Coushatta’s own Vickie Johnson is being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. As a member of the 2025 class, Johnson joins seven others who are being inducted.

Johnson, a hometown basketball hero, led her Coushatta High School team to State Championships in 1990 and 1991. She garnered first team all-state honors three years and All-State MVP in her junior and senior years, with an average of 27 to 29 points per game during those years. Johnson was one of the country’s most highly sought-after girls’ prep players in the early 1990s. As a sophomore at Coushatta High School, Johnson verbally committed to Louisiana Tech. In track and field, she was the Louisiana State Champion in the long jump as a senior.

She was a two-time All-American and Sun Belt Conference MVP at Louisiana Tech University. She led the Lady Techsters to the 1994 NCAA Championship Game, was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1995 and earned Louisiana Player of the Year honors in 1996. A two-time Kodak All-American (1995 and 1996), she remains in the Tech record books, ranking No. 7 in points (1,960), No. 10 in scoring average (15.0), and No. 6 in field goals made (793). She is a 1996 graduate of Louisiana Tech and was inducted into the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.

Johnson was a New York Liberty WNBA standout player for 13 seasons and became the first person in league history to collect 4,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 1,000 assists in a career. She was added to the Liberty’s Ring of Honor in 2011. Johnson won the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in 2008, her last pro season.

Johnson is now an assistant coach of the Atlanta Dream. She was previously the head coach of the Dallas Wings in the WNBA and former head coach of the San Antonio Stars. Johnson has also served as an assistant coach for the USA Women’s National Team.