Admir Besovic

Class:
Freshman
Ht./Wt.:
7-0 / 240
Hometown:
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
High School:
Virginia Episcopal School

2017-18 (Freshman): Played in 18 games for the Griz, averaging 1.7 minutes per contest... Scored 13 points while adding five rebounds, one assist and one blocked shot... Made his collegiate debut Nov. 10 vs. Whitworth, scoring two points and collecting a rebound in one minute of action... Played a season-most five minutes at Stanford (Nov. 29)... Scored in back-to-back games (Dec. 30-Jan 4), including a season-high three points vs. North Dakota (Jan. 4).

Prep School: Attended the Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Va. … Averaged 11.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in 2016-17… Also contributed 13 steals and 10 blocks for the Bishops, who went 16-8… Was a team captain… Earned numerous all-area accolades by various newspapers in the Lynchburg area… Named team’s player of the game three times… Previously played professional basketball in his native country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Personal: Named is pronounced: ad-MEER BAY-sho-vich… Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina… Transferred to Santa Fe College in Florida following the 2017-18 season.