Venky Jois

Jois was born in the Melbourne suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully to an Indian father and an Australian mother.

[1][2] He attended Box Hill High School, where he participated in basketball, swimming, soccer, Australian rules football, cross country and athletics.

He also earned All-Tournament team honours after helping Eastern Washington win the 2015 Big Sky tournament.

He then split the 2017–18 season between Vrijednosnice Osijek in Croatia and Shiga Lakestars in Japan.

[6] On 3 April 2019, Jois signed with the Super City Rangers for the 2019 New Zealand NBL season.

[7] On 2 June 2019, he suffered a severe hand injury in a game against the Southern Huskies.

[20] In March 2024, Jois joined the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).