Former Miramonte Matador Alyssa Johanson was named the University Athletic Association's women's basketball athlete of the week in December. Johanson, a junior, earned the honor for the first time in her career.
She averaged 15 points and shot 52.2 percent from the field off the bench in a pair of wins for the No. 2 Bears. She scored a season-high 18 points, one shy of her career-high, and equaled career-highs with six rebounds and three steals in an 83-53 win at Fontbonne University on Dec. 10. Johanson followed that with 12 points, including a pair of three-pointers, and a season-high three assists in a 67-44 win over Loras College on Dec. 14.
Johanson is averaging 9.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game off the bench, and is 11th in the UAA in field goal percentage (.507).