Trevon Bluiett

Trevon Bluiett (born November 4, 1994) is an American college basketball player who currently plays for the Xavier Musketeers of the Big East Conference.

High school career

Bluiett attended Park Tudor School.^[1] At the school, Bluiett won three IHSAA state titles. Bluiett won two of his three state Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) titles with Indiana University point guard Yogi Ferrell. 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^[2] 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.^[3]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Trevon Bluiett SF	Indianapolis, IN	Park Tudor (Indiana)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Nov 3, 2013
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN grade: 87
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 30,10 (SF)   Rivals: 34,N/A (SF)  247Sports: 39,11 (SF)  ESPN: 46,13 (SF)
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

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.^[1] However, he admitted to being "lackadaisical and didn't have energy", and he had a slump at the end of the season.^[3]

Coming into his sophomore year, Bluiett overhauled his diet and decreased his body fat.^[3] He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11, 2016.^[4] At the conclusion of the regular season, Bluiett was selected as a USA Today Third-team All-American^[5] as well as selected to the First Team All-Big East.^[6] 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.^[7]

College Statistics

Source: ^[8][9][10]

Personal

Bluiett is the son of Reynardo and Mariam Bluiett. His siblings are Ashtyn, Juwaan and Brody.^[1] 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.^[3]

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