John Shurna Basketball player

John William Shurna (born April 30, 1990) is a Lithuanian-American college basketball player for the Northwestern Wildcats basketball team who has completed his senior season for the 2011–12 team. He is the 2012 Big Ten scoring champion. He has been a three-time All-Big Ten Conference selection (2010-2nd team; 2011-3rd team coaches/honorable mention media; 2012-1st team) and the Northwestern statistical leader in several categories. He was the 2010 Sporting News Most Improved Player. He holds several Northwestern all-time records, including single-season and career scoring. He was selected as an honorable mention Associated Press 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American. He won the State Farm College 3-Point Championship three-point shooting contest at the 2012 Final Four. In high school, he was the 2008 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 4A Slam Dunk Champion. He was a member of the gold-medal-winning USA Basketball team at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Personal facts

John Shurna
Birth dateApril 30, 1990
Birth place
Glen Ellyn Illinois
Height (meters)2.0574
Weight (Kilograms)99.792

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Basketball player

Career start2012
college
Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
draft year2012
league
Liga ACB
position
Power forward (basketball)
teams
Joventut Badalona

John Shurna on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/shurna_john00.html
  2. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41742
  3. http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200006/Joueurs/A45770/John-Shurna