Johnson attended the and was a two-time All-American with the Crimson Tide. She was also a Naismith Award finalist. As of March 2006, Johnson had scored the second most points in Alabama women"s basketball history.
She helped the 6th seeded Alabama squad reach the 1994 Final Four.
In 2006, Johnson was named to the 25th anniversary team of the Southeastern Conference.
Johnson was named to the United States of America U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. The team competed in Guanajuato, Mexico in August 1992. Johnson averaged 9.6 points per game during the event.
Johnson continued with the team to the 1993 U19 World Championship (then called the Junior World Championship).
Johnson averaged 8.6 points per game and recorded 12 assists, highest on the team Johnson was invited to play with the team representing the United States of America at the 1996 William Jones Cup competition held in Taipei, Taiwan.
Johnson averaged 4.2 points per game.
She was also a Naismith Award finalist. The team won their first four games, then lost 80–70 to Brazil, finishing with the silver medal for the event, but qualifying for the 1993 world games. The team won five games and lost two, but that left them in seventh place. The team won all nine games to win the gold medal.
