Who Is Julian Reese, Angel Reese's Younger Brother And Basketball Star?

The women’s teams will begin March Madness today, and as Angel Reese and her LSU Tigers play their first game on Friday, March 22, a lot of eyes will be on them.

Many are curious about Angel’s family, particularly her brother Julian “Juju” Reese, given the amount of attention the 21-year-old has received this season. Julian plays Div I basketball, much like his sister.

However, what is the nature of Julian Reese’s relationship with his sister and who is he? Now for the juicy part.

The Maryland Terrapins have Julian as a power forward.

The University of Maryland Terrapins basketball squad is led by junior Julian. Using his school bio, he is described as a 6’9″ power forward. For the record, his sister’s height is 6’3″.

Although Julian didn’t play in the NCAA tournament either this year or the previous, he did participate in March Madness with the Terrapins in his rookie campaign. His performance in the Big Ten Tournament this year included 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and a victory over Rutgers in the first round, earning him an honorable mention on the All-Big Ten team.

Playing in 32 games, he averaged 5.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game during his first campaign.

Julian was rated as the 44th overall player in his recruiting class while still a four-star prospect out of high school.

He’s Angel’s younger brother.

Angel is a senior, 21 years old, and Julian is a junior, 20, so their ages are rather similar.

Their mother and father were both professional basketball players. After playing for the University of Maryland at Baltimore County team, their mother, Angel Webb Reese, went on to play professionally in Luxembourg. Michael Reese, their father, attended Loyola University and Boston College to play basketball. According to ESPN, he went on to play professional basketball overseas.

“My mom coached me and my brother,” Angel had earlier disclosed to Women’s Health. “Growing up, my mom coached a younger girl’s team, and they were fifth graders and I was in the third grade. I used to bounce the basketball around the gym while she’s practicing and coaching and stuff. And I loved it.”

They went to the same university.

Angel played at Maryland for two years before becoming a star at LSU. She enrolled, and her brother did the same one year later.

When Julian proposed on Mother’s Day of 2020, the siblings planned a charming surprise announcement. A black sweatshirt with an image of Julian and Angel during a trip to Maryland on the front and the phrase “committed” on the back was given to Julian’s mother when he called her downstairs, the Baltimore Sun reported.

“It meant a lot to me,” Julian said to the publication in June 2020. “I felt like that was [my mom’s] top pick too, so I feel like that would have been a good surprise for Mother’s Day.”

“It makes for a good storyline indeed,” their mom said. “However, I think it puts different pressures on both of them. For Angel, she is so highly ranked, so there’s a lot of pressure for her to immediately do well. And for Julian, he’s playing at the same school where his sister is already known. So he’s expected to do well.”

He and Angel are somewhat rivals.

Since Julian and Angel are both elite athletes, it makes sense that some of their rivals would transfer to their hometown.

“Basketball became something that I just was super passionate about because my brother also played and I wanted to be better than my brother,” Angel said. “So we competed for a long time in front of our driveway and growing up with basketball in the family, it was just like, this is just what I love and it’s in the blood.”

Additionally, Angel mentioned that she and her brother were both full-ride basketball scholarship recipients. “I love that me and my brother were able to go to college for free,” she said. “It’s just something that was always important to me.”

The two had a humorous fight on Instagram last year about things like who was the favored child and who had better shoes.

He is among Angel’s greatest admirers.

Angel and Julian have a tight relationship. He refers to her as his best friend and role model, and Sportskeeda notes that during the off-season, they exercise together.

“I’m always texting her before games,” he said. “I’m always telling her good luck.”

Angel is the older sister who is watchful.

Angel started utilizing the potential as soon as the NCAA authorized name, image, and likeness (NIL) arrangements in 2021, and she even attempted to involve her brother in her endeavors, according to PEOPLE.

In March 2022, she disclosed to Sports Illustrated that she had always intended to sign contracts with Julian. She also recommends her brother to companies who tell her they’re seeking for a male athlete to partner with.

“They’re like, ‘Do you know any players?’ And I’m like, ‘My brother?’ ” she said. “I try to include him in as many deals as I can because once I’m able to leave here [Maryland], hopefully we can sign with the same agency and do everything together, and my mom can just be right there, too. I think it’ll be easy for both of us.”

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Who Is Julian Reese, Angel Reese’s Younger Brother And Basketball Star?