Askia Booker

Askia Booker

Booker with the Colorado Buffaloes in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1993-08-31) August 31, 1993 Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Price (Los Angeles, California)
College	Colorado (2011–2015)
Position	Point guard
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-Pac-12 (2015)

Askia Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. In his senior year in 2014–15, he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pacific-12.

High school career

Booker attended Price High School. As a junior, he averaged 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists to lead Pricce to the Division IV championship. He was ranked 30th in the nation at his position by ESPN.^[1] Booker committed to the Colorado Buffaloes on October 29, 2010.^[2]

College career

As a freshman, Booker helped lead Colorado to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2002-03 season. He averaged 9.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 21.5 minutes per game.^[1]

As a sophomore, Booker was one of two players to start all 33 games, along with Spencer Dinwiddie. He averaged 12.4 points, 2.2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.^[1]

As a junior, he hit a buzzer beater against KU. He was named a Pac 12 honorable mention.^[3]

As a senior in 2014–15, Booker was voted second-team All-Pac-12.^[4] Although Colorado accepted an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational, Booker decided to skip the postseason tournament.^[5]

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