Eli Pasquale

Luther College would like to welcome Eli Pasquale as the special guest to this year's 60^th Luther Invitational Tournament. Mr. Pasquale grew up in Sudbury, Ontario and began his basketball career playing for the University of Victoria Vikings where he led the team to five straight CIAU Championships. Mr. Pasquale won gold against the USA in the World University Games in 1983. Mr. Pasquale stands as the University of Victoria's top scorer and his jersey, number 13, has been retired. In 1984, Mr. Pasquale was drafted by the NBA Seattle SuperSonics. In the same year, he led the Canadian Men's Baskteball team to a fourth place finish in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. This began Mr. Pasquale's lengthy 15 year career playing basketball for Canada, where he would also compete in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul Korea. Mr. Pasquale had played professional basketball internationally playing in Argentina, Germany, and Switzerland. Mr. Pasquale played in four World Championships before retiring from basketball. Mr. Pasquale was inducted to the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, the Basketball British Columbia Hall of Fame in 2004, the University of Victoria Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

Today, Mr. Pasquale operates and organizes a basketball sports school called Eli Pasquale Sports Group, which runs throughout Vancouver Island. Luther College is pleased to have such an accomplished basketball player attend this year's 60^th LIT.