Luka Barišić

Luka Barišić (born January 3, 1998) is a Croatian professional basketball player for KD Ilirija of the Slovenian Liga Nova KBM. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 9 in), he plays as a power forward. He played college basketball for the Highland Cougars, the UTSA Roadrunners, and the Western Illinois Leathernecks.

Early career
Luka was born in Osijek, Croatia, where he also started his basketball career for Vrijednosnice Osijek in the season 2014-2015. For the season 2015–2016, Barišić moved to Cedevita Zagreb. With Barišić Cedevita Zagreb won the 2017–18 U-19 League and participated in Adidas Next Generation Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia.

College career
In 2018–2019, Barišić left for college in the United States. He started his college career at Highland Community College where he won All-American award in the NJCAA. After that, he moved to University of Texas at San Antonio, where he was coached by former NBA player Steve Henson. He graduated with his MBA degree from Western Illinois University, where he earned All-Summit League Honorable Mention and All-Newcomer Team.

KK Podgorica (2022)
He started a professional career in Podgorica in Montenegro for Podgorica. In 2 games for Podgorica, Luka averaged 7.5ppg, 2.5rpg, and 2.0apg in ABA 2 league.

KK Škrljevo (2022-2023)
In November 2022, Luka signed with Škrljevo until the end of the 2022-2023 season.

KD Ilirija (2023-2024)
In September 2023, Luka signed with Ilirija until the end of the 2023-2024 season.

National team career
He currently plays for the Croatia men's national basketball team. In 2016, he also represented Croatia at the FIBA U18 European Championship in Samsun, Turkey. His stats at that event were 6 games: 3.3ppg, 2.0rpg, 1.2apg.