2026 All-SEC Freshman Team
2025 Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team
FRESHMAN SEASON (2025-26)
Came onto the scene at LSU and was a player Coach Kim Mulkey had to get on the floor … Although she was recruited to play on the perimeter, she was used as a post player for the majority of the season with stints in the backcourt … Appeared in 34 games with 23 starts as a freshman contributor, averaging 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game … Scored 330 points, grabbed 189 rebounds and dished out 34 assists, while blocking 17 shot attempts and picking 28 pockets throughout the season … Logged the most minutes of LSU’s top-ranked recruiting class with 642:19 and her 23 starts were the most among the freshman class … The fifth-leading scorer but the top scorer among LSU freshmen … Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team … She became the ninth LSU freshman to earn All-Freshman honors from the league office … Scored in double figures 18 times during her freshman season with three instances of 10-plus rebounds … In all three games with 10 rebounds, she eclipsed 10 points to record a double double … Was named to the 2025 Paradise Jam All-Tournament team after putting up 31 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block … Contributed to the Tigers’ 95 points per game which established the SEC record for scoring offense … Also played a vital role in LSU’s 16 100-point games that set an NCAA Division I record for 100-point games in a season
HIGH SCHOOL
One of the most decorated athletes in the history of Kentucky high school sports … In her four seasons, the 5-9 guard collected four KHSAA state championships, four Gatorade Player of the Year honors, and earned a gold medal with the Team USA U18 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup team … Member of the Tigers’ No. 1 recruiting class … Rated No. 13 by ESPN, No. 4 by On3, No. 4 by Prospects Nation, No. 12 by 247Sports, and No. 8 by Collegiate Girls Basketball Report … Johnson was awarded MaxPreps’ Kentucky Player of the Year honor four years in a row … She finished her prep career with 149 games played and averaged 20.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game … On Feb. 3, 2025, she recorded her 500th career assist making her the only player in Sacred Heart Academy history to have 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 career assists … On Dec. 17, 2024, Johnson set the career scoring record at SHA surpassing Crystal Kelly (’04) with 2,381 points at SHA … On Jan. 30, 2024, she had a triple double with 13 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists … In the 3,000-point club with fellow LSU freshman Bella Hines … Johnson finished her prep career with 3,870 points … MaxPreps’ compiled list of top scorers who played in the 2024-25 season places her sixth in the nation … Chose LSU because “I know (Coach Mulkey) knows what it takes to get to the top. LSU feels like home away from home.”
ZaKiyah Johnson’s Career Highs
Points 19 vs Marist 11/28/25
Rebounds 14 vs Missouri 02/22/26
Assists 3 4 times
Steals 4 vs Southeastern La. 11/06/25
Blocks 2 at New Orleans 12/07/25, at Ole Miss 02/19/26, vs Morgan St. 12/16/25
FG Made 8 vs Southeastern La. 11/06/25, at Ga. Southern 11/09/25, vs Marist 11/28/25
FG Attempts 12 vs Tennessee 02/26/26
3FG Made 1 vs Alabama 02/01/26, vs Arkansas 01/29/26
3FG Attempts 1 vs Alabama 02/01/26, vs Arkansas 01/29/26, at Ole Miss 02/19/26
FT Made 6 at Auburn 02/08/26
FT Attempts 7 at Auburn 02/08/26, vs Morgan St. 12/16/25, at Tulane 11/17/25