2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Johnson, Maliyah
Jersey Number 14
Maliyah Johnson
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Summer Creek
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
Bio
2023-24 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Played in 29 games with one start … Averaged 3.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 14.2 minutes per game … Had a season-high 11 points versus Lamar (Dec. 6) … Grabbed a career-best 15 rebounds against A&M-Commerce (Dec. 31) … Played the most minutes of her career against Nebraska (March 23) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, logging 30 versus the Huskers.
2022-23 (JUNIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Missed entire season due to injury.
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 26 games … Averaged 2.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and shot 41.7% from the field … Scored a career-high 13 points against Florida (Jan. 9) and played 27 minutes while grabbing seven rebounds … Hauled in a career-best eight boards and scored nine points versus Pitt (Nov. 25) … Played the most minutes of her career at South Carolina (Jan. 13), logging 30 minutes of action.
2020-21 (FRESHMAN AT TEXAS A&M)
Made 12 appearances for the Aggies as a rookie … Averaged 1.6 rebounds per game in 6.7 minutes played per contest … Scored her first collegiate point in the win over then-No. 25 Texas, also recording a rebound (Dec. 6) … Went 3-of-4 at the free throw line at Little Rock, also collecting four rebounds (Dec. 10) … Hauled in a career-high six rebounds and one block against Abilene Christian (Dec. 13) … Swiped a career-high three steals to go along with four points and two assists in the win over Sam Houston State (Dec. 15) … Saw a career-high 25 minutes of game action against Northwestern State, dishing a career-high three assists with five rebounds and two points in the win (Dec. 28)… Appeared in four SEC regular season games for A&M and made her collegiate postseason debut in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against LSU.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Graded as a four-star recruit by espnW HoopGurlz, which ranked her No. 76 overall and No. 18 among all forwards … Selected to the TABC UIL 6A All-State First Team in 2020 after a stellar senior season … Named a member of the All-District First Team each year of her high school career … Helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to a 31-5 overall record during her senior year, as well as a 15-1 record in district play … Guided Summer Creek to two straight regional semifinal appearances in 2019 and 2020, as well as the school’s first state tournament appearance in program history.
ACADEMIC MAJOR
Psychology
Played in 29 games with one start … Averaged 3.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 14.2 minutes per game … Had a season-high 11 points versus Lamar (Dec. 6) … Grabbed a career-best 15 rebounds against A&M-Commerce (Dec. 31) … Played the most minutes of her career against Nebraska (March 23) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, logging 30 versus the Huskers.
2022-23 (JUNIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Missed entire season due to injury.
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 26 games … Averaged 2.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and shot 41.7% from the field … Scored a career-high 13 points against Florida (Jan. 9) and played 27 minutes while grabbing seven rebounds … Hauled in a career-best eight boards and scored nine points versus Pitt (Nov. 25) … Played the most minutes of her career at South Carolina (Jan. 13), logging 30 minutes of action.
2020-21 (FRESHMAN AT TEXAS A&M)
Made 12 appearances for the Aggies as a rookie … Averaged 1.6 rebounds per game in 6.7 minutes played per contest … Scored her first collegiate point in the win over then-No. 25 Texas, also recording a rebound (Dec. 6) … Went 3-of-4 at the free throw line at Little Rock, also collecting four rebounds (Dec. 10) … Hauled in a career-high six rebounds and one block against Abilene Christian (Dec. 13) … Swiped a career-high three steals to go along with four points and two assists in the win over Sam Houston State (Dec. 15) … Saw a career-high 25 minutes of game action against Northwestern State, dishing a career-high three assists with five rebounds and two points in the win (Dec. 28)… Appeared in four SEC regular season games for A&M and made her collegiate postseason debut in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against LSU.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Graded as a four-star recruit by espnW HoopGurlz, which ranked her No. 76 overall and No. 18 among all forwards … Selected to the TABC UIL 6A All-State First Team in 2020 after a stellar senior season … Named a member of the All-District First Team each year of her high school career … Helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to a 31-5 overall record during her senior year, as well as a 15-1 record in district play … Guided Summer Creek to two straight regional semifinal appearances in 2019 and 2020, as well as the school’s first state tournament appearance in program history.
ACADEMIC MAJOR
Psychology
Media Availability: Joni Taylor
Wednesday, September 24
Media Availability: Fatmata Janneh, Lauren Ware
Wednesday, September 24
Tennessee Postgame: Sahara Jones, Lauren Ware, Joni Taylor
Wednesday, March 05
Arkansas Postgame: Joni Taylor
Sunday, March 02
