Moon Tae-jong (; or Cameron Jarod Stevenson; born December 1, 1975) is a South Korean former professional
basketball
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player at the
small forward
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position. He is 1.99 m in height. Moon played at the
2011 FIBA Asia Championship
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games, representing
South Korea
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. He is currently a head basketball coach at Seaforth High School in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
College career
Moon played
college basketball
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at the
University of Richmond
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, with the
Richmond Spiders
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, from 1994–1998 and he was named
Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year in 1998. He led the Richmond Spiders to an upset of the #3 seeded
South Carolina Gamecocks
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in the NCAA tournament the same year.
Professional career
Moon was named the 1999
French Cup
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Finals MVP, and he also played in the 2006
FIBA EuroChallenge
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All-Star Game
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.
National team career
Moon was a member of the senior
South Korean national team. He won the bronze medal at the
2011 FIBA Asia Championship
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, and the gold medal at the
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
. He also played at the
2014 FIBA World Cup
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.
Awards and honors
*As awarded by the basketball website
Eurobasket.com
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:
CAAC Player of the Year -98
French Cup Finalist -99
French Cup Finals MVP -99
French Pro B MVP -99
French ProA All-Import Players 2nd Team -00
Israeli Cup Final Four -03
All-Israeli League 2nd Team -03, 04
Israeli Premier League Semifinals -04
Israeli League All-Imports 1st Team -04
FIBA Europe Cup North Conference Finalist -05
FIBA Europe Cup Finalist -05
FIBA Europe Cup Final Four All-Star Team -05
FIBA EuroCup All-Star Game -06 (3-Points Contest Winner)
Turkish Cup Semifinals -06
ULEB Cup Semifinals -07
Russian Cup Finalist -07
Russian A Superleague Regular Season Runner-Up -07
Russian A Superleague Finalist -07
Russian A Superleague All-Newcomers Team -07
Greek League Semifinals -08, 09
All-Greek League Forward of the Year -08
All-Greek League 1st Team -08
Greek A1 League All-Imports Team -08
Greek Cup Semifinals -09
All-Greek A1 League Forward of the Year -09
All-Greek A1 League 1st Team -09
Greek A1 League All-Imports Team -09
Adriatic League Semifinals -10
Korean KBL Regular Season Runner-Up -11
Korean KBL Semifinals -11
All-Korean KBL Forward of the Year -11
All-Korean KBL 1st Team -11
Korean KBL All-Domestic Players Team -11
Personal life
Moon earned his South Korean citizenship in 2011, alongside his brother, Moon Tae-young (born Greg Stevenson), who was also a professional basketball player. The Moon brothers were born to their Korean mother and African American father. His son, Jarin Stevenson, plays for him at Seaforth High School.
See also
*
List of foreign basketball players in Serbia
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In this list are included the foreign players that:
* Play or have played in the Serbian league system (from 200 ...
References
External links
EuroCup ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileTurkish League ProfileProfileat KBL.or.kr
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1975 births
Living people
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
American sportspeople of Korean descent
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Asian Games medalists in basketball
Basketball coaches from North Carolina
Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games
Basketball players from North Carolina
Basketball players from Seoul
BC UNICS players
Bnei HaSharon players
Bnei Hertzeliya basketball players
CB Girona players
Changwon LG Sakers players
Cholet Basket players
Connecticut Pride players
Daegu KOGAS Pegasus players
Fenerbahçe men's basketball players
High school basketball coaches in North Carolina
Israeli Basketball Premier League players
KK Hemofarm players
Korean Basketball League players
Liga ACB players
Maroussi B.C. players
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Richmond Spiders men's basketball players
SIG Strasbourg players
Small forwards
South Korean expatriate basketball people in France
South Korean expatriate basketball people in Russia
South Korean expatriate basketball people in Serbia
South Korean expatriate basketball people in Spain
South Korean expatriate basketball people in Turkey
South Korean men's basketball players
South Korean people of African-American descent
Sportspeople from Fayetteville, North Carolina