Raven Johnson joins Fever

Raven Johnson is headed to Indiana after the Fever used the No. 10 pick in the 2026 Women’s National Basketball Association draft on the South Carolina guard. (fever.wnba.com) The Fever announced the pick on Monday, April 13, and listed Johnson as a 5-foot-8 guard from Atlanta who spent five years at South Carolina. Indiana’s team draft page shows Johnson was one of three players the club selected, along with Justine Pissott at No. 22 and Jessica Timmons at No. 34. (fever.wnba.com) (wnba.com) Johnson arrives with a defense-first résumé and improved shooting numbers. The Fever said she was the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2025-26 and averaged 9.9 points, 5.1 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting 39.8 percent from 3-point range. (fever.wnba.com) Her college background also ties directly into Indiana’s core. South Carolina’s roster page says Johnson won national titles in 2022 and 2024, reached a Final Four in every season of her career and finished with 410 career assists, which ranks 10th in program history. (gamecocksonline.com) That matters for a Fever team that is no longer building only for the future. Indiana’s official draft page lists a 24-20 record in 2025, and postseason results show the Fever won a first-round series before losing a five-game semifinal to Las Vegas. (wnba.com) (espn.com) Indiana’s current roster shows why the team framed Johnson as backcourt depth. Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell, Sophie Cunningham, Lexie Hull and Tyasha Harris are all listed as guards, with Clark averaging 8.8 assists and Mitchell 20.2 points on the team page. (fever.wnba.com) Johnson also reunites with Aliyah Boston, her former South Carolina teammate. The Fever’s release said Johnson and Boston played together for two seasons before Indiana drafted Boston No. 1 overall in 2023. (fever.wnba.com) The Clark angle follows Johnson from college into the pros because of a moment in the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four, when Clark famously sagged off Johnson on defense. Reporting this week on Boston’s reaction said Boston expects the two new teammates to be fine and said, “the fans always have more beef.” (msn.com) Now the pairing moves from college memory to training-camp competition. Indiana has added a decorated South Carolina guard to a playoff roster built around Clark and Boston, and the first question is how quickly Johnson can earn minutes in that rotation. (fever.wnba.com 1) (fever.wnba.com 2)