2022-23 BIO (PDF)
CAREER
Parquet is in his first year as a Runnin' Rebel ... He is a graduate transfer from Colorado ... He played four seasons at Colorado, including the last two as a starter ... He appeared in the Buffaloes' starting five in a total of 57 games and earned Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors as a junior in 2020-21 ... He was selected as his team's best defender in both of his last two seasons at Colorado.
SENIOR (2021-22) - COLORADO
Averaged 6.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists over 18 games before his season ended prematurely with a foot injury ... Scored a career-high 17 points against Montana State, hitting a 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining in regulation that sent the game to overtime ... Ranked fifth on the team in total blocks with 13, but had the best per game average on the team at 0.7 bpg.
JUNIOR (2020-21) - COLORADO
Averaged 5.2 points while hitting 48 percent from the floor ...Led Colorado in blocked shots (23) and was second in steals (26) and third in assists (40) ... During the conference schedule, ranked 12th in the Pac-12 in steals (1.2 spg) and 13th in blocks (0.8 bpg) ... Shot .819 from the free-throw line as he made 21 of 23 (.913) ... Shot 42 percent from 3-point range (23 of 55) and hit 15 of 31 (.484) over the final 15 games ... Scored 10 points in a NCAA Tournament first round win over Georgetown ... Was the team's co-winner of the Most Improved Award.
SOPHOMORE (2019-20) - COLORADO
Appeared in 30 games ... Ranked fourth on the team in blocked shots with nine ... Made multiple field goals nine times and four in the last seven games ... Named CU's Most Improved Player Award winner by a vote of his teammates.
FRESHMAN (2018-19) - COLORADO
Played in 26 games, logging 8.4 minutes per contest ... Had 10 blocks on the season, one of four Buffs to reach double-digits and the only guard ... Made two starts, the initial assignment coming at Arizona State where he played a season-most 21 minutes ... Missed 10 games during the season, seven of which were due to an injury spanning the final games of the Pac-12 regular season and Pac-12 Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of West Brook High School, averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game as a senior ... Was the District 22-6A MVP helping the Bruins to an undefeated district record in Texas’ largest classification ... Was also named all-region as West Brook finished 28-4 overall ... He was a member of the Beaumont Enterprise 2018 Super Gold Boys Basketball Team ... He was forced to sit out his junior season at West Brook after transferring from Hardin-Jefferson where he was a two-time all-district performer ... As a freshman, he was the District 24-4A Newcomer of the Year ... Also played for the Team S.T.A.G.E. club program.
PERSONAL
Elijah Eugene Parquet was born on Sept. 7, 1999 in Beaumont, Texas ... The son of Randell and Lenae Parquet ... Majoring in urban studies ... His father is a U.S. Navy Veteran ... Has two older siblings, a sister Jemila Lee and brother Randell III ... Elijah graduated from Colorado in May 2022 with his bachelor's degree in Sociology ... In 2020-21 was the junior class winner of the Most-Improved Student-Athlete Award at the annual Herbst Academic Recognition ceremony ... Chose UNLV over Washington, Oregon State and SMU.
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