MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries has announced the signing of Haris Elezovic to a grant-in-aid for the 2024-25 season.
Elezovic is a 6-foot-8, 240-pound senior forward from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
“We are excited to welcome Haris to our basketball program,” DeVries said. “Haris will bring great versatility and another veteran presence to our front court. We are looking forward to integrating Haris to our team and West Virginia University.”
Last year, Elezovic attended Laval University in Laval, Quebec, where he started 29 of 31 games. He averaged 12.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 44.9 percent from the field. Elezovic had a career-high 26 rebounds against UQAM on Feb. 1, 2024. He helped lead Laval to the U Sports national championship.
In 2022-23, Elezovic attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. That season, he averaged 13.9 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, while shooting 47.3 percent from the field.
Elezovic had highs of 28 points against UQAM and 22 rebounds against Concordia. He recorded 12 double-doubles on the season.
In summer games, Elezovic posted 17 points and 11 rebounds against Florida State, 12 points and 11 rebounds against Vermont and 15 points and 13 rebounds against Oregon.
Elezovic attended McGill in 2021-22 and averaged 8.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. He had season highs of 22 points against UQAM and 18 rebounds against Christopher Newport.
For his career, he has scored 906 points (11.8 ppg) and grabbed 727 rebounds (9.4 rpg), while starting 72 of 77 games played. Elezovic has shot 44.8 percent from the field and 68.9 percent from the free throw line to go with 129 assists and 62 steals.
During his career, he was named to the CIS and RSEQ All-Rookie Team in 2021-22, RSEQ Rooke of the Year in 2021-22, RSEQ Ken Shields Nominee in 2023-24, RSEQ First Team All-Star in 2023-24 and RSEQ Second Team All-Star in 2021-22 and in 2022-23. Elezovic attended high school at Vanier College.
