She was recruited by and enrolled in Rider University of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), whose women's basketball team had never made the NCAA tournament.

[2][3] In her four seasons with the Rider Broncs, she was named MAAC Player of the Year two times and led the team to its first postseason appearance in the 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

[1] At the end of the 2019–20 season, she was the only active Division I player to record 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 400 assists and 300 steals.

She was waived by the Mercury before the start of the season, but was signed by the Chicago Sky on June 29, 2020.

[6] On August 13, the Washington Mystics signed Johnson after they were issued an emergency hardship waiver.