Juan Pablo Silveira

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-4
Weight:
205
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Salot, Uruguay
High School:
Mt. Vernon Academy (UT)
Prev School:
Mount Vernon Academy

WEBER STATE: The only player on this year’s squad with two varsity letters. ... Is the top returning scorer on the team. He averaged 11.1 points per game last season. ... Spent the Summer in his native Uruguay playing on the Junior National team. ... Last name is pronounced SILL-vay-da ... His native language is Spanish. ... Sat out the 2005-06 season as a red-shirt. ... Signed an early letter of intent with the Wildcats back in November of 2003. ... Big, strong guard who can really light it up from long range, but has the ball handling and mental skills of a point guard. ... May see some spot duty playing the small forward position as well this season. ... Earned Second Team All-Big Sky Conference honors and First Team All-Big Sky Academic Team honors. He was also named to CoSIDA District VIII Second Team All-Academic squad. ... Carries a 3.50 gpa in Business Administration.

2006-07: He played and started in all 32 games, one of four players to do so on the team last season. ... Started off the season with a career high 24-point game at home vs. Colorado Christian. ... He surpassed that mark with a career high 25 points @Eastern Washington. ... Had 17 double figure scoring games. ... Led the team in Assists and was 9th in the Big Sky Conference at 3.22 per game. ... Had a career high seven assists @Northern Arizona and at home vs. Sacramento State. ... Came on strong at the end of the season where he averaged 15.1 points per game. ... Came up big in the championship game of the Big Sky Conference Tournament scoring 20 points vs. Northern Arizona. He was named to the All-Tournament team. ... Ranked 3rd in the Big Sky in Three-Point Shooting Percentage at .459 (56-122) and was 6th in Free Throw Percentage at .780 (71-91). ... Led the team in Minutes Played at 29.0 and had only one game (@Utah) in which he played less than 20 minutes.

WEBER STATE 04-05: ... Was set to red-shirt the 2004-05 season, but 12 games into the season the Wildcats lost junior college transfer Dale Parsons who decided not to return to the team just before the Christmas break. ... Came off red-shirt status on December 28 @Utah and scored a career high five points. He matched that total three other times during the season. ... Started a five-game stretch at the beginning of Big Sky Conference play. ... Never did get his shooting eye untracked shooting just over 31 percent (16-51) from the field and 7-30 (.233) from the arc.

HIGH SCHOOL: Came to the United States as a foreign exchange student. ... Played at Mount Vernon Academy in Murray, Utah for Coach Scott Lambson. ... Led the Patriots to the 2002-2003 Utah Class 1A state championship and was voted the 1A Player of the Year. ... Averaged 21.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.8 assists his junior year, and 19.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 8.7 assists his senior season. ... First Team All-State both years by the Deseret Morning News and Salt Lake Tribune.

PERSONAL

Full Name JUAN PABLO SILVEIRA

Born MARCH 3, 1986

Major BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION