AWARDS:
2015 - Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
2015 - OVC All-Newcomer Team
2015 - EIU Newcomer of the Year
CAREER STATISTICS
RS-SENIOR (2018-19): Played in just two games early in the season... scored only points of the year on free throws against Western Illinois... finished EIU career ranked 36th on career list with 1,011 points... had five assists on the year with four against Western Illinois... finished EIU career with 506 assists ranking first on career list... finished EIU career fourth in career 3-pointers made with 209... finished EIU career ranked third in career 3-point field goal percentage at 40.7 percent (209-of-513)...Â
SENIOR (2017-18): Played and started eight games before suffering season ending injury on Dec. 6 at Green Bay... opened season averaging 9.0 points and 4.8 assists per game... scored 13 points in Dec. 1 game at Bradley to pass 1,000 point mark for career... ended season ranked 37th all-time at EIU with 1,009 career points... in Dec. 6 game at Greeny Bay passed out four assists to pass 500 mark for career ending season with 501 assists... became just the ninth player in Ohio Valley Conference history with 1,000 points and 500 assists (only one ever for EIU)... knocked down 18 3-pointers during the season to end year ranked fourth all-time at EIU with 209 career 3-pointers... season high 25 points against IUPUI knocking down 7-of-9 from 3-point range, total tied for 8th best game in school history for made 3-pointers... season high 10 assists at Marquette...Â
JUNIOR (2016-17): Started all 29 games... became EIU career assists leader on Jan. 19 at UT Martin... ended season with 463 career assists (previous EIU record was 415)... ranked fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference in assists at 4.7 per game... led OVC in assist-to-turnover ratio (136 assists / 50 turnovers)... season high nine assists at Illinois-Chicago and against UT Martin... had ten games with six or more assists... averaged 10.5 points per game to rank third on team in scoring... led team with 72 3-pointers which ranked fourth in the OVC... ended season ranked sixth on EIU career 3-pointers made list with 191... scored a season high 24 points against SIU Edwardsville going 8-of-12 from 3-point range... eight 3-pointers is tied for fourth most 3-pointers made by an individual in a game at EIU... had six games with four or more made 3-pointers in a game... had 19 double figure scoring games... scored 21 points at Illinois-Chicago... season high five rebounds against SIU Edwardsville... had 34 steals... named to the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference team...Â
SOPHOMORE (2015-16):Â Only EIU player to start all 30Â games... led OVC in minutes played and ranked 8th in the NCAA in minutes played per game... second in the OVC in assists per game at 5.7, which ranked 29th in the NCAA... increased assist average in OVC play to 7.1 per game... led OVC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.9-to-1 which ranked 26th in the NCAA... moved into third on EIU career assists list with 327Â at the end of the regular season... season total of 171Â ranked third on the EIU single season list... had four games with double figure assists passing out ten at Jacksonville State, versus Eastern Kentucky, versus Morehead State and at UT Martin... had three double-doubles against EKU (13 pts / 10 ast), against Morehead State (15 pts / 10 ast) and at UT Martin (12 pts / 10 ast)... scored a season high 24 points in win over Northern Kentucky with ten coming in overtime... had 18 double figure games... ranked 9th in the OVC in 3-pointers made... had season high six made 3-pointers at Houston going 6-for-7... was 5-of-8 against Austin Peay from beyond the arc... finished season ranked 9th on EIU career 3-pointers made list with 119... season high six rebounds in three games at Western Illinois, at Belmont and at Austin Peay... had four games with three steals, last at UT Martin...Â
FRESHMAN (2014-15):  Only EIU player to start all 33 games... became fourth EIU player to win Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year honors... named to All-OVC Newcomer team... ranked third in the OVC in minutes played per game at 34.6... ended regular season playing 125 straight minutes, came out in final 20 seconds of game at Murray State... set EIU freshman record for assists at SIU Edwardsville on Feb. 14... finished sixth on EIU single season list with 156 assists... led Ohio Valley Conference in 3-point field goal percentage at 51.9 pct. which set the EIU single season school record... named OVC Freshman of the Week four times (Nov. 24 / Dec. 8 / Jan. 19 / Feb. 23)... was named OVC Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week on Jan. 19 after Panthers swept road games at Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State... had a streak making at least one 3-pointer in 15 straight games (ended in CIT opening round)... season high was 5-of-6 on 3-pointers against UT Martin on Feb. 19, repeated a 5-of-6 3-point night in OVC Tournament opening round against SIU Edwardsville... had eight assists in four games... ranked 3rd in the OVC in assists per game at 4.7... has 12 double figure scoring games with a high of 22 points at Morehead State and in the OVC Tournament opening round against SIU Edwardsville... had 20 points at Austin Peay... missed only three free throws in OVC play (27-of-30), was 7-of-8 at free throw line in the OVC Tournament... scored in double figures in both OVC Tournament games averaging 16.5 points per game with ten assists... was 6-of-10 from 3-point range in the OVC Tournament... added four steals in two OVC Tournament games... had season high 11 assists in CIT Opening Round win at Oakland...  named EIU Newcomer of the Year in June 2015...
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Ladue HS for coach Chad Anderson... averaged 17 points, 9.1 assists and 3.1 steals per game for team that was 23-6 and won a Class 5 district championship... led St. Louis area with 266 assists as a senior... set school records for scoring with 1,626 points and assists with 799... shot 41 percent from 3-point range making 69 during senior season... added 275 career steals... competed in track running the 400m and 800m events...
PERSONAL: Formerly known as Cornell Johnston prior to legal name change...
