Position Shooting guard Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) College Xavier (2014–present) Nationality American Number 5 | League Big East Conference Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg) Height 1.98 m Weight 90 kg | |
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Born November 4, 1994 (age 22)
Indianapolis, Indiana ( 1994-11-04 ) High school Park Tudor School (Indianapolis, Indiana) Similar Myles Davis, Justin Jackson, Dillon Brooks, Yogi Ferrell, Thomas Bryant Profiles | ||
Trevon Bluiett (born November 4, 1994) is an American college basketball player for the Xavier Musketeers of the Big East Conference.
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High school career
Bluiett attended Park Tudor School. At the school, Bluiett won three IHSAA state titles. Bluiett won two of his three state Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) titles with Dallas Mavericks point guard Yogi Ferrell. He won his last state titile with 2017 McDonald's All-American Game nominee Jaren Jackson Jr., son of NBA champion Jaren Jackson. Bluiett scored 2,568 point in his career, 6th highest in Indiana high school history. In his senior season, he averaged 35.7 points and 11.4 rebounds per game. Bluiett scored 38 points in the 2014 2A title game. Bluiett originally committed to UCLA, due in part to the fact that his former coach Ed Schilling was an assistant at UCLA. Blueitt later decommitted from UCLA and reopened his recruitment. After decommitting from UCLA, he committed to Xavier due to the possibility of competing in the Big East Conference.
College career
As a freshman at Xavier, Bluiett was second on the team in scoring at 11.0 points per game. He was a Big East All-Rookie Team honoree. In Xavier's first three games, he averaged 18.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game and was named Big East Rookie of the Week. He repeated as rookie of the week on February 2 after averaging 15.0 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in games against Georgetown and Seton Hall. However, he admitted to being "lackadaisical and didn't have energy", and he had a slump at the end of the season.
Coming into his sophomore year, Bluiett overhauled his diet and decreased his body fat. He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11, 2016. At the conclusion of the regular season, Bluiett was selected as a USA Today Third-team All-American as well as selected to the First Team All-Big East. Following the season he entered his name in the NBA Pre-Draft, but withdrew his name prior to the deadline and will return to Xavier.
In a notable performace in his junior year, Blueitt scored 40 points against rivals Cincinnati in the 2017 Crosstown Shootout. Despite tying a school record of nine three-pointers, and scoring more points than any Xavier player since David West scored 47 in 2003, Xavier lost the match 78–86.
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Personal
Bluiett is the son of Reynardo and Mariam Bluiett. His siblings are Ashtyn, Juwaan and Brody. Both of his parents served in the United States Marines and fought in Operation Desert Storm in the 1990s. They met while they were both enlisted in the Marines in the late 1980s at Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, North Carolina.