Personal information | |
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Born | 22 April 1999 |
Nationality | Swiss |
Listed height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) |
Career information | |
College | Regis (2018–2020) UC San Diego (2020–2022) San Francisco (2022–2023) |
Position | Forward |
Number | 11 |
Career history | |
2016–2017 | Swiss Central Basket |
Toni Rocak (born 22 April 1999) is a Swiss basketball player.
Rocak's family has Croatian roots. The family move to Switzerland, when Toni Rocak was three years of age. [1] He and his brother Niko owe their heights to their father Ante, a former European karate champion who became an owner of a fitness company. [2] The family moved from Geneva, Switzerland to Zug for professional reasons. Here the brothers attended the International School of Zug and Luzern (ISZL) where they played basketball for the school team. [2]
The website swisshopes.ch listed Toni as the country's second best basketball prospect for players born in 1999. [2]
In March 2017, the Swiss newspaper Luzerner Zeitung labelled Toni Rocak and his brother Niko as being "among the most talented basketball players of their year." [2]
Rocak speaks German, English, French and Croatian. He stated that in addition to athletic development, it is also important to him to achieve something academically. [2]
In the 2016-17 season, he saw action in six games of the Swiss Basketball League with Swiss Central Basket. [3]
Rocak spent a year at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, [4] before joining NCAA Division 2 school Regis University in 2018. In 2019-20, he collected All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Honorable Mention Status. [5] In 2020, he transferred to NCAA D1 institution UC San Diego. [6] A Business psychology major, Rocak spent two seasons with the Tritons, averaging 15.1 points and 6.5 rebounds in the 2021-22 campaign. [4] He transferred to the University of San Francisco in 2022. [7] Rocak appeared in 18 games for the Dons during the 2022-23 campaign, scoring 2.3 points per contest. [8]
Alongside his brother, he played for Switzerland's U16 and U18 national teams. [2]
He later became a member of the Swiss national basketball team. [9]
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