James McAdoo

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9 / 206 cms
Weight: 220 lbs / 100 kgs
School: Norfolk Christian High School -11
Hometown: Norfolk, Virginia

USA Basketball Notes

• Named on Jan. 16, 2011, to the 2011 USA Basketball Junior National Select Team that will compete against a World Select Team in the annual Nike Hoop Summit.
• Named 2009 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year.
• Member of the 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team that posted a perfect 8-0 record and captured the gold medal; started all eight games and averaged a team third-best 14.5 ppg. and team-highs of 7.9 rpg.and 1.9 bpg.
• Member of the 2009 USA U16 National Team that posted a 5-0 mark, captured the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship; averaged 16.8 ppg., a team second-best 8.6 rpg. and team-high 2.0 bpg.
• Grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds in the gold medal game versus Argentina (6/21) and scored 19 points against Canada (6/20) to tie with Adonis Thomas for the USA’s leading scorer.
  
• Named to the 2009-10 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team on May 28, 2009.
  

College Notes

• Signed a National Letter of Intent to attend and play for the University of North Carolina.
  

Honors

• Named the 2010 Gatorade Player of the Year for Virginia and to the 2010 Parade Magazine All-America fourth team and the 2010 ESPN Rise All-America second team.
  
• Named a 2009 and 2010 Virginian-Pilot All-Tidewater first team selection, encompassing all public and private school players in the South Hampton Roads area.
  
• Named 2009 All-Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools (TCIS) Tournament MVP and All-TCIS first team as voted on by TCIS coaches.
  
• A 2009 Virginia Independent School Athletic Association (VISAA) Division 2 All-State selection.
  
• Named to the 2009 VISAA Division 2 State Tournament Team.
  

High School Notes

• Attends Norfolk Christian School (Va.), where he averaged 22.5 ppg., 9.9 rpg. and 1.8 bpg. as a junior in 2009-10, leading his team to the Virginia Independent Schools Division II title.
  
• Helped lead his team in 2008-09 to a 23-7 record and a final No. 4 finish in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division 2; started all 30 games and averaged 25.0 ppg. and 11.0 rpg.
  
• Posted single-game bests of 52 points versus Peninsula Catholic, and 19 rebounds and nine blocks versus Greenbrier Christian.
  
• Plays in the summers for Boo Williams AAU.
  

The Personal Scoop

• Born Jan. 4, 1993, in his hometown of Norfolk, Va.
  
• Son of Janet and Ronnie McAdoo, has one sister, Kelsey, who plays basketball at UNC Charlotte.
  
• A member of his school’s honor roll five straight years and currently carries a 3.6 GPA.
  
• Father is a member of the ODU Basketball Hall of Fame and played professionally in France, mother also played for ODU and professionally in France, Spain and Japan.
  
• Has post-basketball ambitions of coaching, broadcasting and working with young people to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
  
• Favorite personal memento: a gold necklace from his father.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all-time: Dirk Nowitzki.
  
• Favorite team: Dallas Mavericks or Cleveland Cavaliers.
  
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Michael Phelps or Mo Greene.
  
• Strangest place ever played hoops: on an outside court in Jamaica during a mission trip in March 2008.
  
• Best player I’ve ever faced: John Wall.
  
• I want to play one-on-one against: LeBron James or Nowitzki.
  
• The most impressive person I ever met: Greg Tate, a U.S. Secret Service Special Agent assigned to presidential duty.
  
• One piece of clothing I can’t live without: lucky shorts that once were his dad’s.
  
• Most interesting place ever visited: LaJolla, Calif., caves by the shore where he went cave jumping.
  
• Away from basketball I enjoy: sleeping and surfing the Internet.
  
• Superstitions: socks have to be “just right” when on the court.
  
• Can’t live without: cell phone.
  
• Most people don’t know: he has a pure white yellow lab named Kobe.
  
• This right-hander wears No. 14 because of Nowitzki.