Education
He graduated from Murray High School and the University of Utah.
He graduated from Murray High School and the University of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, his hometown is Murray, Utah. Johnsen played college basketball with the University of Utah"s Utah Utes. Johnsen was selected with the #19 pick of the Continental Basketball Association (College of Business Administration) draft by the Gary Steelheads in 2003.
He then played briefly for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association in the 2003-2004 National Basketball Association season averaging 2.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.
He then played with the New Orleans Hornets during the 2004 National Basketball Association preseason and with the Indiana Pacers in the 2004-2005 National Basketball Association season averaging 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. He also played with the summer league squad of the Utah Jazz at the Rocky Mountain Revue and with the Jazz during their preseason training camp in the year 2008.
He also played in the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League with the Fayetteville Patriots, the Bakersfield Jam, and the Utah Flash and in the College of Business Administration with the Idaho Stampede. Overseas
Johnsen also played overseas for several professional clubs.
He moved to the Spanish ACB League club Etosa Alicante in 2005.
He then moved to the Greek First Rate (at Lloyd's) League club Panellinios Athens in 2006. In 2007, he joined the French Pro A League club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. In 2008, he moved to the Turkish League club Galatasaray Café Crown.
In 2009, he joined the Greek team PAOK Thessaloniki.
A year later, he signed with Panellinios British Columbia In 2011, he joined the Argentine team Quilmes de March del Plata.