United States2023-2025 FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE (SIMON FRASER)
Played in 56 games with 28 starts for the Simon Fraser Red Leafs … started 27 of 28 games as a sophomore … averaged 11.2 points per game … shot 38.0% from beyond the arc and .814 from the free throw line during his time at Simon Fraser.
As a primary ball handler made a tremendous leap between years one and two moving from 1.0 assists per game two seasons ago to 4.8 assists per game last season – good for second in the GNAC … GNAC All-Conference second team last season. … against Westminster (Utah) last season scored 34 points with 10 assists on 11-of-19 shooting and 9-of-10 from the free throw line.
Career highs at Simon Fraser include: 34 points vs. Westminster (Utah) … seven rebounds at Northwest Nazarene … 10 assists vs. Westminster (Utah) … and 4 steals vs. Central Washington.
HIGH SCHOOL (ST. PATRICK REGIONAL SECONDARY)
Won back-to-back provincial MVP honors after leading St. Patrick to back-to-back British Columbia Triple-A Championships in 2022 and 2023 … Coquia was named MVP of the 2022 championship game after scoring 29 of his team’s 56 points and collecting six steals … He also scored 29 points in the 2023 championship game and was once again named MVP … led the Celtics to their first ever BC Junior Boys Championship in 2020 as a freshman and was named Junior Provincial MVP … averaged 35 points per game, 5 assists per game and 7 rebounds per game at St. Patrick … finished high school with a 4.0 grade point average.
LAGNIAPPE
Son of Jake and Catherine Coquia … last name pronounced “Coke-e-Ya” … played club basketball for both Drive Basketball and UPLAY Canada.
