Former VUU standout signs with Finland team
7/22/2016, 1:23 p.m.
Kiana Johnson is heading for Finland.
The former Virginia Union University basketball sensation has signed a contract with the Forssan Alku team in Forssa, Finland.
The nine-team Finnish women’s professional league begins play later this summer. The Finnish word for basketball is “koripallo.”
Forssa is a town of about 18,000 on the southern tip of the Scandinavian nation.
The dynamic 5-foot-6 Johnson was CIAA and NCAA Division II Player of the Year last season under VUU Coach Ann-Marie Gilbert.
Johnson led the NCAA in scoring (29.2 points per game) and assists (8.6 per game) while helping the Panthers to a 28-3 overall record.
VUU won the CIAA and Atlantic Regional tournaments and advanced to the NCAA Division II Sweet 16.
A native of Chicago, Johnson played three seasons at Michigan State before transferring to VUU. She is on track to receive a degree in psychology later this year.
