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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 13
Eli Ballstaedt
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Midway, Utah
- High School:
- Wasatch HS
Bio
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ACADEMIC HONORS
2020-21 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 (SENIOR)
2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
HIGH SCHOOL
ACADEMIC HONORS
2020-21 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 (SENIOR)
- Made 11 appearances his senior season after missing significant time due to concussion protocol
- Recorded 16 points and eight rebounds in his reserve role
- Scored a season-high 5 points twice, once against Idaho State and then again at Oregon
- Played in 15 games his junior year in a limited role off the bench
- Scored five points against Sacramento State
- Recorded a season-high six points in 15 minutes of action against #16/15 USC at home
- Saw action in the Pac-12 Tournament game against Washington
- Saw action in two games at the end of the season after coming back from hip surgery
- Made his first appearance of the year in win over Arizona State to close out the regular-season
- Played in the Pac-12 Conference Tournament Quarterfinals against USC
2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
- Had 12 appearances his first season as a Runnin' Ute
- Made collegiate debut against Mississippi Valley State, scoring 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range
- Knocked in a 3-pointer in three other games
HIGH SCHOOL
- Was a four-year varsity player and three-year starter at Wasatch High School in Heber City, Utah
- Was one of the leading scorers and rebounders in the state as a senior, averaging a double-double with 23.3 points and 10.2 rebounds per game
- Shot 44-percent from the field and 89-percent from the foul line
- Awarded First Team All-state, Region 8 Player of the Year and Academic All-State
- Totaled 1178 points and 443 rebounds in his high school career
- Son of James and Kristen Ballstaedt
- Has an older brother, Izzy, and two younger brothers, Jude and Sam
- Following high school graduation he served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in French Polynesia where he learned to speak French and Tahitian
- Older brother, Izzy, played at Westminster for a season
- Younger brother, Jude, played a year at Everett Community College before going on his mission
- Majoring in entrepreneurship
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