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Marija Zinic

Class: Senior Hometown: Novi Sad, Serbia High School: Svetozar Markovic HS

Height: 6-2 Position: F Experience: 4L

Zinic's 2008-09 Game-by-Game, Career Stats and Career Highs in PDF Format

Career Honors:
•2008-09 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
•2008-09 Academic All-Big 12First Team
•2007-08 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
•2006-07 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
•2006-07 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

2008-09 (Senior):
Saw action in 12 games ... Averaged 1.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... Turned in eight points and four rebounds versus Sacred Heart (Nov. 14, 2008) ... Knocked down 4-of-6 shots from the field versus SHU ... Had a season-high five boards in a win at Saint Louis (Nov. 23, 2009) ... Had four rebounds andtwo points versus New Mexico State (Jan. 4, 2009)...Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 Honors ... Named to the Athletics Director's Honor Roll for the third-consecutive year.

2007-08 (Junior):
Played in four games ... Averaged 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds per game ... Scored three points versus Evansville (March 24, 2008) ... Pulled down two rebounds at Nebraska (Jan. 12, 2008) ... Made 3-of-4 shots on the year, good for 75.0 percent ... Named to the Athletics Director's Honor Roll for the second-straight year.

2006-07 (Sophomore):
Played in 24 games, starting 10 ... Named to the Metro Sports/WBCA All-Tournament Team after scoring 31 points and pulling down 10 rebounds in KU's first two games of the season ... Scored in double-figures four times and pulled down five or more rebounds on 10 occasions ... Played career-high 28 minutes in season opener against Seton Hall (Nov. 11, 2006) ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Selected Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2005-06 (Freshman):
Utilized primarily as the first player off bench, seeing time in 29 games ... The first player to check-in a team-high 12 times ... Averaged 5.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in 19.1 minutes of action per game ... Also added 15 assists, 13 steals and five blocked shots ... Led all underclassmen and finished fourth overall on the team from the charity stripe with a 72.9 percent free throw accuracy ... Scored in double-figures in five contests including each of the last three games of the season ... Registered a career-high 17 points in the final game of the season against Ole Miss (March 19, 2006) in the WNIT to go along with six boards, two assists and a steal ... Sank 12-of-12 free throws and finished with 14 points and seven rebounds against Kansas State at the Big 12 Tournament (March 8, 2006) ... Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds and pumped in eight points against UMKC (Dec. 7, 2005) ... Played at least 15 minutes in 22 games ... Drew two charges ... Led the Jayhawks in scoring in two games and rebounding in three contests ... Her 3.9 rebounds per game ranked fourth on the squad.

High School:
A 2005 graduate of Svetozar Markovic HS in Novi Sad, Serbia ... Competed for numerous national teams in Serbia & Montenegro including the Junior National Team in the summer of 2005 ... Also competed in the European Championship for Cadettes (2001) and the U18 European Championship for Women (2004) ... Posted averages of 10 points and six rebounds during the qualifying rounds of the U18 European Championship for Women in 2004 to help her team to a fourth place finish.

Personal:
Joins Ivana Catic as natives of Serbia....born in Novi Sad, Serbia ... Majoring in Communication Studies.