Aaron Gordon

Position: Center
Height: 6-6 / 198 cms
Weight: 210 / 95 kgs
School: Archbishop Mitty High School ‘13
Hometown: San Jose, California

USA Basketball Notes

• Gold Medal: 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
• Member of the 2011 USA U16 National Team that compiled a 5-0 record, captured the FIBA Americas Championship gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship; started all five games and averaged team-highs of 17.0 ppg., 11.2 rpg. and 3.2 bpg., while distributing a USA second-best 4.6 apg.
• Among the eight-team field, Gordon ranked fourth for scoring; first for rebounding, offensive rebounding (5.0 per game) and blocked shots; second for assists and defensive rebounding (6.2 per game); and third for field goal percentage (.661).
• Named to the 2011-12 USA Developmental National Team on March 24, 2011.
• Participated in the 2010 USA Basketball Developmental National Team mini-camp, held Oct. 9-10 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

High School Honors

• MaxPreps.com Sophomore All-America first team (2011).
• San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle Boys Basketball Player of the Year (2011).
• West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL), California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Central Coast Section (CCS) and Cal-Hi Sports Player of the Year (2011).

High School Notes

• Attends Archbishop Mitty High School (Calif.), where as a sophomore in 2010-11, he helped lead his team to the California Division II state championship, the program’s first state title; the team also captured the WCAL regular season and playoff crowns, CCS Division II title and Nor-Cal championship, a 32-2 record and closed the season on a 20-0 winning streak; started all 34 games and averaged 16.4 ppg., 12.5 rpg. and 3.6 bpg.
• Scored 17 points and hauled in a state championship record 21 rebounds in the 2011 title game.
• As a freshman in 2009-10, aided Mitty to a 21-20 record, and the CCS title; started all 28 games played and averaged 11.8 ppg., 10.1 rpg. and 2.1 bpg.
• Plays in the summers for the Oakland Soldiers.
• Also competes on his school’s track & field team as a thrower.

Personal Notes

• Born on Sept. 16, 1995, in San Jose, Calif.
• Son of Shelly Davis and Ed Gordon, has two older siblings, Drew and Elizabeth.
• Brother, Drew, was a member of the 2008 USA Junior National Select Team that defeated a World Select Team 98-78 in the 2008 Nike Hoop Summit and won a gold medal as a member of the 2007 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival Red Team.

The Inside Scoop

• Post-basketball career ambitions: to become a coach.
  
• Last book read for pleasure: Dr. Seuss ... actually it was “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card.
  
• Favorite class: math.
  
• Least favorite class: history.
  
• Is taking: Spanish II.
  
• Favorite meal to make at home: PB&J or pancakes.
  
• If not for basketball, would want to be a standout in: soccer.
  
• When he was five, wanted to be: a basketball player.
  
• If he could live in any city in the world, it would be: Miami.
  
• Next big purchase will be: unsure.
  
• Most read online newspaper: CNN.com.
  
• Favorite magazine: Slam.
  
• Favorite Facebook page: does not Facebook.
  
• Piece of clothing he can’t live without: his snap back hat.
  
• Most prized possession: his dignity.
  
• Favorite sport other than basketball: track & field.
  
• Plays: a little piano, can play most of one of Beethoven’s pieces.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Magic Johnson.
  
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian:  Usain Bolt.
  
• Strangest place ever played hoops: off of his family room’s roof.
  
• Best game ever watched: Reggie Miller versus the Knicks.
  
• Best player ever faced: Jabari Byrd.
  
• Would like to go one-on-one against: Michael Jordan.
  
• Most impressive person ever met: his dad, he’s  superman to Gordon.
  
• Favorite basketball announcer: Mark Jackson.
  
• Away from the court, enjoys: socializing.
  
• Most people don’t know: he has a very good basketball I.Q.
  
• Most interesting place ever visited: Germany and he enjoyed seeing the Alps.
  
• First basketball memory: dunking on a hoop in preschool.
  
• If he weren’t playing basketball, he would be doing this after high school: still going to college.
  
• This right-hander wears No. 32 because: it was Magic Johnson’s number.
  
• Superstitions: always puts on his left sock first, knocks on wood three times.
  
• Three things he would need if stranded on an island: a coconut, hat and sunglasses.
  
• First overseas trip: Has traveled to Germany and enjoyed the food very much.

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