed to WCAA Giants of Dutch League". Horizon League. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. Roggen, Fred. "European Leagues BasketMe Preview: Dutch Basketball League". basketme. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  7. "Cory Johnson". Finnish Basketball Association. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  8. Gómez, Pablo (5 August 2012). "The American power forward Cory Johnson, basketball Coruña". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  9. "Colpo SAM Massagno, preso Cory Johnson". Tichinoonline. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  10. "CUMUL / SAM Basket Massagno". www.lnba.ch. LNBA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  11. "LNA: Season 2013-2014". www.eurobasketb.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  12. "KTP hankki neljännen amerikkalaisen". ktpbasket.fi. KTP Basket. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  13. BBC Monthey lands Cory Johnson
  14. "Notice of Cory Johnson basic contract agreement". b-corsairs.com. Yokohama b-corsairs. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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