Meet Eric Gordon

Eric Ambrose (EJ) Gordon was born on Christmas Day December 25, 1988, at 12:25 am, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Eric is the oldest son of Eric and Denise Gordon. He has two brothers Evan and Eron. He became a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on June 26, 2008 and was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Eric attended college at Indiana University (IU) in Bloomington Indiana. There, Gordon at 6’ 4” played a shooting guard with the Indiana Hoosier’s for one year. While attending he planned to study Sports Management. During that year Eric attained many honors. He was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and made the 1st team All-American. He is the all time leading scorer for freshman at IU. He set a record at IU and in the Big Ten for scoring 669 points. He was also a candidate for the Wooden Award and Naismith Award. He was also name second team All-American for CBSSports.com. During his freshman year Gordon average 20.9 pts. Eric’s jersey was the number 23 which he also wore in high school. Now he wears the No. 10. The number 10 was his original grade school number, and the age his game really took off.

Gordon graduated in 2007 from North Central High School, in Indianapolis. He attended the Metropolitan Schools District Washington Township. He began his elementary years at Fox Hill Elementary which is located down the street from his childhood home. He then, moved on to Northview Middle School which is located on the same property as his high school, North Central High School (NC). There he played varsity all four years for the NC Panthers. His most memorable experience was getting to play on ESPN against Loyola High School, Chicago, IL. To which his idol Michael Jordan would attend that game. He scored a record high of 43 pts that night. He later went on to score 50 pts twice during the season.

During the summer, Gordon would attend many AAU tournaments, Adidas Superstar camps and, Big Time in Las Vegas. During the summers, he played on teams which included other NBA players: Greg 0den, Michael Conley, Josh McRoberts, DaQuan Cook and Derrick Rose. Playing with all these talented standouts made Gordon push himself to get better.

During his senior year of high school Gordon led his team to the state finals averaging 29 points per game; however, they fell short and became the runners- up to East Chicago. He earned various honors that year. He became Indiana Player of the Year, Mr. Basketball 2007, and Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year 2007. He was McDonald All-American and Michael Jordan Brand All-American. He earned a spot as a Parade All-American. Although, Gordon was heavily recruited by many schools he made a verbal commitment to the University of Illinois. Upon coaching changes at Indiana University he later signed his letter of intent with Indiana University.

Eric began playing sports at the YMCA at 4, playing soccer, and then moved quickly on to basketball. He also played football but his true love was basketball. At the age of 7 he began playing competitive basketball at the historical Municipal Gardens. His spent the majority of his time across the street from his home at the Jewish Community Center of Indianapolis (JCC). There Eric spent many hours playing pick ball, swimming and hanging out with friends. It was at the JCC that Gordon announced his departure from college to enter his name into the NBA Draft.