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2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Joshua Braun
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 220
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Anthem, Ariz.
- High School:
- Westwind Prep Academy
Bio
GCU
2016-17 - Redshirt Junior
2015-16 - Redshirt Sophomore
2014-15 – Redshirt Freshman
2013-14 – Freshman
Westwind Prep
Boulder Creek
2016-17 - Redshirt Junior
- Earned All-WAC First Team honors for the second straight season
- Led the WAC in three-pointers made, was top-10 in free-throw percentage, three-point percentage and minutes played
- Named First-Team Academic All-American for the second straight year
- Earned WAC Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 20-26 after averaging 28.5 points in wins over Chicago State and UMKC
- Featured in the Players' Tribune for his article "Next Year's Cinderella"
- Averaged 17.5 points/game, 4.6 rebounds/game, and 1.4 assists/game
- Missed nine games due to injury but started and played in 22 games during the year
- Scored a season-high 31 points in his first game back from injury against Utah Valley on Jan. 7
2015-16 - Redshirt Sophomore
- Earned All-WAC First Team honors after averaging 16.5 points per game and leading the league in both 3-point field goal percentage (.417) and free throw percentage (.873)
- Named to First-Team Academic All-America Team, the first player ever to do so at GCU
- Also named CoSIDA Academic All-District
- Earned NABC All-Region 6 Second Team accolades
- Honored as the WAC Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 4-10
- Scored a career-high 34 points, including 17 made free throws, in a win over Utah Valley State
- Hit six 3-pointers to tie a career-best against UMKC
- Started 33 of 34 games en route to helping GCU to a second-place finish in the WAC and an overall regular season record of 25-6
2014-15 – Redshirt Freshman
- Named to the WAC All-Newcomer team as he averaged 11.8 points/game, 13th best in the WAC
- Led GCU in points scored (379) and 3-point percentage (.381)
- Posted a season-high 25 points at Texas Pan-American on Jan. 24 and had a season high 10 rebounds versus Kansas City on Jan. 29
- Finished with the 14th-highest rebound average in conference with a 4.9 per game average
- Hit 46.0 percent from the field, eighth highest in conference, while finishing sixth in 3-point percentage (.381), hitting 1.8 treys per game
- Competed in all 32 games, starting 26 as the team placed second in the WAC standings
2013-14 – Freshman
- Practiced with the team but did not participate as he redshirted
Westwind Prep
- Had a knee injury shorten his senior campaign as he averaged 9.7 points while draining 42 percent of his field goal attempts
Boulder Creek
- During the 2011-12 season, averaged 18.5 points and 9.4 rebounds per game while scoring double-digits in all 27 games
- Posted 12 double-figure rebounding games
- During his sophomore season, posted 20.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game en route to being named player of the year in the Northwest Region
- As a freshman, he helped the school win its first state championship in 2009-10 while averaging 10.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game
- Born on July 7, 1994 in Anthem, Ariz.
- Parents are David and Kathy Braun
- Father, David, played soccer at University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
- Mother, Kathy, played volleyball at Fort Lewis
- Played for the AZ Aces during his AAU career
- Also considered New Mexico State, Utah, Drake and San Diego
- If Josh was not playing basketball he would be playing golf, soccer or volleyball
- Favorite quote, “‘You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.’ -Wayne Gretzky” -Michael Scott
- Goals of playing professional basketball and being his own boss
- Favorite athletes are Messi, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Steve Nash
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Kaleb Smith | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Non-Conference Schedule Release | Men's Basketball
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