Jan. 5, 2009

Fayetteville, NC - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) has garnered FSU's Darshawn Johnson as its Player of the Week for week-ending January 5, 2009. Johnson turned in a career-high 21-point performance in Fayetteville State's 90-78 win over Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. Johnson, who stands at 6-4 200 lbs, is a senior guard from Brooklyn, NY and majors in Business Administration.

Darshawn Johnson is in his second season with Fayetteville State University. He transferred to Bronco Land from Montgomery College-Germantown in Germantown, Maryland. Johnson has had stellar performances thus far this season. He has started in all ten games compared to just one start last season. Prior to last Saturday's 21-point game, Darshawn scored as much as 17 points against Virginia State University in early November. He has a total of 114 points this season and a career total of 167.

Darshawn Johnson secures a rebound

Also known as DJ, he has scored in double figures six of his ten games played. He is averaging 11.4 points and 21.6 minutes of play. DJ is currently shooting 56.1% (37 of 66) from the field and is making approximately 70% of his free throws (37 of 53).

"DJ has come a long way. He is a good kid, a great student and a great student-athlete. He has been playing like a greyhound lately, which is outstanding. He has worked hard to improve his craft and be a better team player. He has always had the ability, but now that he has a year under his belt in this system, he is playing with a lot of confidence." Head Coach Samuel Hanger