South Carolina women's basketball's Raven Johnson to have high school jersey retired

COLUMBIA — South Carolina women's basketball starting guard Raven Johnson's Westlake High School jersey will be retired, Johnson announced Thursday.

The ceremony will be on May 6 in the school's gymnasium in Atlanta.

Johnson led Westlake to four state championships and was the No. 1 point guard and No. 2 overall player in the Class of 2021. Johnson was a two-time Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Player of the Year, three-time Atlanta Journal-Constitution Player of the Year and the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Naismith High School Girls Player of the Year.

Now her No. 25 jersey will hang in the rafters.

Coach Dawn Staley celebrated the announcement, tweeting at Johnson "Ray Ray! You doing big one huh?!!!"

Johnson has 449 points, 288 rebounds and 302 assists for South Carolina and was named to the SEC All-Freshman team in 2023. She played a vital role in the national championship win over Iowa on April 7, where she had five rebounds and four steals to capture her second national title.

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Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin

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