Jabari Parker

Position: Forward
Height: 6-8 / 203 cms
Weight:  225 lbs / 102 kgs
School: Simeon Career Academy ‘13
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

USA Basketball Notes

• Honors: 2011 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year, 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship MVP.
• Gold Medals: 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship, 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
  
• Member of the 2012 USA U17 World Championship Team that compiled an 8-0 record en route to earning the FIBA U17 World Championship gold medal in Kaunas, Lithuania; sat out three games due to a sore foot, started three of five games and averaged 12.6 ppg. and 4.8 rpg. in fewer than 17 minutes a game.
• Participated in the 2011 USA Developmental National Team training camp, held Oct. 15-16 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Member of the 2011 USA U16 National Team that compiled a 5-0 record, captured the FIBA Americas Championship gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship; started all five games and averaged a USA second-best 15.4 ppg. and added 6.4 rpg., which ranked fifth and 12th, respectively, among the eight-team field.
• Scored a USA U16 record 27 points versus Brazil in the preliminary round.
• Named to the 2011-12 USA Developmental National Team on March 24, 2011.
• Participated in the 2010 USA Developmental National Team mini-camp, held Oct. 9-10 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

High School Honors

• Gatorade National and Illinois Boys Basketball Player of the Year (2012), becoming just the fourth junior to earn national honors.
• USA Today All-USA first team (2012).
• Illinois Mr. Basketball (2012), the first underclassman to earn the honor in its 32-year history.
• MaxPreps.com Sophomore All-America first team (2011).
• ESPN Rise Junior (2012), Sophomore (2011) and Freshman of the Year (2010).
• Chicago Sun-Times and ESPNChicago.com Player of the Year (2012).
• Associated Press and Chicago Sun-Times All-Illinois Class 4A first team (2011, 2012).
• Chicago Sun-Times All-Public League first team (2011, 2012).
• Chicago Sun-Times All-Area (2011, 2012).

High School Notes

• Attends Simeon High School (Ill.), where as a junior in 2011-12, teamed up with Kendrick Nunn to help lead their team to a 33-1 mark, the Chicago Public league title, their third-straight Illinois Class 4A state championship and a No. 5 final national ranking by USA Today; averaged 19.5 ppg., 8.9 rpg. and 4.9 apg.
• As a sophomore in 2010-11, aided his team to the Illinois Class 4A state title and a 30-2 record; started all 32 games and averaged 15.3 ppg. and 5.9 rpg.
• As a freshman in 2009-10, aided Simeon to the Illinois Class 4A title and a 25-9 mark; started all 34 games and averaged 9.3 ppg., 5.0 rpg. and 3.0 apg.

Personal Notes

• Born on March 15, 1995, in his hometown of Chicago, Ill.
• Son of Lola and Sonny Parker; has two older brothers, Darryl and Chris, and two older sisters, Iman and Tilah.
• Mother is a native of Tonga and immigrated to the United States when she was three.
• Brother, Darryl, played basketball at the University of Oregon; father was drafted in the first round by the Golden State Warriors, and played six seasons in the NBA; and mother’s three cousins, Harvey Unga, Haloti Ngata and Tony Moeaki, play in the NFL.
• Is a member of his school’s honor roll and has earned a 3.63 weighted GPA.
• Nicknames are J.P. and Bari.
• Has a German Shepherd named Coco.
• First car will likely be a used BMW.
• Appointed by his principal to the Local School Council, where he serves as the President of Student Representatives.
• Has volunteered in his community with People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH), the Salvation Army, New Beginnings Church and is a senior citizen youth ambassador in association with the LDS Hyde Park Ward.

The Inside Scoop

• Post-basketball career ambitions: become a basketball coach or teach high school or grammar school.
• Favorite class: U.S. history.
• Least favorite class: American literature.
• Has taken one year of: Spanish.
• Favorite superhero: Meteor Man.
• Favorite Gatorade flavor/color: ice.
• If he played football, he would be a: tight end.
• Favorite takeout food: Subway.
• If not for basketball, would want to be a standout in: baseball.
• When he was five, wanted to be: an animal activist.
• If he could live in any city in the world, it would be: besides Chicago, New York.
• Favorite magazine: ESPN Rise.
• Favorite Twitter account: Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter.
• Favorite Facebook page: Michael Donegan.
• Piece of clothing he can’t live without: a polo.
• Most prized possession: the scriptures.
• Favorite sport other than basketball: baseball.
• Plays: used to play the trumpet.
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Oscar Robertson.
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Jesse Owens.
• Strangest place ever played hoops: in an attic.
• Best player ever faced: Dwyane Wade.
• Would like to go one-on-one against: Michael Jordan.
• Away from the court, enjoys: hanging out with family and friends.
• Most people don’t know: he’s down to earth and easy to talk to.
• If he weren’t playing basketball, he would be doing this after high school: still go to college to get his master’s in secondary education.
• This right-hander wears No. 11 because it was his brother’s high school number.
• First overseas trip: was with the 2011 USA U16 National Team.

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