Stella Johnson of Rider University was been named the All-Met Division I women’s college basketball Player of the Year for 2019-20 by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
Johnson is the first All-Met Player of the Year in the Broncs women’s program history, and just the second player among men and women at Rider to earn such an honor. Jason Thompson on the men’s side won the Haggerty Award in 2008.  

A 5-10 senior guard from Denville, NJ, Johnson --- a recent third-round WNBA draft choice by the Phoenix Mercury who also was named a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference repeat player of the year and an All-America honorable mention by the WBCA, Associated Press and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn. – led the nation in both total points (745) and points per game (24.8) while contributing 7.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a MAAC-leading 2.8 steals.

Johnson is the first player in MAAC history to lead the NCAA in scoring. She ranked fifth in the NCAA in made free throws (172), shooting 80.4% from the line and 47.0% from the floor for the Broncs (26-4). She registered a career-high nine double-doubles in 2019-20 and had her second career triple-double.

Johnson was named the MAAC  player of the week nine times and the Met Basketball Writers Division I Women’s Player of the Week three times. She was one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award.

As the Player of the Year for this past season, Johnson also heads the All-Met Division I Women's First Team. An All-Met First Team last year and a Second Team selection in 2018, Johnson graduates as the only active Division I player to exceed 2,000 points (2,167), 700 rebounds (750), 400 assists (428), and 300 steals (336). Now the career points leader at Rider, she stands 18th on the all-time/all-divisions Met basketball women's scoring list.

Check out her video acceptance speech youtube.com/watch?v=1QnpaOFZ3dY and her season highlight package here youtube.com/watch?v=EPfFKPsSRpU.