Shaun Bruce
| No. 9 – Mackay Meteors | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | Queensland Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
13 January 1991 Horsham, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Listed height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Listed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Horsham College (Horsham, Victoria) |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2013 | Ballarat Miners |
| 2012–2016 | Cairns Taipans |
| 2014–2015 | Cairns Marlins |
| 2016–present | Mackay Meteors |
| 2016–2017 | Brisbane Bullets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Shaun Bruce (born 13 January 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Mackay Meteors of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). He began his NBL career in 2012 as a development player with the Cairns Taipans, before earning a full contract for the 2013–14 season and playing an important role for the Taipans off the bench until his departure in 2016. After leaving Cairns, Bruce moved south to join the Brisbane Bullets for the 2016–17 season.
Born and raised in Horsham, Victoria, Bruce attended Horsham College where he graduated from in 2008. Two years earlier, as a 15 year old, Bruce began playing for the Horsham Hornets in the Big V Division Two, joining his brother Cameron at the club. He played four seasons for the Hornets which culminated in a 2009 season where he averaged 27.5 points in 23 games, and had two triple-doubles during the year.
In January 2010, Bruce moved to Ballarat and joined the Ballarat Nuggets of the SEABL D-League. Under the tutelage of Ballarat Basketball Association elite program manager Guy Molloy, Bruce impressed early on for the Nuggets which earned him elevation to the senior squad, the Ballarat Miners, in April 2010. He completed his first season with the Miners having played in 19 games while averaging 3.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
In 2011, Bruce re-joined the Miners and completed his first full SEABL season, a season which culminated in him winning the SEABL East Golden Hands Award, which is calculated by adding a player's assists and steals and subtracting their turnovers. In 26 games for the club, he averaged 6.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.
In January 2012, Bruce had a three-day training stint with the Melbourne Tigers of the National Basketball League. He believed the experience was invaluable to his future development, and in his third season as Miner in 2012, the numbers demonstrated such development. In 28 games for Ballarat in 2012, he averaged 10.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
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