Jawann Oldham Cleveland High School 1976 Basketball

SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA

High School • Two-time All-Metro first-team basketball selection • Led Eagles to two consecutive state championships College • Earned 9th-highest field goal percentage (57%) in a single season in Seattle University history • Finished career with 1,530 points (10th on all-time list) and 965 rebounds, behind only Elgin Baylor • Won gold medal as member US World Games’ basketball team in summer of 1979 Professional • Drafted to Denver Nuggets in 1980 NBA draft (41st overall draft pick) • Played center for 10 years in the NBA – including three with Michael Jordan on the Chicago Bulls in the mid-1980s • 1980 Olympic gold medalist for Team USA Other • Basketball pioneer in sport’s lesser known nations, with the Jawann Oldham Professional Development Basketball Academy now covering Abu Dhabi and Dubai • Started the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) in China • Developed, and later coached for, Basketball Japan League (bj-league)