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Jersey Number 15
Matey Juric
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 193
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario
- High School:
- Oakwood Collegiate
Bio
Career
*Member of Drexel’s 2021 Colonial Athletic Association championship team
*One of two Drexel men’s basketball players to win the prestigious CAA Dean Ehlers Award
*Played in 107 games in his career and had 90 steals
*Career .772 shooter from the free throw line
*Graduated with a degree in biological sciences
*Dean’s List student every semester at Drexel
2021-22 / Senior
Appeared in all 29 games during his final season…received the team’s Academic Award and for the fourth straight season…scored seven points and had three rebounds off the bench in the win at James Madison…averaged 2.2 points in just under 15 minutes of playing time per game…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll once again…was a two-year member of the Dragon Leadership Academy, which helps build student-athlete leaders at the school.
2020-21 / Junior
Played in all 20 games…selected as the Drexel “D” Award and Academic Award winner for an unprecedented third-straight year…averaged 3.8 points and 2.1 rebounds…led the team with 19 steals…tied a career-high with five assists at Pittsburgh and added a season-best three steals…averaged 6.3 points in the three games in the CAA Championships…shot just under 82 percent from the line…ended the season by making his last 16 free throws…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…had multiple stories published in CardioSmart, the patient engagement program of the American College of Cardiology.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Started 15 times and appeared in all 33 games in his second season…was second on the team and 15th in the CAA in steals per game…earned both the Drexel “D” Award and the team’s Academic Award for the second-straight season…averaged 5.2 points per game and shot .746 from the line…made 27 of his 79 3-point attempts (.342)…finished third on the team with 65 assists…opened the year with 11 points and three 3-pointers at Temple…had a career-high 16 points against Rosemont…scored 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting…recorded 10 points or more five times…picked up two or more steals in nine of the first 10 games…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 / Freshman
Played in 25 games as a first-year player…started three of the last four games…scored a season-high 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the CAA quarterfinals against the College of Charleston…played 36 minutes in that game and tied a Drexel CAA Championship record with five steals…handed out five assists against Northeastern…given the Dragon "D" Award as the team's top defender…finished the year averaging 1.6 points…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and also was the team’s Academic Award recipient.
Background
Graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Ill., just north of Chicago, for two years…averaged 12.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists in his final season…a First Team All-Area selection by North Shore…an Honor Roll student throughout high school…also a Dean’s List student…ran track and was a sprinter…attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute in his hometown of Toronto before transferring to Lake Forest.
Personal
Son of Branimir and Dragica Juric...has one brother.
*Member of Drexel’s 2021 Colonial Athletic Association championship team
*One of two Drexel men’s basketball players to win the prestigious CAA Dean Ehlers Award
*Played in 107 games in his career and had 90 steals
*Career .772 shooter from the free throw line
*Graduated with a degree in biological sciences
*Dean’s List student every semester at Drexel
2021-22 / Senior
Appeared in all 29 games during his final season…received the team’s Academic Award and for the fourth straight season…scored seven points and had three rebounds off the bench in the win at James Madison…averaged 2.2 points in just under 15 minutes of playing time per game…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll once again…was a two-year member of the Dragon Leadership Academy, which helps build student-athlete leaders at the school.
2020-21 / Junior
Played in all 20 games…selected as the Drexel “D” Award and Academic Award winner for an unprecedented third-straight year…averaged 3.8 points and 2.1 rebounds…led the team with 19 steals…tied a career-high with five assists at Pittsburgh and added a season-best three steals…averaged 6.3 points in the three games in the CAA Championships…shot just under 82 percent from the line…ended the season by making his last 16 free throws…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…had multiple stories published in CardioSmart, the patient engagement program of the American College of Cardiology.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Started 15 times and appeared in all 33 games in his second season…was second on the team and 15th in the CAA in steals per game…earned both the Drexel “D” Award and the team’s Academic Award for the second-straight season…averaged 5.2 points per game and shot .746 from the line…made 27 of his 79 3-point attempts (.342)…finished third on the team with 65 assists…opened the year with 11 points and three 3-pointers at Temple…had a career-high 16 points against Rosemont…scored 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting…recorded 10 points or more five times…picked up two or more steals in nine of the first 10 games…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 / Freshman
Played in 25 games as a first-year player…started three of the last four games…scored a season-high 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the CAA quarterfinals against the College of Charleston…played 36 minutes in that game and tied a Drexel CAA Championship record with five steals…handed out five assists against Northeastern…given the Dragon "D" Award as the team's top defender…finished the year averaging 1.6 points…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and also was the team’s Academic Award recipient.
Background
Graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Ill., just north of Chicago, for two years…averaged 12.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists in his final season…a First Team All-Area selection by North Shore…an Honor Roll student throughout high school…also a Dean’s List student…ran track and was a sprinter…attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute in his hometown of Toronto before transferring to Lake Forest.
Personal
Son of Branimir and Dragica Juric...has one brother.
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