Saint Joseph's University

Career Honors

2x All-CACC First Team (2019, 2021)

2018-19 USciences Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

CACC Player of the Week (2/25/20)

CACC Rookie of the Month (Sept. 2018)

2x CACC All-Academic Team (2019-20; 2020-21)

2019-20 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award

2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete

7x Dean's List Honors

One 4.0 GPA Semester 

Career Record

2021-22 (Match-by-Match):

• Picked up his second singles victory after a 6-0, 6-1 score-line at the third flight on Senior Day vs. Bloomsburg (4/21)
• Trailing 1-4 in a tiebreaker at the third flight with Eli Gan-Dy, came back to seal the doubles point with their first-ever victory together vs. Dominican (4/2)
• Won twice in USciences' season-opening victory over District of Columbia, with Jakob Kalteis at No. 2 doubles and in straight sets at No. 5 singles (10/10)

2021 (Match-by-Match): Led USciences with three singles wins, all of which came at the second flight, while also tying for the team-lead with two doubles victories, one each with Pedro Ramos and Oscar Serra.  

• Won 6-4 with Oscar Serra at first doubles at regionally-ranked Chestnut Hill (3/25)
• Picked up his first singles win of the year, defeating his second flight opponent from regionally-ranked Chestnut Hill. Markusic and his opponent split first and second set tiebreakers, 7-5 and 3-7, before the junior prevailed in the third-set super-tiebreaker, 10-6 (4/17)
• Facing an opponent he had lost to in straight sets five days prior, won in a third-set super-tiebreaker at No. 2 singles at Dominican (4/24)
• First-ever victory with Pedro was a memorable one, as they overcame a duo from nationally-ranked Concordia. The two won 7-5 at No. 2 doubles against their opponents from the CACC- leading Clippers, in what was just Concordia's fifth doubles loss in 26 matches (4/26)
• Did not drop a game at No. 2 singles against city-rival Jefferson (4/27)

2019 (Match-by-Match):

• Markusic and partner Oscar Serra were a team-best 8-2, including going 7-1 in dual play highlighted by a perfect 4-0 mark at No. 1 doubles
• Markusic also finished second on the team with four singles victories, including going 2-2 at the third flight
• Won two matches, including the clinching doubles point, in upset of Division I Mount St. Mary's (2/22)
• Partnered with Serra for a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles, as USciences took the doubles point from Division I La Salle in its spring-opener (2/9)
• Advanced to the main draw and Round of 64 at the ITA East Regionals for the second year in a row, defeating an opponent from St. Michael’s 8-1 in the Second Round of qualifying. Nearly advanced to the Round of 32 for a second straight year, falling 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 to a foe from Adelphi in the Round of 64. Also won a doubles match for the second year in a row, partnering with Serra for an 8-4 victory over a duo from District of Columbia in the Round of 64. The two would go on to battle the No. 4 overall seeds from Concordia in an 8-6 setback in the Round of 32 (9/13-14)

2018-19 (Match-by-Match):

• Markusic was named All-CACC First Team as a freshman after leading USciences with nine singles and nine doubles victories
• Seven of his singles wins came at the first flight, with the other two coming at the ITA East Regionals as he advanced to the Round of 16 in his first appearance
• He also won a doubles match at the ITA Regionals with partner Borna Novak
• Split his time between No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, winning four of his matches with Sahas Chandragiri

Prior to USciences:

• 2013 National Team Champions
• 2015 U16 national champion in doubles
• 2016 U18 national champion in doubles
• 2016 U18 national mixed doubles finalist 
• 2016 ITF Zagreb doubles finalist
• Best national ranking: No. 3
• Best ITF ranking: No. 1485

Personal:

• Son of Vatroslav and Dinka 
• Chose USciences because he wants to make a difference