#8 Whitney Johansen


Senior - Setter - 5-10
Colleyville, Texas / Midwestern State

Prior to Wesleyan: Lettered two seasons for Pam Peetz and one season for Vernerd Flores at Midwestern State University … named second-team all-conference her sophomore season and honorable mention all-conference her freshman and junior seasons … also selected as the conference's Academic Player of the Year her junior season ... finished her three-year stint with 3,718 assists which is third on the Lady Indians’ all-time list.

Prep: A one-year letterwinner for Stephanie Winquest and a two-year letterwinner for Diane Wilson at Grapevine High School … helped lead her team to the area playoffs her junior and senior seasons … named first-team all-district and the district's most valuable player her senior season … also named second-team all-district her junior season … she was named the team's most valuable player her senior season.

Personal: Born Whitney Rae Johansen on May 19, 1984, in Fort Worth, Texas … daughter of head coach Rick Johansen and his wife Cathy … has one sister, former Lady Ram Cortney Johansen … majoring in biology.