Julie Gross

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Julie Gross
Personal information
Born (1957-03-27) 27 March 1957 (age 67) [1]
Tatura, Victoria
Medal record
Women's Basketball
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Julie Gross (born 27 March 1957) is a retired Australian women's basketball player. [1]

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Biography

Gross played for the national team during the 1970s, competing for Australia at two World Championships; 1975 held in Columbia and 1979 held in South Korea. [2]

In 1978, Gross moved to the United States where she played basketball for Louisiana State University. In her first season with the Tigers, Gross became LSU's first Kodak All-American. [3] Gross finished her career as the all-time leading rebounder in LSU history with 1,466 rebounds and was second on the all-time scoring list with 2,488 points. [3] Gross and Maree Bennie (now Jackson), were the first Australian females to win All-American honours while playing college basketball in the United States. [4]

LSU statistics

Source [5]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%FT%RPGPPG
1976–77LSU3768552.6%71.5%12.218.5
1977–78LSU4082853.1%70.8%11.520.7
1978–79LSU2444748.9%63.0%10.818.6
1979–80LSU3052851.2%71.4%9.517.6
TOTALS131248851.8%69.9%11.218.9

References

  1. 1 2 FIBA Archive. 1979 World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Julie Gross. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  2. FIBA Archive. Player Search: Julie Gross. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  3. 1 2 Louisiana State University. 2005-2006 Women's Basketball (page 4). Media Guide. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  4. Australian Basketball History. Better Basketball. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  5. "LSU Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.