Tea Juric

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Secondary School of Health Care
Hometown:
Kastel Stari, Croatia

2015: Played and started in all 32 matches and 125 sets this season as a junior…led the team in kills (404) and kills per set (3.23)…notched 24 matches with double-digit kills and had a season high 28 kills against UT Rio Grande Valley…led the team in digs (417), 3.43 per set, with a season best 28 vs Incarnate Word (9/11)…tallied 19 games with double digit kills and digs and also had 13 straight matches with double digit digs…fifth on the team in assists (23) with four multi-assists matches…tied for first in service aces with 27 and service aces per set (.22)…fourth on the team in total blocks with 60, 12 solo and 48 blocks assisted.

2014: Saw action in 29 matches and 105 sets with a combined 29 starts at outside hitter and right-side hitter as a sophomore...named second-team All-Louisiana after leading the team in kills per set (3.27), points per set (3.65) and digs (303) while sitting second in kills (343), points (383) and digs per set (2.89), third in blocks (65), blocks per set (0.57) and attack percentage (.162), and fourth in service aces (12), service aces per set (0.11) and assists (21)...ranked eighth in the American Athletic Conference in kills per set...posted 19 double-digit kills outings with 20-plus kills three times, including a season-best 23 at SMU (10/12)...tallied 10-plus digs 14 times with a career-high of 28 at Houston (11/5)...had eight kill/dig double-doubles, highlighted by a 22-kill, 21-dig performance vs UCF (11/21)...scored a season-best 24.5 points at SMU (10/12) after finishing the match with 23 kills, one ace and an assisted block...logged 11 multiple-block outings, including a season-best six vs UMBC (9/19), at Tulsa (10/10) and vs UConn (10/17)...recorded three multiple-assist matches with a season-high three vs Coppin State (9/20)...off the court, was a member of the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and Tulane's 3.0 Club.

2013: Played in 32 matches and 112 sets as a true freshman...named Conference USA Freshman of the Year, Louisiana Co-Freshman of the Year, first-team All C-USA, first-team all-state, C-USA All-Freshman Team and honorable-mention AVCA All-Southwest Region recognition after leading the team in kills (446), kills per set (3.98), points (489) and points per set (4.37) while ranking second in digs (285), service aces (24), aces per set (0.21) and attack percentage (.277), third in digs per set (2.54), and fifth in total blocks (36.0) and blocks per set (0.32)...ranked fifth in C-USA in points per set and sixth in kills per set...finished 49th in the nation in kills per set and 66th in points per set...had 25 double-digit kill outings with four matches of 20-plus, including a season-best 26 vs Toledo(9/6) during the Youngstown Invitational...completed double-doubles with 10-plus dig efforts on 16 occasions, including season-high 17 at Youngstown State (9/6)...posted five multiple-ace contests, including a season-high four at North Texas (11/3)...added 11 multiple-block performances, including a season-best four at Radford (9/20) during the Highlander Classic and vs UAB (11/22) during the C-USA Championship quarterfinals...posted two assists vs North Dakota (9/14) during the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic, at Charlotte (10/6) and vs both UAB and Tulsa (11/23) during the C-USA Championship...named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7 after averaging 5.3 kills and 1.3 digs per set to go with two assists and a pair of aces during Tulane's 2-0 week...named MVP of the Radford Highlander Classic after averaging 3.6 kills and 2.5 digs per set to go with five aces, five blocks and one assist and was tabbed all-tournament at the Youngstown Invitational after averaging 4.5 kills and 3.6 digs to go with four blocks, three aces and one assist.

High School: Attended the Secondary School of Health Care but did not play volleyball as the school did not sponsor varsity sports...was a member of the Marina-Kastela Volleyball Club from 2003-12...played for the Croatian Youth National Team from 2009-10 and the Croation Junior National Team from 2011-12...was named MVP of the Croation Junior Championship and the Youth Sports Games in 2012.

Personal: Born in Split, Croatia....has two sisters...majoring in public health.

Juric's Career Statistics

Year	MP-SP	Kills	Kills/Set	Err.	Att.	Pct.	Assists	Asst/Set	Service Ace	Service Error	Aces/Set	Digs	Digs/Set	Block Solo	Block Assists	Total Blocks	Blocks/Set	Block Errors	Ball-Handling Errors	Points	Points/Set
2013	32-112	446	3.98	168	1002	.277	18	0.16	24	25	0.16	285	2.54	2	34	36	0.32	6	0	489.0	4.37
2014	29-105	343	3.27	184	981	.162	21	0.20	12	18	0.11	303	2.89	5	46	51	0.49	4	0	383.0	3.65
Career	61-217	789	3.64	352	1983	.220	39	0.18	36	43	0.17	588	2.71	7	80	87	0.40	10	0	872.0	4.02