Hall of Honor
Elmquist collected an incredibly lengthy list of individual accomplishments in his four years, but perhaps his most crowning achievement is his single-game performance on February 22, 2011 as he led Caltech Men's Basketball to its first conference win in 26 years to break a 310-game losing streak. The senior scored a game-high 23 points with nine rebounds and four blocks as the Beavers topped rival Occidental College, 46-45.
Throughout his career, Elmquist impressed both on the court and in the classroom. In 2011, Elmquist notably earned A D3Hoops.com 3rd Team selection — the first Caltech player ever to receive such a selection — and was named Caltech's Most Outstanding Athlete. One year earlier, he won Caltech's Male Athlete of the Year. He received the Ted Ducey Award as awarded by the SCIAC and became Caltech's first-ever CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America First Team selection. He further earned three NABC Honors Court nods, was named team MVP (Vesper Trophy) three times and collected two SCIAC All-Academic Team selections.
The star broke the school record for blocks in a single season with 50 in 2010, before topping his own record with 51 in his senior season. He also broke the school record for career blocks, with 157. He still holds school records for free throws made in a game (17) and career (414).
By the time of his graduation in spring of 2011, Elmquist had joined the prestigious 1000-point and 500-rebound clubs. At that time, he ranked second in program history for career points scored (1,254) and single-season 3-point percentage (.415 in 2007-08); he also ranked seventh in career rebounds (531) as well as ninth in single-season points (395 in 2010-11) and scoring average (12.5/g). He played in 100 career games and started in all 25 contests his senior season, in which he led the team in points, blocks, free throws made and ranked second in rebounding. He led that 2010-11 squad to five wins – the program's best record since 1995 and most victories against NCAA opponents in 50 years. Elmquist went on to work for Google after graduation.
