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Jabari Parker
Parker in 2011
Personal information
Born (1995-03-15) March 15, 1995 (age 29)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolSimeon
Collegeundeclared
PositionSmall forward
Number22
Career highlights and awards
  • 2010 National Freshman of the Year (ESPN HS)
  • 2011 National Sophomore of the Year (ESPN HS)
  • 2012 National Junior of the Year (ESPN HS & MaxPreps.com )
  • 2011 USA Basketball's Male Athlete of the Year
  • 2010, 2011 & 2012 IHSA state champion
  • 2012 CPL city champion
  • 2012 National Player of the Year (Gatorade)
  • 2012 Statewide Player of the Year (Gatorade, Illinois Mr. Basketball)
  • 2012 First team All-American (ESPN HS, SLAM, USA Today)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Mexico National team
FIBA World U17 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lithuania National team

Jabari Parker (born March 15, 1995) is an American high school basketball player of Tongan and African American descent from Chicago, Illinois. He has completed his 2011–12 junior season for Simeon Career Academy. Many experts consider Parker the top player in the recruiting class of 2013, including ESPN, Scout.com and Rivals.com.[1][2][3] Before his junior season, Dime Magazine declared him the best high school basketball player in the country,[4] while a ten-member panel at ESPN HS rated him second.[5][6] Following his junior season, ESPN HS's panel again rated him as the second best basketball player in the country.[7] He was the feature of a Sports Illustrated cover with the title "The Best High School Basketball Player Since LeBron James is...Jabari Parker But There's Something More Important To Him Than Instant NBA Stardom: His Faith".[8] Parker is the son of former NBA player Sonny Parker and is of the Latter-Day Saint faith.[9][10][11]

At the end of his junior season he was named national boys' basketball Gatorade Player of the Year. He was the ESPN HS National Player of the Year for his class and an Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state champion as a freshman, sophomore and junior.[12] As a junior, he was also named MaxPreps.com National Junior of the Year.[13] He was named USA Basketball's 2011 Male Athlete of the Year at the start of his high school junior season.[14] As a junior, he also won numerous regional Player of the Year awards, including being honored as the first non-senior Illinois Mr. Basketball and being selected as the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year. That year, he was also named first team All-American by several selectors including ESPN HS and USA Today. In addition, he was named the The Tribune/WGN-Ch. 9 Preps Plus Athlete of the Year as the best athlete across all sports in the city as a junior. Parker draws comparisons to many elite basketball players and continues to be measured against former Simeon standout and 2011 NBA MVP Derrick Rose.

Early life

Parker's family has resided on Chicago's South Side since before Jabari was born, and he was raised in the South Shore community area.[10] Jabari's father, Sonny, has served hundreds of Chicago metropolitan area children as youth foundation director since 1990. Jabari discovered basketball in one of his father's leagues, although his father has never coached one of his teams.[9] He honed his basketball skills with his brother Christian on the basketball court at his local Latter-Day Saint church in the Hyde Park community area in order to avoid the hazards of urban playgrounds.[8] By second grade his basketball skills were superior to the fifth-graders he was playing with and he competed in middle school leagues as a fifth-grader.[9] He credits his cousin Jay Parker who grew up with him for pushing him to be better going back to when Jabari was in third grade and Jay was in fifth grade.[15] Sometimes, Jabari and Christian played basketball all through the night at the church.[8] Jabari actually made the eighth-grade team as a fourth-grader, but could not play until fifth grade for insurance reasons.[10] In fifth grade, he began attending the Illinois Fighting Illini summer basketball camp run by Bruce Weber.[16] By this time, he had five Division I scholarship offers as a 6-foot (1.83 m) guard.[17] In sixth grade, when he stood at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m), he visited Simeon for a day and scrimmaged with Rose.[8] Parker attended Black Magnet Elementary and made headlines when he made Simeon Career Academy high school choice, just like Rose, Nick Anderson, Ben Wilson, Bobby Simmons and Deon Thomas before him.[18][19] During the summer after finishing middle school, he received an National Basketball Players Association Top 100 Camp invitation, which he accepted. By this time, he stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m).[20] When he made his high school selection, Sonny approached Simeon coach Robert Smith, announcing Jabari's intention. Then, Lola met Smith to state their wishes regarding Jabari's status as a devout student-athlete. She clarified that Jabari would be attending Sunday church rather than Smith's regular Sunday practices. As a compromise Smith rescheduled Sunday morning practices to the afternoon.[8]

High School

Freshman year

Simeon waived their longstanding ban against freshmen participating in varsity team play for Parker even though Rose and all the other stars before him had to play junior varsity as a freshman.[9] Parker was the first freshman to start on the Simeon varsity team in school history, but he had been playing with children older than him since the third or fourth grade.[21] He was part of an incoming class that was considered to have the best trio of freshman basketball players in state history (along with Whitney M. Young Magnet High School's Tommy Hamilton Jr. and De La Salle Institute's Alex Foster).[22][23] The three were the only freshmen included in the Chicago Sun-Times's preseason top-50 area players list, which included Jay Parker.[24] In Parker's first game, he tallied 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, while playing with a splint on his left non-shooting hand to protect a wrist fracture.[25] With Hamilton and Parker in the fold, Simeon and Young renewed the dormant annual rivalry between the two high school basketball teams. When Simeon moved behind Young in the City rankings, the game became highly anticipated.[26] While a freshman on the varsity, he volunteered as waterboy for the junior varsity games,[9] which was a role that he continued to fill even as a junior.[27][8] Over the course of the season, he contributed 9.3 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game, while his team won the IHSA Class 4A state championship, despite a 25–9 record.[12] In the Class 4A state semifinals against O'Fallon Township High School, Parker struggled from the field on 2-of-10 shooting, but had 4 assists and 9 rebounds.[28] He missed the final three quarters of the championship game against Whitney Young due to a foot injury.[29] By the end of the season, he had received numerous scholarship offers, including those from Illinois, Kansas, DePaul, Pittsburgh, Northwestern, Florida, Washington, BYU and Oregon State as well as significant interest from Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina.[30][31] He earned the ESPN HS 2010 Freshman of the Year.[12][32][33] He was a MaxPreps.com second team 2009-10 Boys Basketball Freshman All-American Team selection.[34]

Sophomore year

As a sophomore, Parker helped his team spend much of the season ranked nationally in the top five, according to USA Today.[35][36][37] One game was aired on ESPN.[38][39][40] After having been named ESPN HS National Freshman of the year, Parker dipped to number six in the ESPNU Terrific 25 sophomores in December 2010.[41] Parker and Hamilton again began the season on the Chicago Sun-Times area Top 50 list.[42] However, the team's 23-game winning streak was ended by Whitney Young in the Chicago Public High School League semifinals,[11] although Parker was the only Wolverine to score in double figures.[43] Parker measured 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) 225 pounds (102.1 kg).[11] That season, he averaged 15.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, while his team won the IHSA Class 4A state championship with a 30–2 record.[12] In the state championship tournament, Parker had notable performances in the March 8 sectional semifinal against Mount Carmel High School (team-high 18 points with 8 rebounds and 1 block),[44] the March 15 supersectional against Farragut Career Academy (12 points and 7 rebounds),[45] and the March 18 state semifinal contest Glenbard East High School (16 points).[46] According to the Chicago Tribune, he was one of the two players who carried the team in the championship game 48–39 victory over Warren High School.[47] Parker scored a game-high 12 points and added 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in the game.[48][49]

He earned second team All-State recognition from the Chicago Tribune,[50] while the Chicago Sun-Times listed him as a Class 4A All-State first-team selection with Ryan Boatright, Tracy Abrams, David Sobolewski and Frank Kaminsky.[51] The 12-man Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A/4A boys' all-state first team included these five and Wayne Blackshear, Johnny Hill, Mike Shaw, Nnanna Egwu, Sam Thompson, Anthony Davis and Mycheal Henry.[52] The Chicago Sun-Times selected him as an all-Public League selection along with Blackshear, Anthony Davis, Mycheal Henry and D. J. Tolliver.[53] He earned the ESPN HS 2011 Sophomore of the year.[12][54] He was a MaxPreps.com first team 2010-11 Boys Basketball Sophomore All-American Team selection.[55]

Junior year

Summer and preseason

Following his sophomore season, he was considered likely to join Quinn Buckner and Jereme Richmond as the only two-time Chicago Sun-Times players of the year due to the weakness of the class of 2012.[56] The Chicago Sun-Times presented Joe Henricksen's 2011–12 area top 5 with the opinion that "When it’s all said and done, Parker will be one of the top five prospects ever produced out of the state of Illinois – ever."[57] After winning FIBA U16 gold, he participated in the July 2011 LeBron James Skill Academy, but at the time he was only ranked the number 2 basketball prospect in his class by ESPN.com, behind Julius Randle.[58] Some scouts, however, were starting to pencil him in as the 2014 NBA Draft first overall selection.[59] On more than one occasion, Chicago Sun-Times writer Michael O'Brien wrote that junior Parker is the best high school basketball player in the country at any position in any class.[60][61] Early in his junior season similar praise could be found in The New York Times,[10] while some sources such as Sports Illustrated and ESPN would only state that he might be the best.[9][14]

Prior to his junior season, he was one of a handful of juniors invited to the August 5–7, 2011 5th annual Nike Global Challenge,[62] where he earned tournament MVP honors.[63] By that summer, Parker had unofficially visited Ohio State, Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan State, Illinois and Duke.[9] Parker again entered the season as a Top 50 area player, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.[64] He was also a pre-season first team All-State selection by ESPN HS along with Simeon teammate Taylor, USA Basketball teammate and Whitney Young rival Jahlil Okafor, Young's Hamilton, Morgan Park High School's Billy Garrett,[65] while the Sun-Times preseason All-State team included Parker, Taylor, Jerron Wilbut of Downers Grove South High School, Rashaun Stimage of Farragut Career Academy and Michael Orris of Crete-Monee High School.[66] By his junior season, 42 schools sent scouts and coaches to see his September 13, 2011 workout.[67][68] Among those in attendance were Mike Krzyzewski, Bruce Weber, Billy Kennedy, Thad Matta, Bill Self, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo, Oliver Purnell and Larry Krystkowiak.[69][70]

Regular season

In early November, Dime Magazine pointed out that according to its source, HighSchoolHoop.com, Parker was the number one high school basketball player in the country, regardless of class.[4] According to a ten-member panel of experts at ESPN HS he began the season as the second best player in the country behind senior Shabazz Muhammad in the Mr. Basketball USA poll.[5][6] At the time of the first game of the year, Simeon was ranked first in the nation and numerous scouts were attending his games.[10] Although they were preseason number one by ESPN HS,[71][72] they were only preseason number four in the USA Today.[14] His mother has encouraged him to talk with Duke head coach Krzyzewski and Parker has only granted him brief conversation time, reminding his mother that "Coach K is not Jesus. He's just another human being."[11] Sonny Parker wants Jabari to keep his recruiting options open until his senior season.[14] During his junior season, the team scheduled numerous trips including the Pontiac Holiday Tournament (December 28–30) and contests in North Carolina; Wheeling, West Virginia; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Memphis, Tennessee.[14] Comcast SportsNet Chicago's Jake Flannigan filmed filmed every in-state game for a documentary-style series about Simeon's season.[8][14] Among the schools on the schedule are top 10 teams Miller Grove High School (Georgia) (No. 2 in ESPNHS poll) and No. 7 Findlay Prep (Las Vegas) at neutral sites.[14] Joining Parker on the team are junior guard Kendrick Nunn and senior forward Steve Taylor and Jaylon Tate, a junior transfer from De La Salle Institute.[71][73][74] Taylor is considered the top senior in the class of 2012 in the state of Illinois,[72][75] while Parker and Nunn are the top two juniors.[76]

On December 19, Parker established the Simeon single-game scoring record with 40 points in 21 minutes of play to go along with 16 rebounds and 6 blocked shots against Perspectives High School.[77][78][79] On December 22, in front of an audience that included John Calipari, Rick Pitino, Rose and Anthony Davis at the UIC Pavilion, Parker played a supporting role with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 blocks in Simeon's 62–55 come-from-behind victory over rival Young.[80][81][82] Hamilton was unavailable due to injury.[78] Most elite level high school basketball players participate in the summer Amateur Athletic Union circuit as a complement to scholastic competition.[83] Just before Christmas, Mac Irvin, a prominent summer basketball program developer and namesake of Parker's Mac Irvin Fire AAU team, died.[84] During the subsequent holiday basketball tournament that coincided with Irvin's funeral, Parker memorialized Irvin on his sneakers.[85][86]

That January, Simeon faced top national competition. They defeated the ESPN HS Fab 50 number 34 Miller Grove (Ga.) 59–56 on January 7, with Parker being named MVP of the Cancer Research Classic in Wheeling for his 20-point and 6-rebound effort.[87][88] Following the tournament, Parker still ranked second in the ESPN HS Mr. Basketball USA poll according to the 10-member panel, but now had twice as many first place votes as poll leader Muhammad (6 vs. 3).[89] On January 16, Parker had 24 points and 12 rebounds in a 75–50 loss to number 6 Findlay Prep at the Hoophall Classic. Among those in attendance were Krzyzewski and Calipari.[90][91] By the time of the January 20 Mr. Basketball USA Tracker poll, he had slipped from second to third place behind Kyle Anderson and surrendered all of his first place votes.[92] At the time, the leading contenders for his services were Northwestern, Brigham Young and Washington, with Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan State and Missouri also considered contenders.[93] As a Junior in college, he received offers from Duke, Kansas, BYU, Kentucky, UNC and others.[94]

Postseason

When five players including two starters and the sixth man were suspended for the 2012 Chicago Public High School League quarterfinals contest, Parker posted 33 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks to lead his team to a 73–62 victory over John Marshall Metropolitan High School on February 12.[95][96] Parker posted 19 points and 6 blocks to lead Simeon to the city championship game for the first time since Rose led the team to city and state championships in 2007 by defeating Orr High School 61–51 on February 15.[97][98] On February 17, Parker and Simeon won the Public League championship by defeating Curie Metropolitan High School 53–49, although Parker only contributed 11 points and 5 rebounds while battling foul trouble.[99][100] Both the semifinals and finals were broadcasted on ESPN3.[101] The night after the championship game, Parker performed again in front of the likes of coaches Pitino and Weber in the 17th annual McDonald's City-Suburban Showdown, while tuning up for the February 28 state tournament. He scored 23 points and had 14 rebounds in a 59–51 victory over De La Salle Institute.[102][103]

In the March 2 IHSA Oak Lawn Class 4A regional championship game against Chicago Vocational High School Parker posted a triple double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 12 blocked shots setting up a sectional semifinal game against Young.[104][105] Coaches Izzo, Krzyzewski, Matta and Weber as well as Mayor Emanuel and cadres of their assistants were among those in attendance to see this March 6 sectional semifinal won by Simeon 52–42 in which Parker led the way with 18 points and 6 rebounds.[106][107][108] In the March 9 sectional final 65–44 victory over Marist High School, Parker was a key contributor with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks,[109][110] and he followed that up with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 6 blocks, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, or 19 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 steals, according to the Chicago Tribune and ESPN HS, in a 59–34 victory over Evanston High School in the supersectional on March 13.[111][112][113] In the days prior to the state final four, Parker stated that although Coach Weber had been fired, he remains interested in Illinois and other in-state schools such as DePaul and Northwestern.[114] Illinois contacted Simeon head coach Robert Smith regarding the coaching vacancy.[115] Simeon defeated Bloom High School in the March 16 state semifinals 45–35 as Parker struggled to 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks.[116][117][118] Parker added 15 points in the March 17 championship game 50–48 victory over Proviso East High School.[119][120] Parker was the only player on the team that did not leave his sneakers on the court following the game as a territorial declaration that the championship court belongs to Simeon. Parker was interviewing during the declaration. All of the other underclass players will endure one-game suspensions next season.[121] The state semifinals and the finals were broadcast live on ESPN3.[101] For the season, Parker averaged 19.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 3.3 blocks and 1.4 steals per game[122][123][124] or 20.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 3.4 blocks and 1.5 steals per game,[125][126] depending on the source, while shooting 55 percent from the field, 39 percent from 3-point range and 72 percent from the free-throw line.[122][123][125]

When John Groce was named Illinois coach, it was puzzling to many Chicago area high school basketball insiders, who described his lack of Chicago connections as a significant detriment.[127][128] However, Parker remained interested in Illinois, and Coach Smith was regarded as an interested candidate to be an assistant coach.[115][129] Parker's father was also mentioned by the Sun-Times as a candidate for Groce's staff as was Mike Irvin, son of Mac Irvin and CEO of Parker's AAU team.[130] Former Simeon stars Anderson, Thomas and Bryant Notree all went on to play at Illinois.[131] Meanwhile, DePaul was able to gain commitments from close friends of Parkers.[132] In April, Parker's AAU season started with lots of fanfare for the number one player,[133] and as the team made notable appearances the media followed.[134]

Following the season, he was featured in a May cover story in Sports Illustrated. The story presented his humility and noted that he is conflicted on his decision to undertake a Latter-Day Saint mission.[8] Effective June 15, 2012, the NCAA changed the recruiting contact rules from allowing coaches one phone call per month to high school juniors and two calls per week to high school seniors, to unlimited phone calls and text messages.[135] This caused Parker to change his phone number and supposedly only one coach was given the number.[136] Parker's parents require that coaches contact them instead of him directly, and this did not change with the new rule change. Parker announced that he anticipated trimming his potential schools to a list of five by the end of the summer so that he could plan official visits.[137]

Awards and honors

External image
image icon Parker on May 21, 2012 cover of Sports Illustrated

In February, the Chicago Sun-Times selected him as an all-Public League first team selection along with teammate Taylor, Milton Doyle, Devin Foster, Rashaun Stimage, while teammates Nunn and Neeley were second team and honorable mention selections, respectively.[138] The Chicago Sun-Times named him to the Class 4A All-State first team along with Okafor, Keith Carter, Darius Paul and Fred Van Vleet.[139] He was also a first team (unanimous) All-State selection by the Associated Press along with Van Vleet, Carter, Taylor, and Malcolm Hill.[140] The Chicago Tribune named him first team All-State along with Carter, Aaron Simpson, Taylor, and Van Vleet.[141]

He earned recognition as the Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year on March 1. He matched Buckner and Richmond as the third junior to win the award. He was the fifth player from Simeon to win the award (Nick Anderson in 1986, Deon Thomas in 1989, Calvin Brock in 2004 and Rose in 2007). This tied Simeon with George Westinghouse College Prep (Eddie Johnson, Mark Aguirre, Hersey Hawkins, Cedrick Banks, and DeAndre Thomas) for the most Players of the Year.[142] He was also recognized as the best player in the city by ESPNChicago.com who honored him as their 2011-2012 Boys Basketball Player of the Year.[143] On March 22, Parker was named the 2012 Illinois boys' basketball Gatorade Player of the Year.[123] He became the first non-senior honoree in the 32-year history of Illinois Mr. Basketball, which is awarded by the Chicago Tribune in conjunction with the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.[144] On April 12, he was announced as the winner of the national boys' basketball Gatorade Player of the Year, which was presented to him by ex-NBA player Alonzo Mourning who greeted him at his school in a special assembly.[125] Parker was the fourth junior to win the award (LeBron James, Greg Oden and Brandon Knight).[125][126][124][145] Parker finished second to Muhammad in ESPN HS's Mr. Basketball USA voting. They were the only two players to appear on every ballot.[7] However, Parker was selected as the ESPN HS National Junior of the Year.[146] He was named the MaxPreps.com National Junior of the Year.[13]

He was selected as a first team ESPN HS boys' high school basketball All-American along with Kyle Anderson, Marcus Smart, Shabazz Muhammad and Nerlens Noel by ESPN HS.[147] He was also a first team All-USA selection by USA Today with the same four players.[148] SLAM Magazine selected him to its first team along with Anderson, Muhammad, Noel and Isaiah Austin.[149] In June, he was named the The Tribune/WGN-Ch. 9 Preps Plus Athlete of the Year by the Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV as the best high school athlete across all sports in the city of Chicago.[150][151]

Senior year

On July 11, Parker tweeted at 4:07 PDT that his school list would be posted at 4:15.[152] He posted his list of ten schools at 4:19 "UK, Stanford, michigan state, Kansas, Florida, Duke, BYU, Georgetown, Depaul, UNC. No order."[153][154] ESPN described the omission of Illinois as a surprise, but explained that the family was disappointed in the firing of Weber.[155]

Parker is considered the top player in the recruiting class of 2013 by ESPN,[1] Scout.com[2] and Rivals.com[3] as well as numerous experts.

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jabari Parker
SF 		Chicago, IL Simeon (IL) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) TBA 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 98
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 1   Rivals: 1  ESPN: 1
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Comparisons to Derrick Rose

Rose was not allowed to play varsity as a freshman, while Parker was. Nonetheless, Rose won two state titles as well as two Chicago Public League titles in his three years of varsity competition plus a Chicago Public League title in the sophomore division as a freshman.[156] Parker won two state titles, but no city titles in his first two seasons. When Rose played, the IHSA divided the state into two classes, but during Parker's era the state was divided into four classes, making it easier for Parker to win state titles.[156] Simeon went 120–12 during Rose's varsity team era.[156] Simeon went 55–11 in Parker's first two seasons.[12] Parker's supporting cast, which includes three players ranked in the top 25 in the nation at their position,[73][74][75] is considered much stronger.[156] As a junior Parker led his team to its first city title since Rose's 2007 team.[99][100]

Parker is a more high profile underclassman, while Rose was not as highly regarded until later in his high school career.[156] In addition, Parker lives in a more social media influenced time than Rose.[157] According to Chicago Sun-Times writer Michael O'Brien, as of November 2011, Rose had a 3–0 advantage in defining moments: "the back-to-back dunks against Washington in the city championship at the United Center, the game-winning shot in overtime to give Simeon the state championship against Peoria Richwoods and the dismantling of Oak Hill, the top-ranked team in the country."[156] Rose' game against the Oak Hill team with Brandon Jennings, Nolan Smith and Alex Legion on ESPN is described as Rose' national introduction.[158] Although there are natural comparisons to Rose, his game is most often compared to Grant Hill and Paul Pierce.[9][30][159] Dime Magazine describes him as "Grant Hill with a jump shot".[160] Parker claims to model his game after Paul Pierce and Carmelo Anthony.[11] He hopes to be regarded as the best high school basketball player in the history of the city of Chicago and has stated "Being compared to Derrick also drives me. I know if I get better than him or break the records he broke I could be one of the best players to come out of Chicago. I look forward to being one of those players."[122]

International play

In October 2010, Parker was among the 18 players who participated in the 2011-12 USA Developmental National Team mini-camp giving him an automatic invitation to the June 10–18, 2011 tryouts for FIBA U16 competition at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[161] Parker was one of four Chicago products to emerge from the 27-man tryouts as part of the 12-man team.[162] He was MVP of the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, where Team USA won a gold medal.[12] This qualified the United States for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship.[12] The team, which was coached by Don Showalter of Mid-Prairie High School, scored over 100 points in each outing.[163] Parker set the USA U16 single-game scoring record of 27 points.[12] In December 2011, he was named USA Basketball's Male Athlete of the Year based on his FIBA Americas performance, which made him the youngest winner ever.[14][164][165] While on the stage to accept the award from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he claims that he told the mayor "I hope they don't boo me."[27]

He was selected for the USA team that will compete in the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania from June 29 – July 8, 2012 along with Simeon teammate Nunn and Whitney Young rival Okafor.[166] The team won the gold medal, although Parker missed some games, including the semifinal, with an ankle injury.[167][168]

Personal

His parents are Folola "Lola" Finau-Parker and Sonny Parker.[12] His father, Sonny, a Chicago native, played for the Texas A&M Aggies before becoming a 1976 NBA Draft first round selection (17th overall) by the Golden State Warriors.[9] He played in the NBA for six seasons.[11] Sonny was an NBA teammate of Washington Huskies men's basketball head coach Lorenzo Romar.[9] His mother, Lola, a Polynesian native of Tonga, is a Latter-Day Saint and emigrated to Salt Lake City at age three.[9] Her grandfather was the second Tongan baptized by LDS missionaries.[8] Several of Lola's cousins are National Football League athletes, including Harvey Unga, Haloti Ngata and Tony Moeaki.[11][27] His parents met at a mall when she was a student at Brigham Young University and he was playing for the Warriors.[9][10][8] After helping him find a dress shirt, Sonny left her tickets to his game.[8] After he retired and she served her mission, they married and settled in Chicago.[8] He has a total of six siblings.[11] The family, which continues to live in the South Shore community area where his parents settled after marrying and where Jabari was raised,[10] has turned down two movie offers.[9] His older brothers are named Darryl and Chris, while his older sisters are named Iman and Tilah.[12] Darryl lettered two years for the Oregon Ducks basketball team,[169] starting for the team in the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[170] Christian played basketball for Brigham Young University–Hawaii.[8]

Lola raised Jabari in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[9] making him a double minority in a faith practiced by 1.7% of the United States and a faith with less than 3% of its practitioners being African-American.[8] In addition to attending Simeon, Parker attends Latter Day Saints Seminary two mornings a week, according to ESPN, and three days a week, according to The New York Times, Sports Illustrated and Chicago Sun-Times.[9][10][27][8] At the time of his sixteenth birthday, he became a Mormon priest (as is customary in his faith). He has performed both baptisms and administered the weekly sacrament.[8] In addition, he regularly travels with Bishop Joe Cannon during his monthly visitations to comfort the sick, the poor and the elderly.[8]

Parker works out with basketball trainer Tim Grover.[9] Jabari prefers individual training sessions with his brother Darryl to playing pick-up games.[171] Following his sophomore year, ESPN reported that he had a 3.4 grade point average.[9] By the end of the first semester of his junior year, The New York Times reported his gradepoint was 3.7.[10] By April of his junior year, his GPA was 3.63, ranking 18th in his class of 377 and his extracurricular activities includes service as the "The principal-appointed President of Student Representatives to the Local School Council, youth basketball instructor a volunteer for Operation PUSH, The Salvation Army and the New Beginnings Church.[125] At the time of his May 2012 Sports Illustrated feature story, he was known for carrying a backpack equipped with basketball equipment, an iPod and The Book of Mormon.[8]

Notes

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  2. ^ a b "Scout.com College Basketball Team Recruiting Prospects: Top Recruits". Scout.com. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  3. ^ a b "The Rivals 150 2013 Prospect Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  4. ^ a b "The Top 50 High School Basketball Players in the Country". Dime Magazine. 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  5. ^ a b Flores, Ronnie (2011-11-17 (updated 2012-01-05)). "Preseason Mr. Basketball USA Tracker: Shabazz Muhammad is target". ESPN HS. Retrieved 2012-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b Flores, Ronnie (2011-11-17). "Preseason Mr. Basketball USA Tracker". ESPN HS. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  7. ^ a b Flores, Ronnie (2012-04-16). "Final Mr. Basketball USA Tracker: Shabazz Muhammad, Jabari Parker only two candidates to appear on every ballot". ESPN HS. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Benedict, Jeff (2012-05-21). "The Best High School Basketball Player Since LeBron James is...Jabari Parker But There's Somethting More Important To Him Than Instant NBA Stardom: His Faith". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Davis, Seth (2011-07-18). "Chicago's Jabari Parker balances faith, fierceness on the court". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
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