Jordan Daniel Morgan (born September 15, 1991) is an American-born naturalized Slovenian professional
basketball
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player for
Konyaspor
Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...
of the Turkish
Basketbol Süper Ligi
The Basketball Super League ( tr, Basketbol Süper Ligi; BSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replac ...
(BSL). He played college basketball at
Michigan
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. He represents the
Slovenia basketball team internationally.
Early life and high school career
Morgan was born Jordan Daniel Konkoly in
Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the U ...
in
Illinois
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to Meredith Morgan née Konkoly and Bobby Deloach on September 15, 1991. His biological father was largely absent in his life from birth. His mother raised him as a single mother until she married his adoptive father, Jim Morgan in 2001. He was adopted by his stepfather when he was 12 years old and he took his last name. Morgan graduated from the
University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy
The University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy was founded in 1877, and is one of two Jesuit high schools in the city of Detroit, Michigan, the other being Loyola High School. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, the sc ...
. At Detroit Jesuit, Morgan played on the varsity basketball team all four years and was a starter for three. Over his high school career, he averaged 14.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game. During his senior year Morgan averaged 20 points per game.
Morgan verbally committed to
Michigan
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on December 18, 2007; his other scholarship offers were from
Central Michigan
Central Michigan, also called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As its name implies, it is the middle area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a mitten, and Mid Michigan corre ...
,
Oakland
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
, and
Xavier.
College career
At the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
, Morgan redshirted his freshman season on the
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the College basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in NCAA Division I, Division I of the Nation ...
team due to a knee injury.
Morgan then played 142 games for Michigan from the 2010–11 to 2013–14 seasons at the
power forward
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position. 142 games was a school record that was tied by
Zak Irvin
Zakarie Tyler Irvin (born September 5, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. He earned the 2013 Indiana Mr. Basketball and Indiana Boys Bas ...
, and later surpassed by
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (born September 1, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. Abdur-Rahkman p ...
(144) during the
2017–18 season. He led the Big Ten Conference in field goal percentage 66.1% (Big Ten), 62.7% (all games). He made 63.1% of his field goal attempts and scored 973 points in his Michigan career.
During his sophomore season, the team clinched a share of the
2011–12 Big Ten Conference season regular season championship. As a junior on the Michigan team that became runners-up in the
2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game
The 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 2013 Nation ...
, Morgan earned Big Ten All-Defensive honors.
During his senior season, Michigan clinched its first outright (unshared) Big Ten Conference championship since
1985–86.
Morgan completed his
B.S.E. in
industrial and operations engineering from the
University of Michigan College of Engineering
The University of Michigan College of Engineering, branded as Michigan Engineering, is the engineering wing of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With an enrollment of 7,133 undergraduate and 3,537 g ...
in April 2012, after his third year at Michigan.
He was also selected to the Michigan honor society
Order of Angell
The Order of Angell, known for decades as Michigamua, was a senior honorary society recognizing student leaders and outstanding athletes at the University of Michigan. For most of its history, its practices reflected images of Native Americans d ...
. In 2014, Morgan earned his M.S. in manufacturing engineering, also from Michigan.
When President
Barack Obama
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spoke at the University of Michigan in April 2014 to advocate raising the
federal minimum wage
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation by the end of the 20th century. Bec ...
, Obama praised Morgan for undertaking graduate studies in engineering and being a student-athlete at Michigan. The White House also sent Morgan a letter signed by Obama congratulating Morgan for his academic achievements and describing him as "part of an elite community of scholars and leaders."
Professional career
After going undrafted in the
2014 NBA draft
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, Morgan played with the
Minnesota Timberwolves
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for
NBA Summer League
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. On July 27, 2014, Morgan signed with
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, commonly known as Virtus Roma, was an Italian professional basketball club based in Rome, Lazio. It competed in the first division of Italian basketball, the LBA, for the last time in the 2020–21 season.
It was form ...
of the Italian
Lega Basket Serie A
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. In 34 games, he averaged 8.1 points and 6.5 rebounds.
On July 23, 2015, Morgan signed with
Hermine de Nantes Atlantique
Hermine Nantes Basket, also known as simply Nantes, is a professional basketball team based in Nantes, France. The team currently plays in French LNB Pro B, the second national level. The Palais des Sports de Beaulieu is the home arena of the team ...
. He averaged 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. On January 26, 2016, Morgan signed with
Paris-Levallois
Metropolitans 92 is a French professional basketball club that is based in Levallois-Perret, in the Paris metropolitan area. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the highest-tier level in French basketball.
The club was established in 2007 ...
. On March 22, he parted ways with Paris-Levallois. Three days later, he was acquired by the
Canton Charge
The Cleveland Charge are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Cleveland, Ohio, and are affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team plays its home games at the Wolstein Center in downtown Cleveland.
The f ...
of the
NBA Development League
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. On March 26, he made his debut for the Charge in a 122–111 win over the
Erie BayHawks, recording one point, six rebounds, two assists and one steal in 11 minutes off the bench.
On August 23, 2016, Morgan signed with
Kymis of the
Greek Basket League
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.
On July 4, 2017, he signed a one-year deal with Slovenian club
Olimpija.
On July 26, 2019 he has signed a contract with
Pınar Karşıyaka
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Given name
* Pinar Heggernes (born 1969), Turkish-born Norwegian computer scientist
* Pına ...
of the Turkish
Basketbol Süper Ligi
The Basketball Super League ( tr, Basketbol Süper Ligi; BSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replac ...
.
Morgan signed with Russian club
UNICS Kazan
BC UNICS (russian: БК УНИКС) is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia, that plays in the VTB United League, and formerly played in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 2022 ...
on June 15, 2020.
On January 16, 2022, he signed with
Reyer Venezia
S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in ...
of the
Lega Basket Serie A
The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tier le ...
.
On June 27, 2022, he has signed with
Konyaspor
Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...
of the Turkish
Basketbol Süper Ligi
The Basketball Super League ( tr, Basketbol Süper Ligi; BSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replac ...
(BSL).
Charitable Endeavors
After graduating from the University of Michigan, Morgan registered a charitable organization under the nam
Jordan Morgan Foundation whose stated mission is "To inform, empower, and inspire academically disadvantaged and socially underserved youth."
References
External links
Eurobasket.com profileTBLStat.net Profile
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1991 births
Living people
ABA League players
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American expatriate basketball people in Slovenia
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Bandırma B.İ.K. players
Basketball players from Illinois
Basketball players from Detroit
BC UNICS players
Canton Charge players
Centers (basketball)
Karşıyaka basketball players
Kymis B.C. players
KK Olimpija players
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
Metropolitans 92 players
Naturalized citizens of Slovenia
People from St. Clair County, Illinois
Power forwards (basketball)
Reyer Venezia players
Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Slovenian men's basketball players
Slovenian people of African-American descent
Sportspeople from Greater St. Louis
University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy alumni
University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni