Julie Gross
Personal information
Born (1957-03-27) 27 March 1957[1]
Tatura, Victoria
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Representing  Australia

Julie Gross (born 27 March 1957) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.[1]

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
  GP Games 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
Year Team GP Points FG% FT% RPG PPG
1976-77 LSU 37 685 52.6% 71.5% 12.2 18.5
1977-78 LSU 40 828 53.1% 70.8% 11.5 20.7
1978-79 LSU 24 447 48.9% 63.0% 10.8 18.6
1979-80 LSU 30 528 51.2% 71.4% 9.5 17.6
TOTALS 131 2488 51.8% 69.9% 11.2 18.9

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.
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