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Jovan Vukicevic

Class: Senior Hometown: Trstenik, Serbia Height: 6-2½

Event: High Jump

PAC-12 SCORER

WSU CAREER. JUNIOR (2011-12): Indoor - After limited practice and competition through fall conditioning and winter training, cleared 2.12m/6-11 1/2i to finish fifth at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships (2/25/12, Seattle)...Outdoor - High jumped his best height at WSU...cleared 2.17m/7-1 1/2 at Pac-12 Championships to tie for fourth place (5/13/12, Eugene)...mark is tied for 10th-best in WSU all-time records...at NCAA West Prelims high jumped 2.13m/6-11 3/4 for 19th.

SOPHOMORE (2010-11): Indoor - Arrived on campus in January...trained through indoor season...Outdoor - High jumped 2.11m/6-11 at WSU-UW Dual meet (4/29/11, Seattle).

PRE-WSU CAREER. During high school years played volleyball, tennis and competed in track and field...dad was his tennis coach...as a high jumper, 2002-03 made the finals at European Youth Olympic Festival in Paris...finished second at Youth Balkan Games...at 2004 European Champions Clubs Cup (ECCC) for Juniors was runner-up after clearing 2.15m/7-0 1/2 (Ostrava, Czech Republic)...Junior National Youth Champion...top mark for European Youth, second in World...2004-05 repeated as Junior National Champion...finished seventh at European Juniors Championships, second at ECCC Juniors, advanced to final at ECCC Seniors meet...during 2005-06, won World Junior Championship in Beijing...Junior Balkan Games champion, ECCC Juniors champion...leaped 2.20m/7-2 1/2 for second place at National Championship...in 2006-07 advanced to the European Championships U-23 final and at the ECCC final...competed at the World University Games...won the National Championship...in 2007-08 soared to PR and Olympic standard of 2.27m/7-5 1/4 to win the National Championship (Kragujevac, Serbia)...also third at Balkan Games...in 2008-09, advanced to final at World University Games...during 2009-10 was runner-up at ECCC and at National Championship.

PERSONAL. Born in October 1989, in Trstenik, Serbia...father Slobodan is a professor of physical education...mother Blagica is an accountant...older sister Ana...enjoys playing volleyball and tuning and styling cars...majoring in general social sciences.

VUKICEVIC'S WSU BEST
High Jump - 2.17m / 7-1 1/2 (2012)
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2012	High Jump	t-4th	2.17m / 7-1 1/2
NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCES
2012	High Jump	19th	2.13m / 6-11 3/4