Ky-Sean Johnson is MWC Player of the Week

Grinnell College Athletics

GRINNELL, Iowa – Grinnell College’s Ky-Sean Johnson ’19, a 5-11 guard from Wichita, Kan. (Maize), has been named the Midwest Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.

Johnson displayed his sharp shooting eye in a pair of Grinnell wins during the past week. In two games, he connected on 69.2 percent of his 3-point attempts (9-of-13), shot 63.2 percent from the field (12-of-19) and was 100 percent from the free throw line (8-of-8) while averaging 20.5 points per game.

Johnson was 4-of-7 from 3-point land and had a game-high 24 points in a 106-95 win over Illinois College and was 5-of-6 from long range and scored 17 in a 135-104 win over Lawrence University. Grinnell continued its recent dominance of Lawrence with the win, beating the Vikings for the eighth time in the last nine tries.

The Women’s Player of the Week is Alyassa Burgess of Ripon College.