Cory Johnson (basketball) should not be confused with Corey Johnson (basketball).
| Cory Johnson | |
| Position: | Power forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| Weight Lb: | 240 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 1988 4, mf=yes |
| Highschool: | Duluth East (Duluth, Minnesota) |
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| Draft Year: | 2011 |
| Career Start: | 2011 |
| Years1: | 2011–2012 |
| Team1: | Korihait |
| Years2: | 2012–2013 |
| Team2: | Básquet Coruña |
| Years3: | 2013–2014 |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Team4: | KTP Basket |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Team5: | Yokohama B-Corsairs |
| Years6: | 2016–2018 |
| Team6: | T71 Dudelange |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Team7: | Ehime Orange Vikings |
Cory Rockne Johnson (born April 5, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Ehime Orange Vikings in Japan.[1] He played college basketball for Iowa State and Valparaiso.
Johnson began his college career at Iowa State University where he played two seasons for the Cyclones before transferring to Valparaiso University.[2] After sitting out a redshirt year, Johnson spent the 2009–10 and 2010–11 basketball seasons competing for the Crusaders. During his senior year, he was selected as a preseason Second Team All-Horizon League honoree and named MVP of the Lou Henson Award Tournament.[3] He helped lead the crusaders to a 23–12 record and a spot in the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. A Second Team All-Horizon League selection in his Junior year, Johnson also earned a spot on the league All-Newcomer squad averaging 15.6 points and 5.8 rebounds. Johnson also finished second in the Horizon League with .556 field goal percentage, which ranked 20th nationally.[4]
Following the completion of his college career, Johnson signed with basketball club WCAA Giants of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[5] Due to financial difficulties the club withdrew from the DBL prior to the 2011–12 season.[6] Johnson then signed with UU-Korihait, which competes in Korisliiga, the top men's basketball league in Finland. He averaged 16.9 points 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists for Korihait during the 2011–12 season.[7]
Johnson played for CB Coruña during the Spain 2012–13 LEB Oro season.[8]
In July 2013, Johnson signed with SAM Massagno Basket in Switzerland for the 2013–2014 season.[9] He finished the regular season second in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball in scoring, averaging 20.3 points, while adding 6.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game.[10] In the 2014 post season awards, Johnson was named All-Swiss LNA 3rd team by Eurobasket.com.[11]
In October 2014, Johnson joined KTP Basket of the Finnish Korisliiga to compete in the 2014–2015 EuroChallenge.[12]
On February 10, 2015, he signed with BBC Monthey of the Swiss Ligue Nationale de Basket.[13]
On August 22, 2015, an agreement was made with the Yokohama B-Corsairs for the final season of the Japanese bj League.[14]
|-| align="left" | 2015–16| align="left" | Yokohama B-Corsairs|50 ||34 || 25.7 ||.467 || .299 ||.782 || 6.8 || 1.6 || .9 ||.4 || 14.8|-