Wisconsin women’s basketball adds Serbian wing

Wisconsin’s women’s basketball program announced the addition of Serbian wing Jovana Spasovski to its 2024-25 roster on Friday.

Spasovski will become the second international player on the Badgers’ roster this fall, joining Spanish guard Alba Martìn Mesa. Both will suit up in Madison this winter as first-time Badgers.

A native of Belgrade, Serbia, Spasovski enters the American basketball scene with a boatload of experience. As a member of basketball club Akson Ilirija, Spasovski registered 9.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals per appearance across 23 games during the 2023-24 season.

Spasovski also helped guide the Serbian National Team to a fourth place finish at the at the 2023 FIBA U20 Women’s European Championship in Lithuania.

The Badgers will bring in five new players entering the 2024-25 season, including Spasovski, Martìn Mesa, walk-on Reese Jaramillo, former Northern Kentucky center Carter McCray and former Duquesne guard Tess Myers.

UW will look to build off its 15-17 record from2023-2024. Wisconsin clinched a berth to the WNIT a season ago, its first postseason appearance in over 10 years.