Marko Maletic of the Ottawa BlackJacks
Player Profile
Marko
Maletic
G Guard Canada

A Canadian guard returning home after beginning his professional career in Europe and completing a decorated collegiate journey.

2026 Season Snapshot
5.4 Points Per Game
0.6 Assists Per Game
3.1 Rebounds Per Game
Position Guard
Born March 27, 2001
Hometown London, Ontario
College Western Illinois
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Professional Career

Maletic’s first professional season was in the 2025-26 season with the Keila Coolbet in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. There, he averaged 13 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Now, Maletic has returned home to Canada to play in the CEBL.

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College career

Maletic began his college career in the OCAA at Fanshawe College during the 2019-20 season. There, as a freshman, he started in 19 games and averaged 19.9 points. He was named the OCAA Rookie of the Year and a member of the OCAA All-Rookie Team and was Fanshawe College's Rookie of the Year.

Maletic then transferred to the NCAA and NJCAA programs and throughout his time there played at four schools and averaged 14.2 points throughout the four years.

He started at Laramie County Community College in Wyoming, which plays in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). In his first season in 2020-21, Maletic averaged 12.4 points and 2.8 rebounds.

Maletic then transferred to Long Island University in the NCAA for the 2022-23 season. There, he averaged 16 points and three rebounds per game.

In the 2023-24 season, Maletic played at the University of Toledo in Ohio. There, he averaged 2.3 points.

In Maletic’s last college season, he played at Western Illinois University. He averaged 16.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. He received many accolades in his last year of college, including All-OVC Second Team, OVC Player of the Week, and three OVC Newcomer of the Week awards.

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Personal life

Maletic is from London, ON and played his high school years at Saunders Secondary School in London, ON.

He has one sibling named Filip and majored in business and accounting.