Michael Jeffrey Jordan

           Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Jordan’s mom name was Delores Jordan. Jordans dad’s name was . James R. Jordan. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when he was a toddler. Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington.  He tried out for the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year, but at 5’11″ (1.80 m), he was deemed too short to play at that level. Motivated to prove his worth, Jordan became the star of Laney’s junior varsity squad, and tallied several 40 point games. The following summer, he grew four inches (10 cm) and trained rigorously. Upon earning a spot on the varsity roster, Jordan averaged about 20 points per game over his final two seasons of high school play. In 1981, Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina.  He made the game-winning jump shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Georgetown.  Jordan left North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA Draft.

Jordan played on two Olympic gold medal-winning American basketball teams. As a college player he participated, and won the gold, in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jordan led the team in scoring averaging 17.1 ppg for the tournament.In the 1992 Summer Olympics he was a member of the star-studded squad that included Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and David Robinson and was dubbed the “Dream Team”.  Jordan was a shooting gaurd and he also played small foward. Jordan was know through out his career for being strong. Jordan is the 4th of 5th child.He married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989, and they have two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine. Jordan and Vanoy  divorce on January 4, 2002. As of 2007, Jordan lived in Highland Park, Illinois, and both of his sons attended Loyola Academy, a private Roman Catholic high school located in Wilmette, Illinois. Jeffrey graduated as a member of the 2007 graduating class and played his first collegiate basketball game on November 11, 2007, for the University of Illinois. After two seasons, Jeffrey left the Illinois basketball team in 2009. He later rejoined the team for a third season, then received a release to transfer to the University of Central Florida, where Marcus was attending. Marcus transferred to Whitney Young High School after his sophomore year and graduated in 2009. He began attending UCF in the fall of 2009.

Jeffrey Jordan is leaving the University of Illinois college basketball team to concentrate on earning a college degree.

Jeffrey is the son of the famous NBA basketball player Michael Jordan and the brother of Marcus Jordan, who plays for the University of Florida college basketball team.

It appears that Jeffrey is quitting basketball for good:

Eammon Brennan of Yahoo news reports:

“I loved playing for the Fighting Illini and appreciate the support I was given by my teammates, coaches and the great fans here,” Jordan said. “But I have come to the point where I’m ready to focus on life after basketball. I will concentrate on earning my degree from the University of Illinois and the opportunities that wait upon graduating.”

Many basketball fans were surprised and reacted in varying degrees to his unexpected announcement. An avid basketball fan said:

It’s not just that your dad was a great NBA basketball player. Your dad was the single greatest basketball player who ever lived. Your entire life, you’re not just a classmate to your friends. You’re the son of their hero. Imagine that! For all of the sundry benefits of being Jordan’s son — the money, the basketball shoes, the unimaginably awesome toys you’d get as a kid — the specter of anticipation, of “hey, that’s Michael Jordan’s son out there” would haunt you for as long as you played basketball.

Most of Jordan’s basketball fans wish him good luck for his decision to quit and pursue a college degree instead.

Jeffrey Jordan was born on November 18 1988. He played basketball at the Loyola Academy in Wilmette; Illinois. He is currently pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Illinois on a full academic scholarship.