2022-23 • GRADUATE SENIOR SEASON
Season: Played in all 31 games with four starts...Averaged 3.4 rebounds, 3.1 rebounds and 10.4 minutes per game…Recorded four games of 10 or more rebounds…Tallied 105 boards, 19 steals, 16 assists and 12 blocks.
(11/15) Youngstown State: Recorded seven points, three assists and two steals...scored 1,000th career point. (11/18) Bryant: Recorded eight points and 11 rebounds. (11/21) Syracuse: Tallied nine points and a season-high 12 rebounds. (11/25) vs. Toledo: Registered 10 boards and four points. (11/30) Virginia: Notched nine points, seven rebounds, and three steals. (12/21) Cornell: Pulled down 10 rebounds. (1/26) at Rutgers: Provided a spark off the bench with six points and five rebounds in 13 minutes. (2/19) at Illinois: Produced nine points in eight minutes.
2020-21 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: All Big-Ten – Second Team (media), Honorable Mention (coaches)…Big Ten Player of the Week (2/18/21).
Rankings: Third in the Big Ten with 8.8 rebounds per game…Fourth in the Big Ten with 10 double-doubles…Eighth in the Big Ten with 26 blocks.
Season: Strong season in which she averaged 13.7 points and a team-best 8.8 rebounds per game while shooting 47.1 percent from the field…Also contributed 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per contest…Saw action in all 24 games while making 17 starts…Registered 10 double-doubles, including four-straight from Jan. 25 to Feb. 4, 2021, becoming the first Penn State player to notch a double-double in four-straight games since 1997…Scored in double figures in 17 games and tallied double-digit rebounds in 10 contests.
Coppin State (11/25): Finished with eight points, four rebounds and two assists in Penn State debut. St. Francis (PA) (11/30): Finished with 16 points and eight rebounds. Rhode Island (12/3): Shot 75 percent (6-8) from the field for 13 points and eight rebounds. at Syracuse (12/6): Recorded first double-double in a Penn State uniform with 13 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. Indiana (1/7): Put together a monster effort with 19 points and 17 rebounds in addition to three blocks and a steal. at Minnesota (1/10): Notched 14 points and 12 rebounds. Northwestern (1/17): Scored 14 points and added eight rebounds and three steals. Minnesota (1/25): Kicked off her stretch of four-straight double-doubles with 22 points and 15 rebounds. at Illinois (1/28): Contributed 14 points and 10 rebounds. at Purdue (1/31): Scored a career-best 28 points behind 13 made field goals and added 12 rebounds and three steals. Nebraska (2/4): Capped her stretch of four-straight double-doubles with a monster 27-point, 19-rebound performance…The 19 rebounds were a career best and the second-most boards ever by a Lady Lion in a single conference game as a Big Ten member. Wisconsin (2/7): Shot 72.7 percent (8-11) from the field en route to 18 points while adding four steals and four rebounds. Michigan State (2/13): Finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds. at Nebraska (2/21): Scored 17 points while adding 13 rebounds, three blocks and two steals. Ohio State (2/24): Contributed 16 points, five rebounds, a block and a steal in Penn State’s upset over a top 15 team. Rutgers (2/28): Notched her tenth double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Three-year starter at Southern Methodist University who played in 87 games while making 55 starts and averaging career numbers of 7.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
2019-20 • Junior Season (at SMU): Led SMU and ranked 20th in the AAC with 11.1 points per game…Third in the league with 9.4 rebounds per game…Started 28 of 29 games played and averaged 24.3 minutes per game…Had 11 double-doubles, including four straight games from Nov. 30 at Pacific to Dec. 19 against UTEP…Scored a career-high 25 points with 12 rebounds against Cincinnati (2/8)…Grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds with 18 points against North Dakota (12/9)…Scored at least 10 points 19 times, including a 19-point performance in the conference tournament against Memphis (3/6)…Tallied 10 or more rebounds in a game 15 times…Fourth in the conference with 40 blocks…Blocked four shots in a game three times, against Wright State (12/7), North Dakota and Cincinnati (2/8)…Also had 52 steals, with six against Memphis (3/2), and 28 assists.
2018-19 • Sophomore Season (at SMU): Played in 29 games with 17 starts…Second on the team with 6.7 rebounds per game…Matched her career-high with 13 rebounds against Northern Arizona (11/24)…Scored a season-high 14 points three times, against Houston (1/9), at Tulane (2/24) and at East Carolina (3/4)…Scored at least 10 points six times…Averaged 8.0 points and 7.4 rebounds in conference games…Second on the team with 27 blocks…Also had 26 steals and 20 assists.
2017-18 • Freshman Season (at SMU): Played in 29 of 30 games with 10 starts…Averaged 5.1 points with 5.9 rebounds, 19th in The American…Posted season highs with 18 points and 13 rebounds against Tulsa (2/7)…Scored 11 points against Cincinnati (1/24) and at East Carolina (2/3), and had 10 at Oklahoma (11/17)…Had 11 rebounds at Tulane (2/26), and grabbed 10 at UCF (1/20) and against Temple (1/31)…Recorded 15 steals, nine blocks and eight assists…Received the Jerry LeVias Outstanding Athlete Award from the SMU Association of Black Students.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time All-Conference pick at McKeesport High School...Led Tigers to playoffs on two occasions...Averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds per game during junior season...Also played volleyball and ran track...Played on Western Pennsylvania Bruins AAU team, leading the Bruins to the championship of the Adidas Gauntlet Series.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Geneva Cash…Has two younger brothers and one younger sister…Cousin of former WNBA star Swin Cash…Born in Pittsburgh, Pa…Majoring in Recreation Park and Tourism Management at Penn State.
WHY JOHNASIA CHOSE PENN STATE
“I wanted to be closer to my support system and my siblings in hopes to motivate them to do BIG things in life! When I first heard from Penn State I immediately fell in love with the coaching staff, especially Coach Kiegs!! She really didn’t take any time at all to make me feel wanted, needed, loved and valued! I love that!! I got to meet some of my future teammates as well and I absolutely loved the CHEMISTRY between them all! I always say home is where the heart is, and my heart is closer to my family, here, at Penn State.”