Eli Pasquale

Eli Pasquale
Personal information
Born	August 24, 1960; Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 4, 2019 (aged 59)
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Lockerby Composite School; (Sudbury, Ontario)
College	University of Victoria (1980–1984)
NBA draft	1984: 5th round, 106th overall pick
	Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Position	Point guard
Number	13, 6
Career highlights and awards
	CIAU Player of the Year (1984); 3× CIAU First Team All-Canadian (1981-1984); 2× CIAU National Tournament MVP (1981, 1983); 3× CIAU National Tournament All-Star (1981, 1983, 1984); 5x CIAU National Champion (1980-1984); 5× CWUAA First Team All-Star (1981–1984);
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Representing Canada
Universiade

Ilario Enrico "Eli" Pasquale (August 24, 1960 – November 4, 2019) was a Canadian basketball player and two-time Olympian. Considered one of the best basketball players in Canada's history, Pasquale was the starting point guard and co-captain of the Canada men's national basketball team during, arguably, Canada's greatest era of basketball. During this time, Pasquale competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, two World Student Games, four FIBA World Championships and two Pan American games.

In 1984, Pasquale was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics as the 106th overall pick. Pasquale later played professionally in Argentina, West Germany and Switzerland.

During university, Pasquale led the University of Victoria to 5 straight national championships. Pasquale was the university's all-time leading scorer when he graduated. In 1984, he was awarded the Mike Moser Trophy as the male Canadian university player of the year. Pasquale was a three-time First-Team All-Canadian (1981-1984) two-time CIAU national tournament MVP (1981, 1983), three-time CIAU tournament all-star (1981, 1983, 1984) and five-time first team Canada West all-star.

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