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Grand Canyon University Athletics
2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 23
Carlos Johnson
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 220
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Centralia, Ill.
- High School:
- Findlay Prep
- Prev School:
- Washington
- Major:
- Communications
Bio
Suggested reading: Johnson comes home to GCU
Grand Canyon
2019-20 | Senior
- Earned All-WAC second-team honors.
- Led GCU in 3-pointers (45) and free throws (101), while ranking second to Alessandro Lever in scoring (15.5 ppg).
- Ranked fifth in the WAC in overall scoring (15.5) and fourth in conference action (16.8).
- Scored 1,000th point of college career in a home win over Seattle U on Jan. 23.
- Ended career with a season-high 33-point performance on senior night in a win over CSU Bakersfield on March 7.
- Earned a pair of WAC Player of the Week honors: on Feb. 10 following a 25-point performance at California Baptist on Feb. 8 and on March 9 following the 33-point senior-night performance.
- Had seven games of 20 points or more.
2018-19 | Junior
- Selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 6, All-WAC second team and All-WAC Tournament teams.
- Averaged a team-high 14.3 points in 24.3 minutes per game.
- Posted 31- and 35-point games in the first two WAC Tournament games, becoming one of six Division I players to have 30-point games on successive nights in 2018-19.
- His 35-point game against Utah Valley was the highest WAC Tournament scoring total since Keith Van Horn scored 37 in 1997.
- Started final 11 games.
- Scored at least 20 points in three successive games as a sixth man, becoming one of six players to do it by February last season.
- Improved 3-point shooting from 16 percent (6 for 36) in the first 16 games to 42 percent (26 for 62) in the last 18 games.
Washington (Seattle)
2017-18 | Sophomore
- Appeared in 17 games and averaged 8.5 minutes off the bench for the Huskies.
- Opened season with 10 points on 3-of-3 shooting from the field and a 4-for-4 mark from the free throw line against Belmont on Nov. 10, 2017.
- Again tallied 10 points at rival Washington State with 4-of-6 shooting on Jan. 6, 2018.
- Played 16 total minutes in the final 18 games of the season under first-year head coach Mike Hopkins.
2016-17 | Freshman
- Saw action in all 31 games and averaged 5.9 points and 3.0 rebounds.
- Was Washington's fifth-leading scorer and second among freshmen behind 2017 NBA Draft No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz.
- Scored in double figures on six occasions, including a career-high 19 points against Arizona State on Feb. 16, 2017. Shot 7 for 11 from the field and collected a team-leading 12 rebounds for first career double-double.
High School
Findlay Prep - Henderson, Nev.
- Transferred to powerhouse Findlay Prep for his senior season.
- Averaged 14.5 points in 20.5 minutes over 29 games.
- Scored a career-high 43 points on Feb. 29, 2016.
El Cerrito High School - El Cerrito, Calif.
- Played his junior season with the Gauchos.
- Saw action in 29 games and averaged 15.9 points and 8.3 rebounds.
Shadow Mountain High School - Phoenix, Ariz.
- Played his first two years of high school for the Matadors, helping the team to a state championship as a sophomore in 2014.
- Teammates with fellow Lopes player J.J. Rhymes.
- Averaged 11.9 points and 6.3 rebounds in 30 games as a freshman in 2012-13.
Personal
- Parents are Carlos Johnson and Constance Leake.
- GCU was his first college scholarship offer in high school.
- Was club basketball teammates of Oscar Frayer on the Oakland Soldiers.
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