Former Kentucky Wesleyan guard Marlon Parmer, the 2003 NCAA Division II Player of the Year, was selected by the Colorado 14ers with the second pick in the third round (No. 34 overall) of the 2008 NBA Development League Draft in Atlanta last Friday.
Parmer, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound consensus All-American from Inglewood, Calif., led the 2003 Panthers with 19.9 points, 8.2 assists (second in the nation), 1.3 steals and 35.2 minutes.
He shot 46.8 percent from the field, 36.6 percent from three-point, and 79.1 percent from the free throw line, and was third in rebounding at 5.6 per game.
Parmer scored in double figures 33 of 35 games, recorded eight double-doubles (points-assists) and produced back-to-back triple-doubles as a senior.
He is the second Panther in KWC history to be selected in the NBADL Draft. Albert Richardson, a 6-9 center, was drafted in the seventh round by the Huntsville Flight in 2003.
Parmer has played professionally in the Continental Basketball Association (Sioux Falls Skyforce, Yakima Sun Kings and Rockford Lighting), NBA Summer Leagues and Mini Camps (Bulls, Warriors, Heat and Timberwolves) and overseas in France, Israel. Poland, Estonia, Venezuela and Qatar.
The 14ers finished the 2007-08 season with a 29-21 record, finishing second in the Southwest Division. The 14ers were defeated by the Los Angeles D-Fenders in the first round of the NBADL Playoffs.
