Vickie Johnson

Sport: Basketball

Induction Year: 2025

University: Louisiana Tech

A two-year WNBA All-Star (1999, 2001) and 13-year WNBA standout out of Louisiana Tech’s powerhouse program, Johnson started 408 of her 410 pro contests. For the Lady Techsters’, the Coushatta native was chosen to the 1994 NCAA All-Final Four Team and went on to earn Kodak and Street & Smith All-America honors in 1995 and ’96. Was Sun Belt Conference MVP in 1995 and ’96 and 1996 Louisiana Player of the Year, scoring 1,891 points and collecting 831 rebounds in her college career. Her WNBA playing career began with the league’s inaugural season in 1997 and ended in 2009 after nine seasons with the New York Liberty and her final four with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She averaged 10.3 points and 4.0 rebounds for her career while hitting 43.1 percent of her field-goal attempts and 82.1 percent of her free-throw attempts. She played her 11,000th minute, a WNBA record at the time, on June 13, 2008 vs. Seattle and was the first person in league history to collect 4,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in a career. She was added to the Liberty’s Ring of Honor in 2011. Johnson won the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in 2008, her last pro season. Went into coaching and was the Dallas Wings head coach in 2022. Born 4/15/72 in Coushatta.