Matthew Dellavedova

Matthew Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova drives to the hoop
College	Saint Mary's (CA)
Conference	West Coast Conference
Sport	Basketball
Position	Guard [1]
Jersey #	#4
Class	Junior
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Nationality	Australian
Born	September 8, 1990 (1990-09-08) (age 21) Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
High school	Australian Institute of Sport

Matthew Dellavedova (born September 8, 1990(1990-09-08)) is an Australian college basketball player from Maryborough, Victoria, Australia. He is currently a sophomore at Saint Mary's College of California and is also a member of the Australian national basketball team.

College career

Dellavedova was recruited to Saint Mary's College of California out of the Australian Institute of Sport and signed with the Gaels before the 2009-10 season. He was one of the top junior players in Australia; ESPN.com rated Dellavedova as the #73 shooting guard recruit for the 2008-09 recruiting season.^[2]

Dellavedova immediately contributed for the Gaels and started each of the first 15 games of the season for the team. As of January 1, 2010, he averaged 13.4 points per game as the team's second leading scorer for the Gaels, who began the season 13-2.^[3]

International career

Dellavedova competed for the Australian junior national basketball team at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009. He was the team's third leading scorer - averaging 10.1 points per game - for the fourth-place Australians.^[4] He was selected to the Australian senior national basketball team for the first time at the FIBA Oceania Championship 2009. At age 19, he was the youngest Australian player at the Championships.

References

1. ^ http://www.smcgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21400&ATCLID=204809684
2. ^ Matthew Dellavedova Recruiting Profile at ESPN.com
3. ^ Matthew Dellavedova at ESPN.com
4. ^ Matthew Dellavedova at FIBA.com