Juan Mendez is a professional basketball player who played for the Niagara University men's university basketball team

Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball

The Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represent Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference...

 from 2001 to 2005. Juan played with the Canadian national basketball team in the Americas Championship 2007 averaging 8.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

Vitals

• Sex: Male
• Position: PF
• Height: 2.03 m (6'8")
• Weight: 245 lbs
• Hometown: Montreal, Quebec

Career Highs

Juan entered his senior year with over 1,500 career points. This put him close to Calvin Murphy on Niagara's all time lists. Juan is also the highest scoring Canadian in NCAA Division 1 history.

Professional career

Since graduating college, Mendez has played overseas:

• 2005/2006: Panellinios (Greece)
• 2006/2007: Ironi Nahariya
  Ironi Nahariya
  Ironi Nahariya is a professional basketball club based in Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the Second division in Israeli basketball.-History:...
  
   (Israel)
• 2007/2008: Maccabi Rishon LeZion
  Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)
  Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a basketball club based in Rishon LeZion in central Israel. The club plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.-History:...
  
   (Israel)
• 2008/2009: Xinjiang Flying Tigers ( China)

See also

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds

External links

• Basketpedya.com Player Profile