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Jonathan Janssen

Jonathan Peter Janssen (born 10 April 1995) is a New Zealand–Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Rockingham Flames of the NBL1 West. Born in South Africa, Janssen grew up in New Zealand and Australia and played college basketball in the United States. He played a season for the Cleveland State Vikings before transferring to Hawaii Pacific in 2016 where he played three seasons. He has played as a professional in New Zealand, Kosovo, Australia and Luxembourg. In 2021, he made his debut for the New Zealand Tall Blacks.

Jonathan Janssen
Free agent
PositionForward
Personal information
Born (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 29)
Pretoria, South Africa
NationalityNew Zealand / Australian
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019Canterbury Rams
2019KB Prishtina
2020Sunshine Coast Phoenix
2021Hawke's Bay Hawks
2021–2022BBC Gréngewald Hueschtert
2022–2023Sunshine Coast Phoenix
2023–2024BBC US Heffingen
2024Rockingham Flames
Career highlights and awards
  • Luxembourg Nationale 2 champion (2024)
  • 2× Third-team All-PacWest (2018, 2019)

Early life

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Janssen was born in Pretoria, South Africa.[1][2] He grew up living in New Zealand and Australia. He attended Northcross Intermediate in North Shore, New Zealand,[3] before moving to Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where he attended Mountain Creek State High School.[1][4] His hometowns are listed as Mountain Creek and Noosa Heads, both suburbs on the Sunshine Coast.[1][4]

In 2013, Janssen committed to Cleveland State University and then had a prep season in the U.S. at Mt Zion Baptist Christian School in Baltimore, Maryland.[5]

College career

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After redshirting the 2014–15 season,[1] Janssen debuted for the Cleveland State Vikings in the 2015–16 season.[4] In 11 games, he totalled nine points and eleven rebounds.[4]

Janssen transferred to Hawaii Pacific in the NCAA Division II in 2016.[4] In 32 games in 2016–17, he averaged 5.7 points and 3.1 rebounds in 14.2 minutes per game.[4]

As a junior in 2017–18, Janssen started all 28 games and averaged 13.6 points and 7.0 rebounds in 32.4 minutes per game. He scored a career-high 25 points against Holy Names on 5 January 2018.[4][6] He subsequently earned third-team All-PacWest.[4][7]

As a senior in 2018–19, Janssen led the Sharks in scoring (12.1) and rebounding (5.9) and had a season-high 23 points in a win against Academy of Art in February 2019. He subsequently earned third-team All-PacWest for the second straight year.[6]

Professional career

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In March 2019, Janssen signed with the Canterbury Rams of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) for the 2019 season.[8] He averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game and helped the Rams reach the Final Four.[9]

In August 2019, Janssen signed with KB Prishtina of the Kosovo Superleague.[10] He appeared in two Superleague games and two BCL games to start the 2019–20 season[11] before being released by the team on 21 October.[12]

Janssen had re-signed with the Rams for the 2020 New Zealand NBL season[13] but later joined the Sunshine Coast Phoenix for the 2020 Queensland State League (QSL) season.[14] He averaged 16.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.[15]

In March 2021, Janssen joined the Hawke's Bay Hawks for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season.[16] He played off the bench and averaged 8.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.[17]

Janssen joined BBC Gréngewald Hueschtert of the Nationale 2 in Luxembourg for the 2021–22 season. He averaged 21.9 points, 12.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.[11]

Janssen returned to the Sunshine Coast Phoenix, now in the NBL1 North, for the 2022 season.[18][19] He averaged 15.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game.[20]

Janssen remained on the Sunshine Coast during the off-season and re-joined the Phoenix for the 2023 NBL1 North season.[20] In 19 games, he averaged 15.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game.[11]

For the 2023–24 season, Janssen returned to Luxembourg to play for BBC US Heffingen in the Nationale 2. He helped the team win the Nationale 2 championship[21] and earn promotion to the Luxembourg Basketball League.[22] In 20 games, he averaged 26.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[23]

In April 2024, Janssen joined the Rockingham Flames for the rest of the 2024 NBL1 West season.[24] He was sidelined late in the season.[25] In nine games between 27 April and 14 June, he averaged 18.56 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.56 assists, 1.11 steals and 1.22 blocks per game.[26]

National team

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In February 2021, Janssen debuted for the New Zealand Tall Blacks in a FIBA Asia Cup qualifier in Cairns against Australia. A number of regular Tall Blacks players were unavailable due to Australian NBL commitments, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine periods also forced the Tall Blacks to create an Australian-based team, with many being based in Queensland.[27][28] Janssen had eight points and nine rebounds in 25 minutes in an 81–52 loss.[29][30]

Personal life

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Janssen is the son of Wim and Colleen Janssen, and he has one brother and two sisters.[1][4]

Janssen holds a New Zealand passport[8] and he is a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Jonathan Janssen". Cleveland State Vikings. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Another edition of 'Know Your Ram' is here... this time with Jono Janssen!". facebook.com/CanterburyRams. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Jack Salt at Final Four & Matt Freeman on the move plus more". Harbour Basketball Association. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jonathan Janssen". Hawaii Pacific Sharks. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Janssen". 247Sports. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b "HPU's Janssen Named All-PacWest". Hawaii Pacific Sharks. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Sharks Fifth, Janssen Player of the Year in Preseason PacWest Poll". Hawaii Pacific Sharks. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Canterbury Rams Announce The Signing Of Jonathan Janssen". Canterbury Rams. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Jonathan Janssen Signs With KB Prishtina". Canterbury Rams. 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  10. ^ "KB Prishtina is strengthened with Jonathan Janssen". Koha Ditore. 28 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Jonathan Janssen". Australiabasket.com. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Basketball, Prishtina expels two foreigners". Koha Ditore. 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024.
  13. ^ "The Canterbury Rams Announce The Return Of Jonathan Janssen For The 2020 Sals NBL Season". Canterbury Rams. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  14. ^ "2020 QSL Teams – Sunshine Coast Phoenix". Basketball Queensland. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  15. ^ Williams, Peter (1 November 2020). "2020 QSL team review: Sunshine Coast Phoenix Teal". central.rookieme.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  16. ^ "It's raining Tall Blacks at the Taylor Hawks". facebook.com/NZBayHawks. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  17. ^ Williams, Peter (29 July 2021). "2021 NZNBL team review: Hawkes Bay Hawks". central.rookieme.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  18. ^ Heslehurst, Brayden (11 May 2022). "National league stars, Opals and Tall Ferns lead new recruits to join NBL1 North in 2022". Quest Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  19. ^ Franklin, Eddie (20 May 2022). "USC Rip City and Sunshine Coast Phoenix top players for 2022 NBL1 North season". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Sunshine Coast Phoenix is excited to announce Jonathan Janssen as the next signing for the NBL1 2023 season". facebook.com/sunshinecoastphoenix. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Mir si Champion vun der Nationale 2!". facebook.com/USHeffingen (in Luxembourgish). 7 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Mat dem leschte Match hu mir eis den Opstig an d'LBBL geséchert. Den MVP ass och dës Kéier de Jonathan". facebook.com/USHeffingen (in Luxembourgish). 7 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Jonathan Peter Janssen". Luxembourg Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  24. ^ "After a championship season in Luxembourg, Jonathan 'Jono' Janssen has landed in the West and is ready for his first game in the NBL1 West, against the Cougars tomorrow night". facebook.com/rockingham.flames. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  25. ^ Pike, Chris (30 July 2024). "Godfrey always had full faith Flames would fire at right time". authory.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. ...and Jono Janssen remaining sidelined.
  26. ^ "Jonathan Janssen". nbl1.com.au. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  27. ^ a b Threadingham, Tom (18 February 2021). "Coast stars thrilled with epic Tall Blacks call up". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  28. ^ Heslehurst, Brayden (20 February 2021). "Queensland Basketball stars get their chance to represent NZ against Australia". Quest Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  29. ^ McInerney, Matthew (20 February 2021). "Boomers smash the Tall Blacks in FIBA Asia Cup qualifier". The Cairns Post. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
  30. ^ "Jonathan Janssen". FIBA. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
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