Jonathan Janssen Explained

Jonathan Janssen
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:220
League:NBL1 West
Team:Rockingham Flames
Number:9
Birth Date:1995 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Pretoria, South Africa
Nationality:New Zealand / Australian
High School:
College:
Draft Year:2019
Career Start:2019
Years1:2019
Team1:Canterbury Rams
Years2:2019
Team2:KB Prishtina
Years3:2020
Team3:Sunshine Coast Phoenix
Years4:2021
Team4:Hawke's Bay Hawks
Years5:2021–2022
Team5:BBC Gréngewald Hueschtert
Years6:2022–2023
Team6:Sunshine Coast Phoenix
Years7:2023–2024
Team7:BBC US Heffingen
Years8:2024–present
Team8:Rockingham Flames
Highlights:
  • Luxembourg Nationale 2 champion (2024)
  • 2× Third-team All-PacWest (2018, 2019)

Jonathan Peter Janssen (born 10 April 1995) is a New Zealand–Australian professional basketball player for the Rockingham Flames of the NBL1 West. Born in South Africa, Janssen grew up in New Zealand and Australia and played college basketball in the United States. He played a season for the Cleveland State Vikings before transferring to Hawaii Pacific in 2016 where he played three seasons. He has played as a professional in New Zealand, Kosovo, Australia and Luxembourg. In 2021, he made his debut for the New Zealand Tall Blacks.

Early life

Janssen was born in Pretoria, South Africa.[1] [2] He grew up living in New Zealand and Australia. He attended Northcross Intermediate in North Shore, New Zealand,[3] before moving to Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where he attended Mountain Creek State High School.[4] His hometowns are listed as Mountain Creek and Noosa Heads, both suburbs on the Sunshine Coast.

In 2013, Janssen committed to Cleveland State University and then had a prep season in the U.S. at Mt Zion Baptist Christian School in Baltimore, Maryland.[5]

College career

After redshirting the 2014–15 season, Janssen debuted for the Cleveland State Vikings in the 2015–16 season. In 11 games, he totalled nine points and eleven rebounds.

Janssen transferred to Hawaii Pacific in the NCAA Division II in 2016. In 32 games in 2016–17, he averaged 5.7 points and 3.1 rebounds in 14.2 minutes per game.

As a junior in 2017–18, Janssen started all 28 games and averaged 13.6 points and 7.0 rebounds in 32.4 minutes per game. He scored a career-high 25 points against Holy Names on 5 January 2018.[6] He subsequently earned third-team All-PacWest.[7]

As a senior in 2018–19, Janssen led the Sharks in scoring (12.1) and rebounding (5.9) and had a season-high 23 points in a win against Academy of Art in February 2019. He subsequently earned third-team All-PacWest for the second straight year.

Professional career

In March 2019, Janssen signed with the Canterbury Rams of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) for the 2019 season.[8] He averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game and helped the Rams reach the Final Four.[9]

In August 2019, Janssen signed with KB Prishtina of the Kosovo Superleague.[10] He appeared in two Superleague games and two BCL games to start the 2019–20 season[11] before being released by the team on 21 October.[12]

Janssen had re-signed with the Rams for the 2020 New Zealand NBL season[13] but later joined the Sunshine Coast Phoenix for the 2020 Queensland State League (QSL) season.[14] He averaged 16.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.[15]

In March 2021, Janssen joined the Hawke's Bay Hawks for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season.[16] He played off the bench and averaged 8.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.[17]

Janssen joined BBC Gréngewald Hueschtert of the Nationale 2 in Luxembourg for the 2021–22 season. He averaged 21.9 points, 12.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.

Janssen returned to the Sunshine Coast Phoenix, now in the NBL1 North, for the 2022 season.[18] [19] He averaged 15.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game.[20]

Janssen remained on the Sunshine Coast during the off-season and re-joined the Phoenix for the 2023 NBL1 North season. In 19 games, he averaged 15.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game.

For the 2023–24 season, Janssen returned to Luxembourg to play for BBC US Heffingen in the Nationale 2. He helped the team win the Nationale 2 championship[21] and earn promotion to the Luxembourg Basketball League.[22] In 20 games, he averaged 26.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[23]

In April 2024, Janssen joined the Rockingham Flames for the rest of the 2024 NBL1 West season.[24] He was sidelined late in the season.[25]

National team

In February 2021, Janssen debuted for the New Zealand Tall Blacks in a FIBA Asia Cup qualifier in Cairns against Australia. A number of regular Tall Blacks players were unavailable due to Australian NBL commitments, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine periods also forced the Tall Blacks to create an Australian-based team, with many being based in Queensland.[26] [27] Janssen had eight points and nine rebounds in 25 minutes in an 81–52 loss.[28] [29]

Personal life

Janssen is the son of Wim and Colleen Janssen, and he has one brother and two sisters.

Janssen holds a New Zealand passport and he is a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jonathan Janssen. Cleveland State Vikings. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426042558/https://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/bios/janssen_jonothan_g2cv?view=bio. 26 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Another edition of 'Know Your Ram' is here... this time with Jono Janssen!. facebook.com/CanterburyRams. 12 June 2019. 26 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Jack Salt at Final Four & Matt Freeman on the move plus more.. Harbour Basketball Association. 2 April 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426045949/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-2857-0-0-0&sID=109102&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=64989624. 26 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Jonathan Janssen. Hawaii Pacific Sharks. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426044325/https://hpusharks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jonathan-janssen/2915. 26 April 2024.
  5. Web site: Jonathan Janssen. 247Sports. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426045137/https://247sports.com/Player/Jonathan-Janssen-50159/. 26 April 2024.
  6. Web site: HPU's Janssen Named All-PacWest. Hawaii Pacific Sharks. 6 March 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426052932/https://hpusharks.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-hpus-janssen-named-all-pacwest.aspx. 26 April 2024.
  7. Web site: Sharks Fifth, Janssen Player of the Year in Preseason PacWest Poll. Hawaii Pacific Sharks. 31 October 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426053823/https://hpusharks.com/news/2018/10/31/mens-basketball-sharks-fifth-janssen-player-of-the-year-in-preseason-pacwest-poll.aspx. 26 April 2024.
  8. Web site: Canterbury Rams Announce The Signing Of Jonathan Janssen. Canterbury Rams. 15 March 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426055108/https://canterburyrams.basketball/canterbury-rams-announce-the-signing-of-jonathan-janssen/. 26 April 2024.
  9. News: Jonathan Janssen Signs With KB Prishtina. Canterbury Rams. 9 September 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426055520/https://canterburyrams.basketball/jonathan-janssen-signs-with-kb-prishtina/. 26 April 2024.
  10. Web site: KB Prishtina is strengthened with Jonathan Janssen. Koha Ditore. 28 August 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426065421/https://www.koha.net/en/sports/181328/kb-prishtina-is-strengthened-with-jonathan-janssen. 26 April 2024.
  11. Web site: Jonathan Janssen. Australiabasket.com. 26 April 2024. subscription.
  12. Web site: Basketball, Prishtina expels two foreigners. Koha Ditore. 21 October 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240727155433/https://www.koha.net/en/sport/190053/basketboll-prishtina-largon-dy-te-huaj. 27 July 2024.
  13. Web site: The Canterbury Rams Announce The Return Of Jonathan Janssen For The 2020 Sals NBL Season. Canterbury Rams. 17 December 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426061417/https://canterburyrams.basketball/the-canterbury-rams-announce-the-return-of-jonathan-janssen-for-the-2020-sals-nbl-season/. 26 April 2024.
  14. Web site: 2020 QSL Teams – Sunshine Coast Phoenix. Basketball Queensland. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920081053/https://basketballqld.com.au/2020-qsl-teams-sunshine-coast-phoenix/. 20 September 2020. 26 April 2024.
  15. Web site: Williams. Peter. 2020 QSL team review: Sunshine Coast Phoenix Teal. central.rookieme.com. 1 November 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426061831/https://central.rookieme.com/basketball/2020-qsl-team-review-sunshine-coast-phoenix-teal/. 26 April 2024.
  16. Web site: It's raining Tall Blacks at the Taylor Hawks. facebook.com/NZBayHawks. 4 March 2021. 26 April 2024.
  17. Web site: Williams. Peter. 2021 NZNBL team review: Hawkes Bay Hawks. central.rookieme.com. 29 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426073912/https://central.rookieme.com/basketball/2021-nznbl-team-review-hawkes-bay-hawks/. 26 April 2024.
  18. Web site: Heslehurst. Brayden. National league stars, Opals and Tall Ferns lead new recruits to join NBL1 North in 2022. Quest Community Newspapers. 11 May 2022. live. https://archive.today/20240426074417/https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/sport/national-league-stars-opals-and-tall-ferns-lead-new-recruits-to-join-nbl1-north-in-2022/news-story/784810884c7c3267d194ebb31c90f897?amp&nk=4beed879225cebe1256e11b566a29854-1714117464. 26 April 2024.
  19. Web site: Franklin. Eddie. USC Rip City and Sunshine Coast Phoenix top players for 2022 NBL1 North season. Sunshine Coast Daily. 20 May 2022. live. https://archive.today/20240426074153/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/sport/usc-rip-city-and-sunshine-coast-phoenix-top-players-for-2022-nbl1-north-season/news-story/55b08863eb7a090bfc7ca5e8d301c39e?amp&nk=73d3e3eb57bb0a079f06129fdb4704d4-1714117320. 26 April 2024.
  20. Web site: Sunshine Coast Phoenix is excited to announce Jonathan Janssen as the next signing for the NBL1 2023 season.. facebook.com/sunshinecoastphoenix. 14 March 2023. 26 April 2024.
  21. Web site: Mir si Champion vun der Nationale 2!. facebook.com/USHeffingen. 7 April 2024. 26 April 2024. Luxembourgish.
  22. Web site: Mat dem leschte Match hu mir eis den Opstig an d'LBBL geséchert. Den MVP ass och dës Kéier de Jonathan.. facebook.com/USHeffingen. 7 April 2024. 26 April 2024. Luxembourgish.
  23. News: Jonathan Peter Janssen. Luxembourg Basketball Federation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426075706/https://www.luxembourg.basketball/joueur/28721/janssen-jonathan-peter/. 26 April 2024.
  24. Web site: After a championship season in Luxembourg, Jonathan 'Jono' Janssen has landed in the West and is ready for his first game in the NBL1 West, against the Cougars tomorrow night.. facebook.com/rockingham.flames. 26 April 2024. 26 April 2024.
  25. Web site: Pike. Chris. Godfrey always had full faith Flames would fire at right time. authory.com. 30 July 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240801020343/https://authory.com/ChrisPike/Godfrey-always-had-full-faith-Flames-would-fire-at-right-time-ac015386b28b3436a937b8e85d887b1b7. 1 August 2024. ...and Jono Janssen remaining sidelined..
  26. Web site: Threadingham. Tom. Coast stars thrilled with epic Tall Blacks call up. Sunshine Coast Daily. 18 February 2021. live. https://archive.today/20240426063933/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/sport/coast-stars-thrilled-with-epic-tall-blacks-call-up/news-story/a9a130bc3a26ece31274b4510c2df654?amp&nk=f3602d576c412056fbfca88a60da5922-1714113581. 26 April 2024.
  27. Web site: Heslehurst. Brayden. Queensland Basketball stars get their chance to represent NZ against Australia. Quest Community Newspapers. 20 February 2021. live. https://archive.today/20240426064205/https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/queensland-basketball-stars-get-their-chance-to-represent-nz-against-australia/news-story/7869dcb8226e0abcfe855c678e2783dd?amp&nk=59f079cb4d15ce5c159468250f50581b-1714113731. 26 April 2024.
  28. News: McInerney. Matthew. Boomers smash the Tall Blacks in FIBA Asia Cup qualifier. The Cairns Post. 20 February 2021. live. https://archive.today/20240426072617/https://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/boomers-smash-the-tall-blacks-in-fiba-asia-cup-qualifier/news-story/f9cda5549be85a746dc74295a56f6e03?amp&nk=f7c4955c9e5d0f29630cdb61a06ee708-1714116383. 26 April 2024.
  29. Web site: Jonathan Janssen. FIBA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426072912/https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2021/qualifiers/player/Jonathan-Janssen. 26 April 2024.

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