Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest Adds Sharpshooting Friedrichsen to Roster for 2023-24
4/12/2023 8:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest men's basketball program and head coach Steve Forbes have announced the addition of Parker Friedrichsen to the squad beginning in the fall of 2023.
"Parker is one of the best shooters in the country," said Forbes. "On top of that, he is a student of the game who possesses a deep desire to continually improve and get better. His tireless work ethic was instilled in him by his parents, making Parker a high character and high achiever, on and off the court. Parker is prepared to be an outstanding student-athlete at Wake Forest."
Parker Friedrichsen | Shooting Guard | 6-3 | 195 lbs| Bixby High School | Bixby, Okla.
- 4-star prospect according to 247Sports and ESPN
- No. 2 ranked player in the state of Oklahoma
- Top 35 shooting guard nationally by Rivals, On3, 247sports and ESPN
- Top 125 player nationally by Rivals, On3 and 247sports
- Joins Aaron Clark and Marqus Marion in the 2023 recruiting class
Bixby High School
- Averaged 30.1 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 5.8 apg, 3.2 spg in his senior season at Bixby
- Shot 84 percent from the free throw line and 40 percent from three-point range
- Averaged 27.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game his junior season in 2021-22
- Scored 2,149 career points at Bixby High school (all-time leading scorer) and 276 career three-pointers
- Earned Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State honors his junior and senior seasons
- Was the Frontier Valley Conference Player of the Year
- Earned All-Conference honors all four years
- Earned Academic All-Conference honors all four years
- Was the Okie Ball Offensive Player of the Year
- Selected to Super Prep First Team
- Won the TaxAct National High School Three-Point Contest at the Final Four in Houston in March
- Earned the P5 Award from his high school for exemplary character and leadership in the boys basketball program
- Went to Steph Curry camp (won the NBA 3-point shooting contest), NBA Top-100 camp and Under Armour top-60 camp in summer of 2022
- Played for KC Run GMC on UAA circuit 17's summer of 2022
- Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year finalist in 2022
- Tulsa World All-World First Team in 2022
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