Chandler Parsons

Chandler Parsons

No. 25   Houston Rockets
Power Forward
Personal information
Date of birth	October 25, 1988 (1988-10-25) (age 23)
Place of birth	Casselberry, Florida
Nationality	American
High school	Lake Howell High School, Winter Park, Florida
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Florida
NBA Draft	2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Pro career	2011–present
League	National Basketball Association
Career history
Cholet Basket (2011)
Career highlights and awards
SEC All-Freshman Team (2008)[1] SEC Player of the Year (2011)[2]

Chandler E. Parsons (born October 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who is a power forward for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Parsons played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was drafted by the Rockets in second round of the 2011 NBA Draft.

Early years

Parsons was born in Casselberry, Florida. He attended Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida, with future fellow Florida Gator Nick Calathes. Together, Parsons and Calathes helped the Lake Howell Silverhawks high school basketball team advance to the Florida Class 5A state basketball championship final four in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and win the state championship in 2007.^[3] As a senior, Parsons was a first-team all-state selection, and was recognized as the most valuable player of the state championship game after scoring thirty points and grabbing ten rebounds.^[4]

College career

Parsons accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2007 to 2011. During his freshmen season, Parsons played in 36 games averaging 8.1 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per game, but the Gators failed to make the NCAA Tournament.

During the 2008-09 season, Parsons saw more playing time and his scoring, rebounding and assists all improved. The Gators once again failed to make the tournament though.

In Parson's junior season, he averaged 12.4 points per game, 6.9 rebounds per game and 2.6 assists per game. The Gators made the NCAA Tournament, but lost to BYU in the first round.^[5]

During the 2010-11 regular season, Parsons averaged 11.4 points and 7.8 rebounds in 33 minutes a game while leading the Gators to the best regular season record in the SEC. On January 3, 2010, Parsons hit a seventy-five foot shot with no time left on the clock in overtime to give the Gators a one point victory over North Carolina State.^[6] Later in the season on January 23, the Gators trailed South Carolina by 1 when Parsons hit a three-point shot to give the Gators the win.^[7] On March 8, 2011, he was named the 2011 SEC Player of the Year, the first Florida Gator to win that honor.^[8]The Gators also made the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. In the first three rounds of the tournament, the Gators beat UC Santa Barbara, UCLA and BYU. In the Elite Eight, the Gators lost to Butler. Parsons was picked to the Fifth Team All-America by Fox Sports.^[9]

Professional career

The Houston Rockets selected Parsons in the second round (38th pick overall) of the 2011 NBA Draft.

Due to the NBA lockout, Parsons signs with Cholet Basket (France) in the 2011-12 Pro A season for a short term contract. In three games, he averaged 10 points and 2.3 steals^[10].

See also

	Biography portal
	College basketball portal

• Florida Gators
• List of Florida Gators basketball players

References

1. ^ SEC announces awards voted by coaches
2. ^ http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/222025/2011-sec-mens-hoops-awards-announced.aspx
3. ^ SunSports & FSN | Your Florida Sports Networks
4. ^ GatorZone.com, Men's Basketball, 2010 Roster, Chandler Parsons. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
5. ^ "ESPN- Chandler Parsons player profile". http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36383. 
6. ^ "Parsons' Buzzer Beater Downs N.C. State, 62-61". http://gatorzone.com/story.php?id=17186. Retrieved 4 January 2010. 
7. ^ "Parsons' Buzzer Beater Leads UF Over South Carolina, 58-56". http://gatorzone.com/story.php?id=17302. Retrieved 24 January 2010. 
8. ^ http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/222025/2011-sec-mens-hoops-awards-announced.aspx
9. ^ Goodman, Jeff (Mar 7, 2011). "Goodman's 2010-11 All-America teams". Fox Sports (Fox Sports Interactive Media). http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/duke-blue-devils-notre-dame-fighting-irish-represented-postseason-honors-030711. Retrieved June 21, 2011. 
10. ^ "Chandler Parsons leaves Cholet". sportando.net. October 31, 2011. http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/france/32198/chandler_parsons_leaves_cholet.html. 

Persondata
Name	Parsons, Chandler
Alternative names	Parsons, Chandler E.
Short description	American college basketball player, professional basketball player, forward
Date of birth	October 25, 1988
Place of birth	Casselberry, Floria, United States
Date of death
Place of death