Jordan Vandenberg One of his younger sisters, Jacinta, plays college basketball for the University of Oregon. Jordan Vandenberg Jordan Vandenberg (born 25 March 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Nishinomiya Storks of the Japanese B.League second division. He played four seasons of college basketball for North Carolina State University. He also holds a Dutch passport because of his father. Born in Melbourne, Vandenberg played junior basketball for the Waverley Falcons and attended Box Hill Senior Secondary College. In 2008, he accepted a basketball scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where he went on to
Black participation in college basketball Dame and Purdue finishing 2nd and 3rd), became the first Afro-American four-year collegiate star to sign with a top-level professional contender when he agreed to play for the New York Rens in 1936. Several black college basketball programs stood out. Xavier University of Louisiana won 67 games and lost only two between 1934 and 1938, and Alabama State University, Lincoln University in Missouri, Morgan State University in Maryland and Wiley College in Texas all produced exceptional basketball programs. From the 1920s until 1947, few African-American players were allowed in major college programs. One notable exception was Jackie Robinson, a multi-sport