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(Redirected from Jasmina Perazić-Gipe) Serbian-American basketball player
Jasmina Perazić
Georgian Court Lions
PositionHead coach
LeagueCACC
Personal information
Born (1960-12-06) 6 December 1960 (age 64)
Novi Sad, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian / American
Listed height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight74 kg (163 lb)
Career information
CollegeMaryland (1979–1983)
Playing career1974–2000
PositionGuard / forward
Number4
Coaching career2005–Present
Career history
As player:
1974–1976Vojvodina
1976–1979Eintracht, Frankfurt
1984Voždovac
1997New York Liberty
As coach:
2006–2010Elizabeth Seton HS
2010–2014Monmouth (assistant)
2014–presentGeorgian Court
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team competition
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1987 Cadiz Team competition
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Edmonton Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1987 Zagreb Team competition

Jasmina Perazić (born 6 December 1960) is a Serbian-American basketball coach and a former basketball player. Perazić was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. She is the current head coach of Division II Georgian Court University, a member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC).

Career

Perazić competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2014, she was inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

Currently, Perazic is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Georgian Court University, an NCAA Division II University in Lakewood, NJ. After guiding the Lions to a perfect regular season (7-0) and a CACC regular season title during the COVID-19 shortened 2020–2021 season, Perazic was named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year. The Lions earned the No. 1 seed in the CACC Tournament and advanced to the CACC Finals, their first finals appearance since becoming a Division II member in 2002–2003. GCU earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II National Tournament and on March 12, 2021, won the program's first ever game at the East Regional, downing divisional foe Concordia College in the Regional Quarterfinals.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 New York 9 0 5.2 38.5 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.1
Career 1 year, 1 team 9 0 5.2 38.5 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.1

Personal life

Perazić has a daughter, Deanna Gipe (married Marello). Deanna and her wife Erica reside in New Jersey.

Achievements

  • 2014 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
  • 2008 ACC Tournament Legend
  • 2002 University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame
  • 1986 MVP Balkan Championships
  • 1985 Best Five of Europe
  • 1984 MVP Pre-Olympic Tournament
  • 1983 MVP European Championships
  • 1983 Most Popular Player at the World Championships, 2nd Leading Scorer of the Tournament
  • 1983 WBCA Kodak All American
  • 1983 ACC Tournament MVP
  • 1982 NCAA West Region All Tournament Team (Inaugural NCAA women's basketball tournament)

Coaching Awards and Accomplishments

  • 2009 WBCA National Coach of the Year (District III)
  • 2010 WCAC Coach of the Year
  • 2010 Gazette Newspaper Coach of the Year
  • 2020-2021 CACC Coach of the Year

With Yugoslav National Basketball Team

  • 1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Russia Bronze Medal
  • 1983 World Championships São Paulo, Brazil Placed 8th 2nd leading scorer with 17.6PPG Voted Most Popular Player of the Tournament
  • 1983 World University Games Edmonton, Canada Bronze Medal
  • 1984 Pre-Olympic Tournament Havana, Cuba MVP
  • 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States of America Placed 6th
  • 1986 Balkan Championships Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Gold Medal
  • 1987 European Championships Cadiz, Spain Silver Medal
  • 1987 World University Games Zagreb Croatia Gold Medal
  • MVP 1986 Balkan Championships Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • MVP 1984 Pre Olympic Tournament Havana, Cuba
  • Best Five of Europe and #1 Player in Europe 1983 Hungary, 1985 Italy
  • Yugoslavian Cup Winner 1984 with ŽKK Voždovac (Zenski Kosarkaski Klub Vozdovac/Women's Basketball Club Vozdovac), Belgrade, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavian Women's Basketball League)
  • 1997 New York Liberty, WNBA

See also

References

University of Maryland Archives, FiBA Archives, FIBA.com ACC Tournament Legends, NCAA.com NCAA All Americans

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jasmina Perazić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. "Former Terps star Jasmina Perazic inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame". the diamondbacl. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

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Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket Women 1987 – Silver medal
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