Glory Johnson - Bio, Age, Height, Career, Injury, Net worth, Wife, Daughter

Glory Johnson is considered a professional basketball player. Likewise, she has served in the Russian basketball clubs. Currently, she has been playing for the WNBA team Atlanta Dream.

Besides that, glory has earned popularity because of her relationship with Brittney Yevette Griner. On the other hand, Brittney is also a WNBA center. She plays for Phoneix Mercury.

Early Life, Family, And Education| Glory Johnson

Glory Johnson opened her eyes in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the United States. She was born to Bassey Johnson Udofot and Mercy Bassey Johnson.

Furthermore, Bassey is an engineer while her mother, Mercy serves as an ICU nurse. In addition, Johnson is blessed with three sisters and one brother.

Although, there is no more information about her siblings. However, her two sisters are Grace and Judy Johnson to whom glory is close.

Education

Talking about Glory’s education, she attended the Univerity of Tennesse for further education. In Tennesse, she increased her basketball skills while playing for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team.

Likewise, she did her graduation with a bachelor’s degree in global studies. This basketball player has also acquired a master’s degree in communications.

Age, Height, And Weight| Glory Johnson

The WNBA player, Glory is 27 years old as of now. Her birthday falls on July 27 in the year 1990.
Similarly, she has accumulated a height of 6 feet, 3 inches tall.

Furthermore, glory is around170 lb, approximately 77 kg.

Glory Johnson | Career In Basketball

Glory has been playing played basketball from a young age. She was very hardworking like her mother. Furthermore, the athlete attended Webb School. There she served the women’s basketball team with her skills.

On the one hand, Glory attended the University of Tennessee to play college basketball. On the other hand, playing with the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, she gathered much-deserved public and media attention.

Johnson played 141 games and made 1643 points in her four years with the team. In addition, Glory had a 36 double-doubles record in college.

WNBA Career and Injury

After acquiring bachelor’s and masters’ degrees, the athlete decided to enter the 2012 WNBA Draft. Moreover, she was selected in the first round and was the 4th pick overall.

Furthermore, she began her WNBA career with Tulsa shock, also known as Dallas Wings. In the years 2013 and 2014, glory was on the Western Conference All-Star team.

However, she got suspended in the year 2017. And the reason was punching point guard Matee Ajavon. Therefore, the following year was difficult for her as she suffered from injuries and played off the bench.

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US Team And International Career

Glory has played for the US Basketball team before in her senior year. She won all six games along with the team

As a result, she won a gold medal for her contribution to the win. Glory has made 6.2 scores per game.

Fiance, Marriage, Relationships, And Kids

Glory has been married to Brittney Griner. Likewise, Brittney is a fellow WNBA player for Phoneix Mercury.

Though she got married to a girl, she has not identified herself as a lesbian. On the other hand, Brittney has told everyone that she is gay.

Glory Johnson with Brittney Grinner at marriage source: google

Brittney and Glory met each other in the year 2013. Furthermore, after one year they started dating. Similarly, they got engaged on August 14, the year 2014.

But their relationship did not last long. The rumors that Glory was cheating on Griner with her former boyfriend have started to come out. They got married and also announced their pregnancy a few months later.

Though, the couple divorced in the year 2016. In addition, they have two beautiful twin daughters through IVF and a sperm donor. Ava Simone and Solei Diem are her children’s names.

Domestic Violence Case

According to Cosmopolitan, on April 22, in the year 2015, Glory and Brittney got arrested. The reason is they physically assault each other. However, the reason for fighting has not been in any medium.

Both the couple were mildly injured all over their bodies. Furthermore, after that WNBA suspended both of them for seven games each.

Glory Johnson | Net Worth, Earnings, And Salary

Talking about glory’s net worth, she has an estimated net worth of $4 million to $12 million throughout all her years. Likewise, she also earns over $60,000 as a salary.

Moreover, Glory has a beautiful house where she stays with her daughters. In addition, she also owns multiple cars and properties.

Glory’s Net worth in Different Currencies

Currency	Net Worth
Euro	€3,410,100 – 10,228,872
Pound Sterling	£2,916,020 – 8,748,060
Australian Dollar	A$5,492,468 – 16,477,404
Canadian Dollar	C$5,064,700 – 15,194,100
Indian Rupee	₹294,768,000 – 884,304,000
BitCoin	฿92 – 275