{{Short description|American volleyball player (1991–2024)}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{lead too short|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Janisa Johnson | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Janisa Ivette Johnson | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1991|09|22|mf=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|25|1991|09|22|mf=y}} | hometown = Long Beach, California, U.S. | height = 173 cm | weight = | spike = | block = | college = California State University, Long Beach | position = Outside hitter | currentclub = | currentnumber = | years1 = 2010–15 | team1 = CSU Long Beach | years2 = 2015–16 | team2 = {{ill|Köpenicker SC Berlin|de|Köpenicker SC#Volleyball (Frauen)}} | years3 = 2016–17 | team3 = {{ill|Oriveden Ponnistus|fi}} | years4 = 2018 | team4 = BaliPure–NU Water Defenders | years5 = 2018–19 | team5 = {{ill|Béziers Angels|fr|Béziers Volley}} | years6 = 2019 | team6 = Petro Gazz Angels | years7 = 2020–21 | team7 = {{ill|Radomka Radom|pl}} | years8 = 2022 | team8 = CD Heidelberg | years9 = | team9 = | nationalyears = | nationalteam = | medaltemplates = }} '''Janisa Ivette Johnson''' (September 22, 1991 – May 25, 2024) was an American volleyball player.
==Early life and education== Johnson was born on September 22, 1991.<ref name=wprost>{{cite web |last1=Winiarczyk |first1=Michał |title=Nie żyje była siatkarka polskiego klubu. Walczyła z poważną chorobą |url=https://sport.wprost.pl/siatkowka/11709802/janisa-johnson-nie-zyje-byla-siatkarka-radomki-miala-32-lata.html |website=Sport Wprost |access-date=4 June 2024 |language=pl |date=4 June 2024 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604072154/https://sport.wprost.pl/siatkowka/11709802/janisa-johnson-nie-zyje-byla-siatkarka-radomki-miala-32-lata.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Long Beach, California was her hometown. She attended Wilson High School and California State University, Long Beach.<ref name=long-beach-prof>{{cite web |title=Janisa Johnson - Women's Volleyball |url=https://longbeachstate.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/janisa-johnson/3117 |website=Long Beach State University Athletics |access-date=4 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604074417/https://longbeachstate.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/janisa-johnson/3117 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career== Janisa Johnson was a player for Wilson High School's volleyball team. She also started for California State University, Long Beach (CSU).<ref name=long-beach-prof/>
After graduating from CSU in 2013,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olivares |first1=Rick |title=Meet BaliPure imports Alexis Mathews and Janisa Johnson |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2018/05/10/1813964/meet-balipure-imports-alexis-mathews-and-janisa-johnson |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604081622/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2018/05/10/1813964/meet-balipure-imports-alexis-mathews-and-janisa-johnson |url-status=live }}</ref> Johnson plied her trade in Europe. She joined Köpenicker SC in Germany in 2015 before playing in Finland, France, Poland, and Spain.<ref name=wprost/> She also played in Asia, specifically in the Philippines.<ref name="2019 PVL" />
In Finland she played for Orividen Ponnitus.<ref name="beziers">{{cite news |title=Beziers Angels L'américaine Janisa Johnson s'engage dans l'aventure biterroise !|url=https://www.beziers-volley.net/2017/07/07/janisa-jonhson-s-engage-dans-l-aventure-biterroise/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Beziers Angels |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907233407/https://www.beziers-volley.net/2017/07/07/janisa-jonhson-s-engage-dans-l-aventure-biterroise/ |archive-date=7 September 2017 |language=fr}}</ref>
===BaliPure=== She played in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) in the Philippines from 2018 to 2019 where she played as an import, or foreign player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering Janisa Johnson: Beloved spiker passes away at 32 |url=https://www.pvl.ph/news/remembering-janisa-johnson-beloved-spiker-passes-away-at-32 |publisher=Premier Volleyball League |access-date=4 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604072150/https://www.pvl.ph/news/remembering-janisa-johnson-beloved-spiker-passes-away-at-32 |url-status=live }}</ref> She debuted in the PVL with the BaliPure–NU Water Defenders at the 2018 Reinforced Conference.<ref name=spin-death>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=John Mark |title=Former PVL champion import Janisa Johnson succumbs to cancer |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/pvl/former-pvl-import-janisa-johnson-dies-at-32-a5172-20240604 |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=4 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604072153/https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/pvl/former-pvl-import-janisa-johnson-dies-at-32-a5172-20240604 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Béziers Volley=== She played and won a championship for Béziers Angels in France's LNV Ligue A Féminine.<ref name="delivers">{{cite news |last1=Bautista |first1=Ohmer |title=Janisa Johnson delivers Petro Gazz title, brings home added trophy to boot |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/janisa-johnson-delivers-petro-gazz-title-brings-home-added-trophy-boot/154693 |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=14 July 2019 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604072710/https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/janisa-johnson-delivers-petro-gazz-title-brings-home-added-trophy-boot/154693 |url-status=live }}</ref> She played from September 2018 to May 2019.<ref name="beziers"/><ref name=easy-transition>{{cite news |last1=Olivares |first1=Rick |title=Easy transition for PetroGazz import Janisa Johnson |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/05/28/1921595/easy-transition-petrogazz-import-janisa-johnson |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=28 May 2019 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604080116/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/05/28/1921595/easy-transition-petrogazz-import-janisa-johnson |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Petro Gazz=== After her brief stint in France, Johnson returned to the PVL in the Philippines and helped the Petro Gazz Angels clinch the title for that season's Reinforced Conference and was named the final's MVP.<ref name="delivers"/> This was her club's first PVL title.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Payo |first1=Jasmine |title=PetroGazz dethrones Creamline for first PVL crown |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/volleyball/235393-finals-game-results-petrogazz-creamline-july-14-2019/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Rappler |date=14 July 2019 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906070946/https://www.rappler.com/sports/volleyball/235393-finals-game-results-petrogazz-creamline-july-14-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Radomka Radom=== After playing in the Philippines, Johnson returned to Europe and signed with Polish club Radomka Radom of the Polish Women's Volleyball League.<ref name=spin-death/> In March 2021, Johnson became unavailable for the rest of the 2020–21 season due to a colon cancer diagnosis.<ref name="sportpl1">{{cite news |last1=Media |first1=Wirtualna Polska |title=Tragiczne wieści z USA. Nie żyje słynna siatkarka |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/siatkowka/1126089/nie-zyje-janisa-johnson-miala-zaledwie-32-lata |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=sportowefakty.wp.pl |date=4 June 2024 |language=pl |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604113238/https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/siatkowka/1126089/nie-zyje-janisa-johnson-miala-zaledwie-32-lata |url-status=live }}</ref>
===CD Heidelberg=== After undergoing cancer treatment, Johnson briefly returned, signing a contract with Spanish club CD Heidelberg in August 2022.<ref name="sportpl1"/>
==Personal life== Johnson was of Hispanic descent.<ref name=easy-transition/>
===Illness and death=== In 2021, Johnson was diagnosed with colon cancer, for which she underwent chemotherapy.<ref name="sportpl1" /><ref name=gma>{{cite news |title=Former PVL import Janisa Johnson passes away at 32 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/volleyball/908964/former-pvl-import-janisa-johnson-passes-away-at-32/story/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=GMA News |date=4 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604072151/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/volleyball/908964/former-pvl-import-janisa-johnson-passes-away-at-32/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2022, she recovered enough to play competitive volleyball again.<ref name="sportpl1"/>
Johnson died on May 25, 2024 at the age of 32.<ref name=gma/>
==Awards==
===Individuals=== * 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference "Finals Most Valuable Player"<ref name="2019 PVL" >{{cite news |last=Agcaoili |first=Lance |date=July 14, 2019 |title=Petro Gazz completes comeback against Creamline for breakthrough PVL title |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/pvl/petro-gazz-defeats-creamline-to-clinch-first-pvl-title-a1931-20190714 |work=Sports Interactive Network Ph. |access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>
===Clubs=== * 2018 LNV Ligue A Féminine – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Béziers Angels * 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Petro Gazz Angels<ref name="2019 PVL" />
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{sports links}} * {{Instagram}} {{Authority control}}
{{PVL Finals Most Valuable Player Award}} {{Petro Gazz Angels 2019 PVL Reinforced champions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Janisa}} Category:1991 births Category:2024 deaths Category:American women's volleyball players Category:American expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Poland Category:Volleyball players from Long Beach, California Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer Category:California State University, Long Beach, alumni Category:Hispanic and Latino American people Category:Petro Gazz Angels players Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Germany Category:Premier Volleyball League imports