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Parker Gerrits, Washington native representing Wazzu: 2025 Athlete Profile

Gerrits stepped up as a backup pointguard in 2024-25
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LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen Editor-in-Chief
May 21, 2025
BRANDON WILLMAN
Parker Gerrits stares down a Bradley player during an inbounds attempt, Nov. 9, in Pullman, Wash.

Parker Gerrits was one of Washington’s best high school hoopers.

He led Olympia High School to the 4A State Championship game in 2023, averaging 19.3 points and being named to the 4A All-State first team. Then he came to WSU.

Gerrits spoke on the Coug’d Up podcast about his love of Pullman and his desire to play for the Cougars. He said he turned down offers from smaller schools and instead walked on at WSU because of how much he loved Wazzu growing up.

After redshirting in 2024, Gerrits was one of just two Cougars to stick around through the transition from former coach Kyle Smith to current coach David Riley. The pointguard earned a scholarship spot and started getting rotation minutes as a redshirt freshman in 2024-25.

In 32 games, he averaged 9.4 minutes, 1.5 points, 0.9 assists and 1 rebound per game. Gerrits filled in for the injured Marcus Wilson and Isaiah Watts at various points of the year.

Next year, Gerrits could compete for the starting pointguard spot.

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LEVI COOVERT
LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen Editor-in-Chief
Levi is a sophomore studying Multimedia Journalism, Broadcast News, and Advertising at Washington State University. He serves as sports co-editor, and is the beat writer for the men’s basketball team and both men’s and women’s golf teams. He loves the Mariners, Seahawks, Kraken, and Cougars!
BRANDON WILLMAN
BRANDON WILLMAN, Multimedia editor
Brandon Willman is a WSU and Daily Evergreen alumnus (class of ’24) who served in roles including staff writer, staff photographer, copy editor, multimedia editor and editor-in-chief during his time with the Evergreen. He started working as a sportswriter for the Daily Evergreen in Fall 2022 and worked as copy editor in spring 2023. Brandon was elected to be the Editor-in-chief starting in summer 2023 and served in the position from May 2023 to February 2024 before transitioning to the role of multimedia editor.