Shaunte Nance-Johnson
Second year in the program after transferring from Yakima Valley C.C. ... Played in all 33 games on last year’s 28-win team, backing up Big Sky Conference MVP Mandy Morales at the point ... Finished third on the team in assists (1.9/g) despite playing less than 13 minutes per game ... The favorite to earn the starting point guard job this season ... A one-time Academic All-Big Sky Conference selection ... Husband, Anthony Johnson, is a senior on the Griz men’s basketball team.
2008-09 (junior season): Played in all 33 games, averaging 12.6 minutes in a reserve role as the backup point guard ... Ranked third on the team with 63 assists (1.9/g) ... 27 steals (0.8/g) ranked fourth ... Averaged 2.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game ... Posted season highs of seven assists and five rebounds in 82-54 home-court victory over Weber State (1/17) ... Handed out five assists on two occasions ... Scored a season-high nine points in just seven minutes in 81-56 victory at Eastern Washington (1/31).
2007-08: Coached the girls’ basketball team at Riverside Christian School in Yakima, Wash., while husband was completing second year at Yakima Valley C.C. ... Led the Crusaders to a 22-6 finish.
2006-07 (sophomore season): Played at Yakima Valley C.C. ... Named team captain ... Averaged 9.6 points, 4.7 steals, 4.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game ... Led the Yaks to a 29-4 finish.
2005-06 (freshman season): Played at Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho ... Helped the Crusaders to a 17-11 record.
Prep: A 2005 graduate of Henry Foss High in Tacoma, Wash. ... A two-time Narrows League MVP ... A McDonald’s All-America team nominee as a senior ... Played in the 2005 Washington State Coaches Association All-State game.
Personal: Born November 28, 1986, in Tacoma, Wash. ... Raised by grandmother Edith Miller ... Has three sisters, Zacoya, Jasella and Ronnie, and two brothers, Jaquan and Xavier ... Husband, Anthony Johnson, is a senior on the Grizzly men’s basketball team ... A communications major.