Drew Gordon, a McDonald’s All-American at Mitty in 2008, dies in car crash. ‘I can’t even get my head wrapped around it, frankly.’
Archbishop Mitty High School basketball player Drew Gordon listens to his classmate during an art class on Thursday March 13, 2008. Gordon and his teammates will head to Sacramento to compete in state high school basketball championships finals this Friday. Drew Gordon was remembered as No. 1 among his high school equals, a highly touted basketball talent who paved the way for his younger brother’s journey through Archbishop Mitty and into the NBA.
Gordon’s sudden passing left those who knew him at his former high school and elsewhere in a state of shock, a tragedy that still did not seem real a day later. “He had a heck of a professional career for 12 or 13 years, but for me, from knowing him when he was 13 years old to 33 when he passed, the man he is now – the father, the husband – he’s one of my closest friends,” Eagleson said. “My own kids call him Uncle Drew.
“In terms of physical prowess, Drew always seemed like a man playing with boys – even in the postseason, the sectionals, the NorCals, the state playoffs. He was so dynamic, explosive and powerful.” “Obviously there was a little bit of show because he could do things that other kids couldn’t do, especially play above the rim and such. But I never felt he disrespected the game or his opponents.”
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