Aaron Addison Gordon is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for
the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association.
He played college basketball at the University of Arizona.
High school career
Gordon attended Archbishop Mitty High School and started on the varsity basketball team
for four years and won two Division II basketball championships in his sophomore and junior
seasons.
He played and defended all five positions in high school.
He led Mitty to its third straight state title game in his senior year, but his team lost
in the inaugural Open Division final.
Freshman Year As a freshman in 2009–10 Aaron started in
28 of 41 games and averaged 11.8 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game.
Aaron also competed on the school’s track and field team as a thrower and played summer
basketball for the Oakland Soldiers.
Sophomore Year As a sophomore in 2010–11, he helped his
team win Mitty's first state title in basketball.
That team also captured the WCAL regular season and playoff crowns, CCS Division II title
and Nor-Cal championship.
The team finished with a 32–2 record and closed the season on a 20–0 winning streak.
He started all 34 games and averaged 16.4 points, 12.5 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game.
He scored 17 points and hauled in a state championship record 21 rebounds in the 2011
title game.
Junior Year In his junior year he averaged 22.9 points,
12.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.3 blocks.
In the state basketball tournament he averaged 27.0 points per game before finding out he
had been playing with mononucleosis.
He was chosen as the Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year.
The last junior to be Mr. Basketball in California was Tyson Chandler in 2000 and the one before
that was Jason Kidd in 1991.
Senior Year His senior season he averaged 21.6 points,
15.7 rebounds, 3.3 blocks and 2.1 assists per game.
College career Gordon committed to Arizona on April 2, 2013,
announcing his decision in a press conference before the 2013 McDonald's All-American Game.
After a 24-point, 8-rebound performance leading the West to a 110–99 victory Gordon was
named the game's MVP.
On February 13, 2014, he was named one of the 30 finalists for Naismith College Player
of the Year.
He was named to the All-Pac-12 first team.
In April 2014, Gordon declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college
eligibility.
College statistics Awards and honors
High school 2013: USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year
2013: FIBA Under-19 World Championship MVP 2013: McDonalds High School All-American Game
MVP Jordan Brand All-American
2× California Mr. Basketball 2× CIF State Champion
2× CIF State Division II Champion 3× CIF Northern California Champion
CIF Northern California Open Division Champion 2× CIF Northern California Division II Champion
4× CIF CCS Champion CIF CCS Open Division Champion
3× CIF CCS Division II Champion MaxPreps.com All-American First Team
San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year San Jose Mercury News First Team
Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area CCS Player of the Year 6× WCAL Champion
3× WCAL Playoffs Champion 3× WCAL Regular Season Champion
3× Ed Fennelly WCAL Player of the Year Award 4× All-WCAL Honors
3× All-WCAL First Team All-WCAL Second Team
College Freshman student-athlete of the year
Pac-12 Tournament All-tournament team AP Honorable Mention
2014 NCAA Tournament's West Regional all-tournament team
Individual All-America teams Third All-America Team– Sporting News
USBWA All-District team NABC All District Second Team
All-Pac-12 first team Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team
CBS Sports and U.S. Basketball Writers Association Freshman Of The Week Honors
NBA career On June 26, 2014, Gordon was selected with
the fourth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic.
On July 2, 2014, he signed with the Magic.
International career Gordon was a member of the 2011 USA U16 FIB
Americas gold-medalist team and the 2013 USA U19 gold-medalist team.
On the U19 team he was the MVP of the tournament and was one of four high school players on
a 13-man team, the rest of the team having one year of college basketball experience.
He was also a member of the 2013 USA Junior National Select Team and the USA Basketball
2011-2012 Development National Team.
Personal life Gordon is the son of former San Diego State
basketball star Ed Gordon who is African-American and part Native American through his grandfather
and Shelly Davis a White American.
Ed's grandfather was an Osage Indian who was seven feet tall.
Ed reportedly made the New England Patriots football team as a tight end, but chose to
pursue a basketball career.
Gordon's older brother, Drew, is a former basketball player for the New Mexico Lobos
and UCLA Bruins.
His sister Elisabeth, plays collegiately for the Harvard women's basketball team.
As an eight year old, Gordon qualified to compete in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at
the Junior Olympics, but chose instead to play in a basketball tournament.
References
External links Arizona bio
Sports-Reference.com Profile