Venky Jois

Venkatesha "Venky" Jois (born 7 July 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League. He played four years of college basketball for Eastern Washington before playing professionally in Estonia, Croatia, Japan and Germany.

Venky Jois
No. 55 – Memphis Hustle
PositionPower forward
LeagueNBA G League
Personal information
Born (1993-07-07) 7 July 1993
Melbourne, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolBox Hill (Melbourne, Victoria)
CollegeEastern Washington (2012–2016)
NBA draft2016 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Dandenong Rangers
2016–2017Tartu Ülikooli
2017Vrijednosnice Osijek
2018Shiga Lakestars
2018Rasta Vechta
2019Melbourne United
2019Super City Rangers
2019–presentMemphis Hustle
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-Big Sky (2015, 2016)
  • Big Sky Freshman of the Year (2013)
  • SEABL Youth Player of the Year (2011)

Early life

Jois was born in the Melbourne suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully. He attended Box Hill High School, where he participated in basketball, swimming, soccer, Australian rules football, cross country and athletics. He graduated in 2011. In 2011 and 2012, he played in the SEABL for the Dandenong Rangers, winning SEABL Youth Player of the Year honours in his first season after averaging 9.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.[1]

College career

Jois played four years of college basketball for Eastern Washington, winning Big Sky Freshman of the Year honours in 2012–13. He also garnered All-Big Sky honorable mention accolades in his first two seasons. As a junior and senior, he earned first-team All-Big Sky honours. He also earned All-Tournament team honours after helping Eastern Washington win the 2015 Big Sky Tournament.[1] In 122 career games, Jois made 120 starts and averaged 14.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.0 steals and 2.0 blocks in 32.2 minutes per game.[2]

Professional career

Jois spent his first professional season in Estonia, playing for Tartu Ülikooli during the 2016–17 season. He then split the 2017–18 season between Vrijednosnice Osijek in Croatia and Shiga Lakestars in Japan. After starting the 2018–19 season in Germany with Rasta Vechta, he left in November 2018. On 26 January 2019, he signed with Melbourne United for the rest of the 2018–19 NBL season.[3] On 3 April 2019, he signed with the Super City Rangers for the 2019 New Zealand NBL season.[4] On 2 June 2019, Jois suffered a severe hand injury in a game against the Southern Huskies.[5] On 29 June 2019, he parted ways with the Rangers.[6][7] In October 2019, he joined the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League.[8] He missed two months with an undisclosed injury.[9] Jois averaged 5.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game in 18 games.[10]

gollark: I did read of this. But a fully custom one with a better display (and less space constraint) would be nice.
gollark: I have a F-91W too, but it would be nice to have a cooler™ device.
gollark: The osmarksßsmartwatch would have an always-on display of course.
gollark: Mysterious. I wonder how they manage *that*. Does it just not run the display unless you wake it up or something?
gollark: I see.

References
  1. "EWU Athletics – Venky Jois – 2015–16". goeags.com. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. "Venky Jois College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. "Venky Jois Joins Melbourne United". NBL.com.au. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. "Player Signing announcement". facebook.com. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. "HUSKIES SURVIVE BIG SCARE AGAINST TOUGH RANGERS". nznbl.basketball. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. "RANGERS TRIO OUT FOR THE SEASON". nznbl.basketball. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  7. Rosenberg, Matthew (16 July 2019). "Ex-NBA players leave Auckland's Supercity Rangers claiming they're owed pay". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. "Memphis Hustle announce 2019-20 training camp roster". gleague.nba.com. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  9. "Venky Jois: Returns after long absence". CBS Sports. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  10. Hunt, Steven (29 March 2020). "Former EWU standout Venky Jois enjoying his home away from home in America". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.