Raven Johnson

Notre Dame guard and WNBA draft prospect Olivia Miles shoots a basketball

Stock up, stock down: Biggest WNBA draft risers and fallers

By The Next / January 5, 2025

Updating our 2025 WNBA draft evaluations by looking at who has impressed or depressed the most, from Olivia Miles to Kiki Iriafen

A collage of nine pictures of top 2025 WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: South Carolina guard Raven Johnson dribble around an Iowa defender; UCLA forward Janiah Barker holds the ball out in one outstreched arm at the top of a crossover; NC State guard Saniya Rivers dribbles between her legs while looking toward the paint; Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles dribbles up the court; Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron holds her shot release while turning to jog back up the court in front of a full audience; Slovenian forward Ajsa Sivka moves up the court; South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao reaches in to deflect the ball from an Iowa player's dribble; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender.

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2025 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Emily Adler / October 14, 2024

The most detailed 2025 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

A collage of seven pictures of top WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration while clenching her fists and flexing; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo holds the ball while looking into the distance; South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley jumps in midair higher than every other player on the court to release a floater; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender; Texas A&M big Janiah Barker looks down; Texas wing Madison Booker leans over and yells in celebration, while teammates yell in random directions in celebration as well; JuJu Watkins holds the ball over head to release a free-throw.

Who are the top WNBA draft prospects in college basketball?

By Emily Adler / April 23, 2024

The future has never been brighter

South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso stands with her hands on her hips and looks up and to her right. The loose ball is visible in the foreground.

Kamilla Cardoso brings lightness and empathy to South Carolina’s championship quest

By Rob Knox / April 6, 2024

Bree Hall: Cardoso ‘brings all of us to life’

South Carolina guard Bree Hall yells and clenches her fists in celebration.

South Carolina’s sparkling defense fuels Final Four triumph over NC State

By Rob Knox / April 6, 2024

The Gamecocks broke open a tight game with a near-perfect third quarter

South Carolina guard Te-hina Paopao signals up the court during a Final Four game against NC State. NC State's Aziaha James (10) runs beside her.

Te-Hina Paopao is living every transfer’s dream

By Michelle Smith / April 6, 2024

From the transfer portal to the NCAA Championship Game in one year

Raven Johnson of South Carolina shoots against Indiana in Albany.

Raven Johnson fulfills Aliyah Boston’s South Carolina prophecy

By Howard Megdal / March 29, 2024

Dawn Staley’s South Carolina remake works as intended

Graphic with a photo of South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley smiling while holding scissors and a basketball net and holding onto the rim of a basketball hoop. Text below reads "Gamecocks for the Ages". Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. Head shots of guest Gabriella Lewis and host Howard Megdal at lower right.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Dawn Staley, South Carolina win, Angel Reese battles, Lady Vols endure

By The Next / March 12, 2024

Raven Johnson: ‘If Coach Staley felt like we could win, I felt like we could win.’

GREENVILLE, South Carolina - MARCH 08 - Texas A&M's Endyia Rogers (1) South Carolina's Raven Johnson (25) during the Women’s Basketball SEC Tournament between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Texas A&M Aggies at Bon Secours Arena in Greenville, South Carolina on Friday, March 8, 2024. (Photo credit: Todd Van Emst, SEC)

Inside Raven Johnson’s defensive impact through the eyes of her teammates

By Hunter Cruse / March 10, 2024

‘She’s always up for the challenge by saying, ‘I want to guard her’ or ‘She’s not scoring on me,’ so hearing those things makes me want to do that too’

Kamilla Cardoso shoots and banks the first three of her career.

Inside Kamilla Cardoso’s buzzer-beater that saved South Carolina’s undefeated season

By Gabriella Lewis / March 10, 2024

With just over one second left, Cardoso achieved the unthinkable