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#5 Sara Plavljanin
Position: Guard
Height: 5'9"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia
Other College: Miles Community College
Experience: 1 Letter

SPARTAN NOTES: Spent two years as a Spartan...Verizon/WAC Player of the Week (1/9/12)...NetScouts Basketball WAC Player of the Week (1/9/12)...CollegeSportsMadness.com WAC Player of the Week (1/16/12)...2011-12 CollegeSportsMadness.com second-team All-WAC...San Jose State Scholar-Athlete...on the program's single-season list, is fourth in made three-pointers (61), sixth in three-point shooting percentage (.379) and eighth in three-point attempts (161)...on the career list she is sixth in three-point percentage (.344) and seventh in three-point makes (96) and attempts (279).

2011-12: One of two players to start all 30 games...averaged 13.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.1 steals in 36.4 minutes per outing...hit double figure scoring 22 times and surpassed 20 points in a game five times...finished the season as the WAC's seventh leading scorer...led the WAC in minutes per game (36.5 mpg), fourth in three-pointer (2.0 pg) and steals, sixth in assists and three-point field goal percentage (.379), eighth in assist to turnover ratio (0.93:1) and 20th in rebounds...in WAC games was seventh in scoring (13.9 ppg) and three-point field goal percentage (.354), led the conference in minutes (36.9 mpg), was fourth in three-pointers (2.0 pg) and steals (2.0 spg), fifth in assists (3.9 apg) and sixth in assist to turnover ratio (1.1:1)...was the 29th most prolific three-point shooter in the nation at 38 percent...finished the year ranked fourth on the program's single-season list for three-pointers (61), sixth in three-point percentage and eighth in three-point attempts (161)..equaled her career-high, 28 points, at Santa Clara (12/17) where she sank seven three-pointers also a career-best...led the team in steals (60) with her best game being an eight steal effort at Southern Utah (1/3)...had a career-high seven assists at Utah Valley (1/5) among her team-leading 105 for the year...top rebounding effort, 12 boards, came at Utah Valley (1/5)...established career-bests in nearly every statistical category.

2010-11: Made 25 starts in 26 appearances...averaged 10.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.6 steals in 33.3 minutes per game...scored a team season-high 28 points against New Mexico State (1/8)...team's leading scorer in eight games...double-digit scoring in 16 times including a span of seven consecutive games (1/6-1/29)...10.7 points per game led the team...dished out a season-high five assists at Northern Arizona (12/1) and versus Santa Clara (1/2)...had four steals against Nevada (2/5)...12th in WAC scoring, averaging 11.8 points in league play...led the team shooting 29.7 percent (35-of-118) from 3-point range... ranked ninth in conference play averaging 1.50 three-pointers per game...grabbed a career-high seven rebounds at Northern Arizona and Utah State (1/29)...third in the WAC averaging 35.31 minutes of play per conference game.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Attended Miles Community College in Miles City, Mont. from 2008-10...averaged 14.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.5 steals...second player in school history to lead the team in scoring, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots in the same season...honored as a 2010 first-team NJCAA All-Region IX performer...named an All-Mondak Conference honoree.

OTHER SCHOOL: Attended Gimnazisa in Zagreb, Croatia in 2008...competed in U16 and U18 European Championship...averaged 7.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game for U16...played club for 2.K.K. Montmontaza (Coaches Linda Antic-Mrdali and Damir Mestrovic) where she was a five-time national champion.

SARA: Majoring in psychology...hopes to play basketball in Europe and pursue a masters degree upon graduation...enjoys playing the piano, watching movies, traveling and trying new food from different cultures...the daughter of Snjezana and Rajan Plavljanin...a native of Zagreb, Croatia, Sara Plavljanin was born August 30, 1989.

 

Year

g-gs

fg-fga

pct

3pm-a

pct

ft-fta

pct

reb

avg

ast

bk

st

pts

avg

2010-11

27-26

106-293

.362

35-118

.297

42-61

.689

106

3.9

48

4

41

289

10.7

2011-12 30-30 148-370 .400 61-161 .379 59-83 .711 124 4.1 109 1 63 416 13.9

Totals

57-56

254-663

.383

96-279

.344

101-144

701

230

4.0

157

5

104

705

12.4

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