Report: Washington Transfer Koren Johnson to Visit Louisville

The former guard for the Huskies is the reigning Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year.

Mar 13, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Washington Huskies guard Koren Johnson (0) shoots against USC / Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville men's basketball program is continuing to secure visits to campus for impact transfer.

This time, former Washington guard Koren Johnson is in line to visit the Cardinals, according to 24/7 High School Hoops' Sam Kayser. Johnson will take his visit to Louisville on Apr. 20, per Kayser.

Johnson is only the latest transfer that has scheduled a visit. Toledo guard Dante Maddox Jr., South Florida guard Chris Youngblood and Florida Atlantic guard Nick Boyd are currently on campus for a visit as of this writing, while Arizona center Oumar Ballo will visit on Apr. 16-18.

The 6-foot-2, 175-pound shooting guard spent the first two years of his collegiate career in Washington, and is coming off of his best season after earning Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year honors. Johnson averaged 11.1 points, 2.7 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals over 31 games and five starts, while also shooting 44.1 percent from the field and 37.3 percent on three-point attempts.

The Seattle native was a four-star prospect coming out of high school, and ranked as the No. 17 combo guard and No. 132 prospect in the Class of 2022 by the 247Sports Composite. In his freshman year for the Huskies, he averaged 6.8 points and 1.8 assists over 29 appearances all off the bench.

Not long after the end of Louisville's disastrous 2023-24 campaign, one which resulted in the firing of second-year head coach Kenny Payne, the Cardinals' roster began to flip. In fact, all 12 of Louisville's scholarship players have entered the portal, with only walk-on guard Hercy Miller in line to return.

Fortunately, new head coach Pat Kelsey is already starting to work the portal. So far, Kelsey has landed three transfers since officially being named the new head coach on Mar. 28: guard Reyne Smith and center James Scott - both of whom are following Kelsey from Charleston - as well as former James Madison star and 2024 Sun Belt Player of the Year Terrence Edwards Jr.

(Photo of Koren Johnson: Stephen R. Sylvanie - USA TODAY Sports)

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