UVic Sports Hall of Fame
CATGEORY: Athlete
Eli Pasquale’s basketball career at UVic is synonymous with championships. A member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, Eli and the Vikes won the CIAU national championship each of the five years he wore a Vikes uniform, starting with UVic's first national title in the 1979-80 season. He is one of just five CIS/CIAU athletes to have five national titles.
In 1982 Pasquale was recognized as the B.C. University Athlete of the Year and in 1983 led Canada to a gold medal finish at the World University Games over USA, a team boasting future NBA stars Karl Malone and Charles Barkley.
In 1984, he was awarded the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as Canadian university basketball’s Player of the Year and after graduating from UVic was a draft pick of the NBA’s Seattle Supersonics.
Eli also enjoyed a distinguished international career, spending 15 seasons with the Canadian national team program and competed in two Olympic Games, two PanAm Games and four World Championships.
In 2003, Pasquale was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hallf of Fame and in 2004 inducted into the B.C.'s Hall of Fame. The following year his jersey (#13) was retired by the Vikes.
UVic Achievements
- Captured a CIAU national championship in all five years as a Viking (1979-80 to 1983-84)
- 1983 Mike Moser Memorial Trophy recipient
- 1979-80 Canada West First Team All-Star
- 1989-81 CIAU Tournament All-Star and MVP
- 1981-82 Canada West First Team All-Star and CIAU First Team All-Canadian
- 1982-83 Canada West First Team All-Star, CIAU First Team All-Canadian, CIAU Tournament All-Star and CIAU MVP
- 1983-84 Canada West First Team All-Star, CIAU First Team All-Canadian and CIAU Mike Moser Memorial Trophy recipient (Player of the Year)
- In 2005 UVic retired Pasquale’s No.13 jersey in McKinnon Gym
International Achievements
- Inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003
- Inducted into the B.C Sport Hall of Fame in 2004
- 1982 B.C University Athlete of the Year
- 1983 guided Canada to a gold medal at the World University Games over the U.S
- 1984 drafted to the Seattle Supersonics NBA team
- Dedicated 15 years with the Canadian national team program
- Competed in the 1982 FIBA World Championship
- Returned in 1997 to compete in the Tournament of America’s berthing team Canada to the 1998 FIBA World Championship
Hall of Fame
- Inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame 2003
- Inducted into the Basketball BC Hall of Fame 2004
- To be inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame on October 25, Class of 2014
