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Juan Méndez (born September 23, 1981) is a professional basketball player who played for the Niagara University men's university basketball team from 2001 to 2005. He is currently assistant coach on th
Redmen Basketball Team
Born in
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, from Dominican parents, Mendez played with the Canadian national basketball team as well as in several different professional teams overseas.


Career Highs

Juan entered his senior year with over 1,500 career points. This put him close to
Calvin Murphy Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Associ ...
on Niagara's all time lists. Juan is also the highest scoring Canadian in NCAA Division 1 history. In 2014, Juan was inducted into the MAAC Naismith Hall of Fame (1st Canadian) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.


Professional career

After graduating college, Mendez built his professional career as a player overseas. He has also been a member of the Team Canada from summers 2003 to 2008. During his time with the team, he participated in the NBA summer league in 2003, averaging 11.4 PPG in 5 games. He participated in the 2003 Pan American Games and finished in 2nd place at Four Nations Tournament in China and Brazil in 2004. He also averaged 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game at the 2005 Americas Championship and 8.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game during the 2007 Americas Championship.


See also

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List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds This is a list of NCAA Division I men's basketball players who have accumulated both 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in their careers. Tom Gola Thomas Joseph Gola (January 13, 1933 – January 26, 2014) was an American basketball player and poli ...


External links

*http://basketballbuzz.ca/article/juan-mendez-canadas-best-kept-secret/ *http://www.writers.net/writers/books/27845 *http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/Canadian_Juan_Mendez_Works_Out-142868-71.html *http://www.tvasports.ca/2012/12/12/juan-mendez--le-joueur-de-basketball-globe-trotter *https://maacsports.com/news/2014/2/27/209419821.aspx {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Juan 1981 births Living people Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Basketball players from Montreal BC Dnipro players Black Canadian basketball players Canadian expatriate basketball people in Greece Canadian expatriate basketball people in Italy Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Canadian people of Dominican Republic descent Sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent Ironi Nahariya players Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players Montreal Jazz players Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball players Pallacanestro Trapani players Pan American Games competitors for Canada Panellinios B.C. players Xinjiang Flying Tigers players Power forwards (basketball)