A jury ruled Wednesday that former Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice is guilty of assaulting golfer Tyler Swensen at the Old Mill Golf Course last year.

Polynice -- who said the verdict shocked him -- faces a possible maximum of 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine for the class B misdemeanor when Holladay Justice Court Judge Daniel Gibbons hands down the sentence on July 15.

"It is not fair, I feel, but I have to move on," said Polynice, who contends that he never punched Swensen, 21, and that he only pushed him in self-defense.