Xavier Booker | |
Team: | Michigan State Spartans |
Number: | 34 |
Position: | Center |
League: | Big Ten Conference |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 220 |
Birth Date: | 9 September 2004 |
Birth Place: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
High School: | Cathedral (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
College: | Michigan State (2023–present) |
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Xavier Ellis Booker (born September 9, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2023 class.
Booker grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and attended Cathedral High School.[1] [2] A 6feet center, he averaged 12.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots per game as a junior as Cathedral won the Class 4A state championship.[3] Booker was selected to play in the 2023 McDonald's All-American Boys Game.[4] He was also named the Indianapolis City Co-Player of the Year.[5]
Booker was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2023 class, according to major recruiting services.[6] [7] On July 30, 2022, he committed to playing college basketball for Michigan State over offers from Auburn, Duke, Cincinnati, Gonzaga, Indiana, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon and Purdue.[8]
Booker enrolled at Michigan State University shortly after graduating high school in May 2023.[9]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Michigan State| 27 || 2 || 9.3 || .439 || .333 || .632 || 1.7 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 3.7