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Eleah Parker
Forward
Position
6'4''
Height
Freshman
Class
Charlotte, N.C.
Hometown
Northside Christian Academy
High School
Penn
Previous School
Eleah Parker Pronunciation
2021-22 at Virginia
- Finished her career with 1,268 points (120 at Virginia), averaging 11.0 per game and 338 rebounds (42 at Virginia), 7.6 per game
- Tallied 270 career blocked shots (37 at Virginia)
- Appeared in 26 games with 12 starts for the Cavaliers, averaging 4.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game
- Ranked fifth among NCAA I active players in career blocked shots
- Lisa Leslie Award Preseason Watch List for the top center in the nation
- Scored 12 points with nine rebounds in her Cavalier debut, coming off the bench at James Madison (11/9)
- Grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds at Fullerton (11/23)
- Blocked a season-high five shots against NC State (1/13)
- Matched her season high in points with 12 at Virginia Tech (1/18)
- Grabbed 11 rebounds at Duke (1/23)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
At Pennsylvania
- Played three seasons at Penn (2017-20)
- Two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year (2019-20)
- 2019 and 2020 first-team All-Ivy, second team in 2018 as a freshman
- 2019 Big 5 Player of the Year
- 2019 Ivy League All-Tournament Team
- Invited to USA Basketball 2019 Pan American Games Trials
- 2018 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
- Eight-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 18, 2017; Dec. 26, 2017; Jan. 1, 2018; Jan. 15, 2018; Jan. 22, 2018; Jan. 29, 2018; Feb. 5, 2018; March 5, 2018) Four-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Jan. 3, 2018; Jan. 24, 2018; Feb. 10, 2020; Feb. 24, 2020)
- Six-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Jan. 15, 2018; Jan. 22, 2018; Dec. 24, 2018; March 11, 2019; Feb. 10, 2020; March 9, 2020)
- Two-time USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 3, 2018; Jan. 23, 2018)
- Sat out the 2020-21 season after the Ivy League canceled all winter sports’ seasons
Background
- Scored 1,484 points with 1,265 rebounds in her prep career
- Led Northside Christian Academy to three Metrolina Conference championships in 2014, 2015, and 2016
- Three-time first-team All-State and MAC All-Conference honoree
- 2014 and 2017 MAC Co-Conference Player of the Year
- 2017 McDonald’s All-American Game nominee
- Also lettered in volleyball
- Valedictorian of her class at Northside Christian Academy
Personal
- Daughter of Cheryl Murray-Parker and Dalton Parker
- Brother, Micah, played basketball at North Greenville and Louisburg
- Received a BA in Cognitive Science with a Neuroscience concentration from Penn
- Working on a masters in Public Health in the UVA School of Medicine