Marcus Jordan
Marcus James Jordan (born December 24, 1990) is an American former college basketball player who played for the UCF Knights men's basketball team. He is the second oldest son of retired Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan. Personal life. Jordan was born December 24, 1990, to Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy. He has an older brother, Jeffrey, a younger sister Jasmine and younger paternal twin half-sisters Ysabel and Victoria. Marcus grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. While underage, Jordan tweeted about spending $120,000 at a nightclub in Las Vegas, prompting an investigation. In 2012 , Jordan was arrested in Omaha and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstructing justice. Jordan opened a high-end shoe store "Trophy Room" on May 23, 2016, located in Orlando, Florida at Disney World. On May 31, 2019, the physical storefront closed and the store transitioned to online-only sales. Basketball career. High school. Marcus Jordan originally played high school basketball with his older brother Jeffrey Jordan at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. In Marcus' sophomore year, the pair led the school to the conference championships and the best season in school history. Marcus then transferred to Whitney Young  High School in Chicago for his junior and senior seasons. On March 22, 2009, he led the Whitney Young Dolphins to the Illinois State 4A Championship title. Jordan scored a game-high 19 points leading Whitney Young to a 69–66 victory over Waukegan. Jordan graduated from Whitney Young High School in 2009 and was rated as the 60th-best shooting guard in the country as a high school senior by ESPNU, averaging 10.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game, and earning state tournament MVP honors. College. Marcus Jordan played college basketball at the University of Central Florida in  Orlando, Florida. During his freshman year, UCF was in the final year of a five-year contract with Adidas, but Jordan insisted on wearing Nike Air Jordan shoes out of loyalty to his father. This eventually prompted Adidas to terminate its sponsorship deal with UCF. Jordan scored 8.0 points per game in his true freshman year in 2009–10 and scored 1152 points in his college career. On November 12, 2010, the opening game of the 2010–11 season, Jordan led UCF to victory against University of West Florida scoring a career high 28 points on 8–11 field-goal shooting and 5–7  from the 3-point line. He also had a team-high 18 points in upsetting number-16 ranked Florida on December 1, 2010. In August 2012, Jordan left the UCF basketball team, following in the footsteps of his brother, Jeffrey, who departed the team in January of the same year, but he continued to take classes at the school. He graduated in 2013 with a degree in hospitality management.