page_title: Aaron Gordon
section_title: Awards and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Aaron Gordon / Awards and honors
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Aaron Gordon as MVP of the w:2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
context_page_description: Aaron Addison Gordon is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. He played one year of college basketball for the University of Arizona before being selected by the Magic with the fourth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. In 2016, he was a part of the Slam Dunk Contest in which he lost a close matchup to Zach LaVine. In 2020, he again lost the dunk contest in another close matchup, this time to Derrick Jones Jr.
context_section_description: High school
  2013: USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year
  2013: FIBA Under-19 World Cup MVP
  2013: McDonald's All-American Game MVP
  Jordan Brand All-American (2013)
  2× California Mr. Basketball (2012, 2013)
  2× CIF State champion (2011, 2012)
  2× CIF State Division II champion (2011, 2012)
  3× CIF Northern California champion (2011–2013)
  CIF Northern California Open Division champion (2013)
  2× CIF Northern California Division II champion (2011, 2012)
  4× CIF CCS champion (2010–2013)
  CIF CCS Open Division champion (2013)
  3× CIF CCS Division II champion (2010–2012)
  MaxPreps.com All-American First Team (2013)
  San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year (2013)
  San Jose Mercury News First Team (2013)
  Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area CCS Player of the Year (2013)
  3× WCAL champion (2011–2013)
  3× Ed Fennelly WCAL Player of the Year Award (2011–2013)
  3× All-WCAL First Team (2011–2013)
  All-WCAL Second Team (2010)
  College
  Pac-12 Freshman Student-Athlete of the Year (2014)
  Pac-12 All-Tournament Team (2014)
  AP Honorable Mention (2014)
  NCAA Tournament's West Regional All-Tournament Team (2014)
  Third team All-America – Sporting News (2014)
  USBWA All-District Team (2014)
  NABC All-District Second Team (2014)
  All-Pac-12 First Team (2014)
  Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2014)
  Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Year (2014)
  Pac-12 All-Rookie First Team (2014)
caption: Gordon was MVP of the 2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game.
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