{"id":111024,"date":"2026-02-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/scholar-athlete-of-the-week-cearah-parchment-university-of-illinois-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:00:00","slug":"scholar-athlete-of-the-week-cearah-parchment-university-of-illinois-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/scholar-athlete-of-the-week-cearah-parchment-university-of-illinois-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholar Athlete of the Week | Cearah Parchment &#8211; University of Illinois Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-links hide-on-large\" aria-label=\"Story Links\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"hide\">Story Links<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><i>Jan. 26 &#8211; Feb. 1, 2026<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/cearah-parchment\/15260\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15260\" target=\"_blank\">Cearah Parchment<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0| Fr., Women&#8217;s Basketball | Majors: Undeclared<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/cearah-parchment\/15260\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15260\" target=\"_blank\">Cearah Parchment<\/a><\/dfn> showed off her all-around game in the Illini&#8217;s matchups vs. No. 2 UCLA and at No. 25 Washington. Against the Bruins\u00a0at State Farm Center, Parchment\u00a0recorded\u00a0a career-high 26 points. Her momentum carried Illinois to a 76-66 ranked road win over Washington. She\u00a0recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds. The victory over the Huskies marked\u00a0her fourth 20-point game of the season, and her third consecutive. Parchment also posted a solid defensive effort, logging four steals against Washington to lead the\u00a0way for Illinois.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Parchment, from Whitby, Ontario, Canada, is an undeclared freshman.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/news\/2026\/2\/5\/academic-services-scholar-athlete-of-the-week-cearah-parchment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Story Links &#13; &#13; &#13; Jan. 26 &#8211; Feb. 1, 2026 Cearah Parchment\u00a0| Fr., Women&#8217;s Basketball | Majors: Undeclared Cearah Parchment showed off her all-around game in the Illini&#8217;s matchups vs. No. 2 UCLA and at No. 25 Washington. Against the Bruins\u00a0at State Farm Center, Parchment\u00a0recorded\u00a0a career-high 26 points. Her momentum carried Illinois to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}