Jovan Šljivančanin

Jovan Šljivančanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Шљиванчанин; born 16 February 1999) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League and the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Carroll College Fighting Saints.

Jovan Šljivančanin
BC Minsk
PositionSmall forward / shooting guard
LeagueBelarus Premier League
VTB United League
Personal information
Born (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
High schoolTrinity International
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
CollegeCarroll (Montana) (2018–2022)
NBA draft2022: undrafted
Playing career2022–present
Career history
2022Mega Basket
2022–presentMinsk
Career highlights and awards

Early career

Šljivančanin grew up playing basketball in Belgrade for youth systems of Partizan and Beovuk before he moved to Las Vegas, U.S. at age 16.[1]

College career

Šljivančanin played college basketball for the Carroll College Fighting Saints from 2018 to 2022.[2][3] He graduated with a business management degree.[4] As a senior, he averaged 19.5 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game. He racked up 20 double-doubles in his final season, finishing with 52 for his career. Šljivančanin was tabbed first team All-American, becoming just the fifth Carroll men's basketball player to do so, and earned Frontier Conference Player of the Year honors.[5][6][7]

Šljivančanin finished his career ranked fifth on the all-time scoring list with 1,940 points. He pulled down over 1,100 career rebounds, shot better than 47% from the field, and averaged 15.3 points, nine rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in his four years at Carroll. Also, Carroll won two regular-season championships with him on the roster and played in four consecutive Frontier Tournament Championship games. Carroll qualified for the NAIA Men's Basketball Championships all four years, advancing to the championship game his freshman year and to the quarterfinals his junior season.[5]

Professional career

In July 2022, Šljivančanin signed a contract with Mega Basket.[8][9] On 2 December 2022, Šljivančanin signed for Minsk.[10]

References
  1. "Jovan Šljivančanin: Vrstan šuter, najbolji igrač Kerola, porede ga sa Micovim i ide koracima Sinana Gulera". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. "Jovan Sljivancanin - 2021-22 - Men's Basketball". Carroll College Athletics. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  3. "Jovan Sljivancanin Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  4. "Carroll All-American Jovan Sljivancanin signs to play professionally | Carroll College | 406mtsports.com". 406mtsports.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  5. "Carroll All-American Jovan Sljivancanin signs to play professionally". helenair.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. "2021-2022 All-Conference Men's Basketball Team Announced". frontierconference.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. "Frontier Conference men's basketball All-Conference selections". montanasports.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. Ringier. "Mega dovela novo pojačanje: Stigao Beograđanin sa američkog koledža". Sportal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  9. "Jovan Šljivančanin arrived in Mega MIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  10. Ringier. "KRAJ SARADNJE Ružičasti su prošlost, Jovan Šljivančanin nastavlja karijeru u Belorusiji". Sportal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-12-02.
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