Temeka Johnson #2 Guard

Background

CAREER CAPSULE
• WNBA champion (2009)
• 2005 WNBA Rookie of the Year
• Averaging 9.4 points, 4.7 assists, and 3.4 rebounds in two seasons with the Mercury, the best two-year span of her career
• In 2009, her first season with the Mercury recorded career highs in scoring (9.6 ppg) and rebounding (3.5 rpg) (prev. 9.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg, both set in 2005) while shooting a career-high 41.4 percent from three-point range (6th-WNBA)
• Acquired by Phoenix from Los Angeles in a sign-and-trade deal in exchange for a 2010 first-round draft pick on March 26, 2009
• Was acquired by Los Angeles from Washington along with Murriel Page and fifth overall pick in the 2006 draft for Nikki Teasley and eighth overall pick in the 2006 draft on March 1, 2006
• Originally selected by the Washington Mystics with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 2005 WNBA Draft

2010 WNBA SEASON
• Started all 34 games for the second-straight season and third time in her career (2005)
• Averaged 4.7 assists per game, most since 2006 and eighth most in the WNBA
• Recorded three double-doubles, one more than her previous five years combined
• Collected 10+ assists three times including back-to-back performances on June 29 and July 1
• Tallied a career-high 12 assists June 29 at Atlanta
• Ranked seventh in the league with a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio
• Scored a career-high 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting (.625) August 13 at Indiana • Scored in double figures 15 times • Re-signed with the Mercury on April 16

2009 WNBA SEASON
• WNBA champion (2009)
• Was one of four players to start all 34 games
• Recorded career highs in scoring (9.6 ppg) and rebounding (3.5 rpg) (prev. 9.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg, both set in 2005)
• Averaged 4.6 assists per game (T-5th-WNBA)
• Shot a career-high 41.4 percent from three-point range (6th-WNBA)
• Shot 44.5 percent from the field (29th-WNBA), the best she’s shot since 2005 (.458)
• Posted 10+ points and 5+ assists nine times
• Posted 15+ points and 5+ assists three times
• Recorded 10+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists four times
• Led the team in assists a team-high 13 times
• Dished 5+ assists a team-high 17 times
• Phoenix was 15-2 in 2009 when Meek dished at least five assists
• Hit a game-winning bucket at the buzzer on July 11 at SAC
• Acquired from L.A. in a sign-and-trade deal in exchange for a 2010 first-round draft pick on March 26, 2009

2008 SEASON

In her third season in Los Angeles, appeared in 23 games for the Sparks, starting eight of them

Posted averages of 4.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 17.1 minutes per game

Ranked 12th in the league in assist per turnover (1.92)

Posted 11 points on 5-11 shooting in 31 minutes (all season highs) at Connecticut on July 24, 2008

Recorded double-digits in scoring four times

Dished five-plus assists six times

Appeared in all six of the Sparks’ postseason contests (zero starts)

Posted playoff averages of 8.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 19.2 minutes per game

2007 SEASON

Missed 23 games, mostly due to injury, but started all 11 games she appeared in

Averaged 6.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 18.7 minutes per game

Scored 11 points while dishing a team-high seven assists in a season-high 27 minutes at Detroit on July 29, 2007

Contributed 10 points and a season-high seven rebounds at New York two days later on July 31, 2007

Recorded a season-high 13 points vs. Washington on August 9, 2007

2006 SEASON

Was acquired from Washington along with Murriel Page and fifth overall pick in the 2006 draft for Nikki Teasley and eighth overall pick in the 2006 draft on March 1, 2006

Ranked second in the WNBA in assists (5.0 apg), third in total assists (161) and 13th in total steals (47)

In sophomore season, averaged 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 25.3 minutes

Started 30 of the 32 games in which she appeared

Shot a career-high 80.0 percent from the free throw line (48-60)

Tied career-high assists with 11 and scored 4 points in 36 minutes at Seattle on May 21, 2006

Scored a season-high 19 points, dished out 6 assists and grabbed 6 rebounds in 34 minutes vs. Detroit on June 7, 2006

Started five games for the Sparks in the 2006 postseason, averaging 9.2 points and 4.8 assists in 28.0 minutes per game

2005 SEASON

2005 WNBA Rookie of the Year

Was selected by the Washington Mystics with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 2005 WNBA Draft

Ranked second in WNBA in assist average (5.2 apg)

Started all 34 games as a rookie for the Washington Mystics

Recorded career-highs in scoring (9.3 ppg), rebounding (3.1 rpg), assists (5.2 apg), field goal percentage (.458) and minutes (28.6 mpg)

Recorded her first career double-double with 13 points and a team-high 11 assists vs. New York on June 1, 2005

Posted a career-high 21 points vs. Indiana on June 18, 2005

In her first career start, played 26 minutes and scored 10 points while adding three assists and three steals against Charlotte on May 21, 2005

In a 33-minute performance versus New York on August 23, 2005, was 4-for-4 from the line while adding 11 points, four rebounds and a team-high five assists

In 31 minutes at Los Angeles on July 19, 2005, dropped 11 points, four rebounds, a game-high seven assists and two steals

COLLEGE

AP All-American Second Team (2005)

USBWA All-American (2005)

AP All-American Honorable Mention (2004, 2003, 2002)

All-SEC First Team (2005, 2004)

All-SEC Third Team (2003)

SEC Tournament MVP (2003)

SEC All-Tournament Team (2003, 2002)

Broke LSU’s career assist record, single-season record and tied her own single-game assist mark in the 2003-04 season

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM

Spent 2009-10 offseason playing for USO Mondeville in Mondeville, France

Spent 2008-09 offseason playing for Bnot Hasharon in Israel

Spent 2005-06 offseason playing for Lotos Gdynia in Poland

Competed for USA in the World Championship for Young Women in 2003