Juan Marais

Height:
6-1
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa
High School:
Charlie Hofmeyr High school

Marais' TFRRS Profile

All-Time Rice Ranking (as of July 2025)
No. 4 Discus (58.28m)

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2025 AAC Outdoor Second Team (Discus)

AT MAJOR MEETS
2025 NCAA West Prelims - 46th, Discus, 49.44m
2025 AAC Outdoor - 2nd, Discus, 56.87m

ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 American All-Academic Team
2025 USTFCCCA All-Academic

2024-25
Outdoor: Threw at eight meets...Earned All-Conference honors as a freshman after a second-place finish in the discus at the AAC Outdoor Championships...Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims...Moved into fourth all-time in discus at Rice in just his third collegiate meet with a throw of 58.28m.

HIGH SCHOOL: 3x Boland discus Champion...2x Provincial discus championship...South African schools discus champion...U20 South African national discus champion...5th at U20 World Championships in discus...Graduated high school with honors in three classes: Agriculture, Biology and Geography...Top 10 academically in high school.

PERSONAL: Son of Mabru and Arno Marais...Has one sister, Mareli.

Jones College

WBB: Rice vs. Marshall Postgame Presser

Wednesday, March 09

VB: Rice-Texas Postgame Presser

Saturday, December 04

VB: Rice-San Diego Postgame Presser

Thursday, December 02

Moran Named CSC Academic All-District

Tuesday, June 24

Greaves Earns Second Team All-American Honors at NCAAs

Wednesday, June 11

Gannon, Marais Close Rice’s Stay at NCAA West Prelims

Friday, May 30

Greaves Advances to NCAA Championships

Wednesday, May 28

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