{{short description|Canadian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Elijah Fisher | image = Elijah Fisher (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Fisher with Texas Tech in 2022 | number = 22 | position = Shooting guard / small forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lbs = 220 | league = Big East Conference | team = Seton Hall Pirates | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|1|3}} | birth_place = Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | high_school = Crestwood Prep<br>(Toronto, Ontario) | college = * Texas Tech (2022–2023) * DePaul (2023–2024) * Pacific (2024–2025) * Seton Hall (2025–2026) | highlights = * BioSteel All-Canadian Game MVP (2022) | medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{bk|CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-19 World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Latvia|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Mexico|Team}} }} '''Elijah Fisher''' (born January 3, 2004) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates of the Big East Conference. He previously played for the Pacific Tigers, the DePaul Blue Demons, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
==Early life== Fisher was born in Oshawa, Ontario, the second of five children of Thelia and Rohan Fisher.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jacob |first1=Vivek |title=Elijah Fisher hopes to create new path for Canadian NBA prospects |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/elijah-fisher-hopes-create-new-path-canadian-nba-prospects/ |website=Sportsnet |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=March 19, 2019}}</ref> At age 12, as a seventh-grader, he competed for the under-18 high school team at Crestwood Preparatory College in Toronto.<ref name="savory">{{cite web |last1=Savory |first1=Andrew |title=Canada's next basketball prodigy: Meet Elijah Fisher, the top-ranked seventh grader in North America |url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/for-athletes-like-that-the-world-is-pretty-much-their-oyster-toronto-basketball-prodigy-dreams-beyond-the-nba |website=National Post |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> Fisher became the first middle school student to play for Crestwood Prep's varsity team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pelley |first1=Lauren |title=Elijah Fisher, 12, a Toronto basketball phenom to watch |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/elijah-fisher-12-a-toronto-basketball-phenom-to-watch-1.3864642 |website=CBC.ca |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=November 24, 2016}}</ref> By the age of 13, he stood 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m).<ref>{{cite web |title=Hoop Dreams: Meet Elijah Fisher, Canada's 13-year-old basketball phenomenon |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/the-now-or-never-teen-takeover-1.4734183/hoop-dreams-meet-elijah-fisher-canada-s-13-year-old-basketball-phenomenon-1.4734188 |website=CBC.ca |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=March 16, 2018}}</ref> He was considered by many analysts to be the number one player in his class as he entered high school.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Jason |title=2023 guard Elijah Fisher could be the best ever from Canada |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2019/2023-guard-elijah-fisher-could-be-the-best-ever-from-canada |website=USA Today High School Sports |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=June 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Calle |first1=Franklyn |title=Prince of the North: Class of 2023 Star Elijah Fisher Is For Real |url=https://www.slamonline.com/the-magazine/elijah-fisher-story/ |website=Slam |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=November 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Blake |title=The World's Best Middle School Basketball Player Is Toronto's Elijah Fisher |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-worlds-best-middle-school-basketball-player-is-torontos-elijah-fisher/ |website=Vice |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=October 10, 2018}}</ref>
Fisher was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2023 class; before reclassifying to the class of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cassidy |first1=Rob |title=Five-star Elijah Fisher high on UK, Kansas, FSU, others |url=https://kansas.rivals.com/news/five-star-elijah-fisher-high-on-uk-kansas-fsu-others |website=Rivals |access-date=July 4, 2021 |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Branham |first1=Travis |title=2023 five-star Elijah Fisher discusses season debut, development, Kentucky and more |url=https://247sports.com/Article/Elijah-Fisher-season-debut-Kentucky-Syracuse-reclassify-recruitment-161727485/ |website=247Sports |access-date=July 4, 2021 |date=March 2, 2021}}</ref>
{{College Athlete Recruit Start|40=no|collapse=no|year=2022}} {{College Athlete Recruit Entry | recruit = Elijah Fisher | position = SG / SF | hometown = Oshawa, ON | highschool = Crestwood Prep (ON) | feet = 6 | inches = 7 | weight = 210 | 40 = | commitdate = May 26, 2022 | scout stars = | rivals stars = 4 | 247 stars = 4 | espn stars = 5 | espn grade = 93 }} {{College Athlete Recruit End | 40 = | year = 2022 | rivals ref title = Texas Tech 2022 Basketball Commitments | scout ref title = | espn ref title = 2022 Texas Tech Red Raiders Recruiting Class | rivals school = texastech | scout s = | espn schoolid = 2641 | 247 overall = 58 | rivals overall = 34 | espn overall = — | access-date = July 4, 2022 | bball = yes }}
==College career== Fisher played as a freshman for the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2022–23. In May 2023, he announced his transfer to the DePaul Blue Demons.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=DePaul University Athletics|date= May 19, 2023|title=Former five-star Elijah Fisher signs with Blue Demons|url=https://depaulbluedemons.com/news/2023/5/19/mens-basketball-former-five-star-elijah-fisher-signs-with-blue-demons.aspx}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===College=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23 | style="text-align:left;"| Texas Tech | 28 || 1 || 12.2 || .461 || .250 || .586 || 2.0 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24 | style="text-align:left;"| DePaul | 32 || 30 || 31.8 || '''.520''' || .263 || .722 || 3.8 || 1.4 || '''.8''' || '''.3''' || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25 | style="text-align:left;"| Pacific | '''33''' || '''33''' || '''33.7''' || .483 || '''.297''' || '''.748''' || '''4.8''' || '''1.5''' || .7 || '''.3''' || '''15.7''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 93 || 64 || 26.6 || .493 || .279 || .726 || 3.6 || 1.1 || .6 || .2 || 10.1 {{S-end}}
==National team career== Fisher represented Canada at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Latvia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Elijah |title=The Elijah Fisher Blog: Training With Canadian National Team, Recruitment and More |url=https://www.si.com/college/recruiting/basketball/elijah-fisher-blog-canadian-national-team |website=Sports Illustrated |access-date=July 4, 2021 |date=June 17, 2021}}</ref> In his national team debut on July 3, he scored 11 points in an 80–71 win over Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canada opens FIBA U19 World Cup 2021 with 80-71 win over Lithuania |url=https://www.basketball.ca/news/canada-opens-fiba-u19-world-cup-2021-with-80-71-win-over-lithuania |website=Canada Basketball |access-date=July 4, 2021 |date=July 3, 2021}}</ref> Fisher averaged 6.9 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, helping Canada win the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elijah Fisher (CAN)'s profile – FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2021/player/Elijah-Fisher |publisher=FIBA |access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/elijah-fisher/12150 Texas Tech Red Raiders bio] *[https://depaulbluedemons.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/elijah-fisher/3186 DePaul Blue Demons bio] *[https://pacifictigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/elijah-fisher/5290 Pacific Tigers bio] *[https://shupirates.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/elijah-fisher/7722 Seton Hall Pirates bio]
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