Michael Jordan which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing. Jordan later described this shot as the major turning point in his basketball career. During his three seasons at North Carolina, he averaged 17.7 ppg on 54.0% shooting, and added 5.0 rpg. He was selected by consensus to the NCAA All-American First Team in both his sophomore (1983) and junior (1984) seasons. After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards in 1984, Jordan left North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA draft. The Chicago Bulls selected Jordan with the third
Jordan Kent his prep career winning three state 400 championships and two 200 and long jump gold medals, setting state records in each of the latter two events. As a junior, bettered 41-year-old state meet long jump record (25-1¼) previously held by Mel Renfro (24-1¼). Kent was a member of the Oregon Ducks football team in college, and also played basketball and ran track. Jordan did not begin playing football until he tried out for the team during his junior year of college. He was also NCAA’s first three-sport athlete since 2001-02 and was the first three-sport letterman at Oregon since World