Julie Gross


Julie Gross is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

Gross played for the Australia women's [national basketball team|national team] during the 1970s, competing for Australia at two FIBA [World Championship for Women|World Championships]; 1975 [FIBA World Championship for Women|1975 held in Columbia] and 1979 [FIBA World Championship for Women|1979 held in South Korea].
In 1978, Gross moved to the United States where she played basketball for Louisiana State University. In her first season with the Tigers basketball|Tigers], Gross became LSU's first Kodak All-American. 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. Gross and Maree Bennie, were the first Australian females to win All-American honours while playing college basketball in the United States.

LSU statistics

Source
YearTeamGPPointsFG%FT%RPGPPG
1976–77LSU3768552.6%71.5%12.218.5
1977–78LSU4082853.1%70.8%11.520.7
1978–79LSU2444748.9%63.0%10.818.6
1979–80LSU3052851.2%71.4%9.517.6
TOTALS131248851.8%69.9%11.218.9