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.
| BC Minsk | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward / shooting guard |
| League | Belarus Premier League VTB United League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 19 February 1999 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Listed height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Listed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Trinity International (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| College | Carroll (Montana) (2018–2022) |
| NBA draft | 2022: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2022–present |
| Career history | |
| 2022 | Mega Basket |
| 2022–2023 | Minsk |
| 2023–2024 | Dynamic |
| 2024–present | Minsk |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early career
editŠljivančanin 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
editŠljivančanin 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
editIn July 2022, Šljivančanin signed a contract with Mega Basket of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS).[8][9]
On 2 December 2022, Šljivančanin signed for Minsk of the Belarus Premier League and the VTB United League.[10]
In November 2023, Šljivančanin signed for Dynamic of the KLS. His stint with Dynamic didn't last long and he returned to Minsk on 29 February 2024.
References
edit- ^ "Jovan Šljivančanin: Vrstan šuter, najbolji igrač Kerola, porede ga sa Micovim i ide koracima Sinana Gulera". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Jovan Sljivancanin - 2021-22 - Men's Basketball". Carroll College Athletics. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Jovan Sljivancanin Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Carroll All-American Jovan Sljivancanin signs to play professionally | Carroll College | 406mtsports.com". 406mtsports.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ a b "Carroll All-American Jovan Sljivancanin signs to play professionally". helenair.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "2021-2022 All-Conference Men's Basketball Team Announced". frontierconference.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Frontier Conference men's basketball All-Conference selections". montanasports.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Ringier. "Mega dovela novo pojačanje: Stigao Beograđanin sa američkog koledža". Sportal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Jovan Šljivančanin arrived in Mega MIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Ringier. "KRAJ SARADNJE Ružičasti su prošlost, Jovan Šljivančanin nastavlja karijeru u Belorusiji". Sportal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-12-02.
External links
edit- Jovan Sljivancanin at carrollathletics.com
- Profile at realgm.com
- Profile at eurobasket.com
- Jovan Sljivancanin at aba-liga.com
- Jovan Sljivancanin at proballers.com
- Jovan Sljivancanin at ESPN