Alex Mudronja
No. 15 – Illawarra Hawks | |
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Position | Guard |
League | NBL |
Personal information | |
Born | Adelaide, South Australia | 3 September 1999
Nationality | Australian |
Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Lake Ginninderra (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) |
College | Saint Mary's (2018–2019) |
NBA draft | 2020 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Career history | |
2019–2021 | Adelaide 36ers |
2021 | South Adelaide Panthers |
2021–present | Illawarra Hawks |
Alexander Mudronja (born 3 September 1999) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of National Basketball League (NBL).[1] He had a junior career with the Sturt Sabres before he joined the Centre of Excellence Program at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).[2][3] Mudronja has also represented Australia nationally and won a gold medal at the FIBA Oceania competition.[2] He was a member of the South Australian state basketball team when they won the U20 Men's Championships in 2017 and was awarded the Bob Staunton Award as the most outstanding player during the 2018 competition.[4][5]
Mudronja trained with his hometown Adelaide 36ers at the end of his AIS stint but was instead encouraged to play collegiately for the Saint Mary's Gaels.[2] After one season with the Gaels, Mudronja returned to Australia in 2019 and signed a three-year contract with the 36ers.[2] 36ers head coach Joey Wright called Mudronja "the best point guard of his class in Australia".[2] He was assigned as a development player during the 2019–20 season before he was elevated to a full roster position for the remainder of his contract.[2] On 18 June 2021, Mudronja was released from the final season of his contract.[6]
On 15 November 2021, Mudronja signed with the Illawarra Hawks on a three-year contract.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Alex Mudronja". NBL1. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sixers sign South Australian talent Alex Mudronja". Adelaide 36ers. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Gael Spotlight: Alex Mudronja". Saint Mary's College Athletics. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Gaels Welcome Five Newcomers to Campus". Saint Mary's College Athletics. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "U20 & Ivor Burge Championships History". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Adelaide and Alex Mudronja Part Ways". NBL. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Alex Mudronja joins the Hawks, Coenraad elevated to Roster". Illawarra Hawks Official Website. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links[]
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Adelaide 36ers players
- Australian Institute of Sport basketball players
- Australian men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Adelaide
- Guards (basketball)
- Illawarra Hawks players
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- People educated at Lake Ginninderra College
- Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball players
- Universiade medalists in basketball
- Universiade bronze medalists for Australia