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Derrick Robert Gordon (born December 12, 1991) is an American college basketball player. A shooting guard, Gordon attends Seton Hall University and plays for the Pirates. Gordon transferred to Seton Hall for the 2015-2016 season after graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he played for the UMass Minutemen basketball team for two seasons.〔http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/05/17/derrick-gordon-umass-transfer-seton-hall/27344373/ Derrick Gordon says he will transfer to Seton Hall〕 On March 24, 2015 Gordon announced his intention to transfer from UMass and play college basketball at another school for the 2015-16 season.〔http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12551787/derrick-gordon-first-openly-gay-d-player-transferring-umass Derrick Gordan plans to transfer〕 He had one year of eligibility left. He graduated from UMass in May 2015 making him eligible to enroll as a graduate student at another college and play immediately. Prior to playing for UMass, Gordon used to attend Western Kentucky University, where he played for the Hilltoppers. In 2014, Gordon became the first men's basketball player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I to come out as gay and play in a game. ==Career== Gordon attended St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he starred for the school's basketball team.〔 Gordon enrolled at Western Kentucky University where he played for the Hilltoppers team in the NCAA Division I during the 2011–12 season. He led WKU in scoring with 11.8 points per game. Gordon was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference third team. After the season, he decided to transfer to the University of Massachusetts (UMass), due to a change in the coaching staff at Western Kentucky, and in order to be closer to his family.〔 Due to the NCAA's rules on transfers, he sat out the 2012–13 season. Gordon played for UMass during the 2013–14 season. He started all of the team's 33 games. On the season, he averaged 9.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, scoring a season-high 22 points in a game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Minutemen qualified for the NCAA Tournament, but lost in the second round to the Tennessee Volunteers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derrick Gordon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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