Jonathan Sanders

Infobox NBA Player
name = Jonathan Sanders


caption =
league = Super Basketball League
nicknames = Jon, Satch
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7
weight_lbs = 220
number = 32
position = Guard
birth_date = birth date and age|1981|9|23
birth_place = Los Angeles, California
death_date =
death_place =
team = D-media Numens
college = Saint Mary's College of California
nationality = flagicon|USA USA
career_start = 2005
career_end =
former_teams = Akademija MRU (2005-06)
Niigata Albirex BB (2006)
Videoland Hunters (2006-07)
awards = Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic Regional MVP (2004) cite web
title = The Mid-Majority
publisher = Kyle Whelliston
url = http://www.midmajority.com/2004/11/mmbow-1-jonathan-sanders-st-ma.php
date = November 15, 2004
accessdate = 2008-04-10]
NKL All-Star MVP (2006)
All-SBL Team (2007) cite web
title = Top SBL Honors
publisher = Taipei Times
url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2007/06/09/2003364550
date = June 9, 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-15]
All-SBL Team (2008)

Jonathan Sanders (zh-tsp|t=桑德斯|s=桑德斯|p=sāng dé sī) is a professional overseas basketball player. Having joined Taiwan's Super Basketball League in 2006, Sanders is currently the only American player in the league. cite web
title = Taiwan Hoops
publisher = Chris Wang
url = http://twhoops.blogspot.com/2007/12/07-08-sbl-preview-dmedia-genies.html
date = December 7, 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-10]

Early life

Sanders was raised primarily in North Hollywood by his mother who was, at the time, a single parent. At the age of 12, his mother and he relocated to Denver, Colorado along with his new stepfather and soon-to-be high school basketball coach at Belleview Christian High School.

High School

During the course of his high school basketball career, Sanders won two (2) State Championships as well as three (3) Mr. Basketball awards. His Senior Year, he was not only awarded the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Colorado, but he was also among the top 100 basketball prospects in the country, being heavily recruited by such colleges as Kansas University, USC, and St. Louis University. All of his high school basketball accomplishments were done while he maintained a 3.8 GPA. cite web
title = A Little Bit of History
publisher = Kettler
url = http://www.undergroundnotes.com/belleview.pdf
date = March 1, 2000
accessdate = 2008-04-09]

College Life

After transferring from Colorado State University to Saint Mary's College of California, he switched his major from BioChemistry to psychology. cite web
title = Recent Alumni Stories
publisher = St. Mary's College (CA)
url = http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/admissions-and-aid/undergraduate-admissions/recent-alumni-stories/03.html
date = November 1, 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-15] Sanders eventually became a 2 year starter for the Saint Mary's Gaels Men's Basketball team. He has the ability to play every position on the court, while he's most effective at the guard position. In 2005, Sanders was a starter on a Gaels team that made a first-round NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearance. cite web
title = NCAA Tourney
publisher = SMCgaels.com
url = http://smcgaels.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031305aae.html
date = March 13, 2005
accessdate = 2008-04-10]

Pro Basketball Career

Since graduating college, Jon Sanders has been playing professional basketball outside the United States. He has played in Lithuania, Japan, and Taiwan.

In Lithuania he played for a 2nd level team managed by former NBA star and Lithuanian basketball legend Šarūnas Marčiulionis. Sanders garnered the league's MVP award as well as an NKL championship. cite web
title = Provider Promotions
publisher = PPSM
url = http://www.providerpromotions.com/images/Sanders%20bio.pdf
date = December 5, 2006
accessdate = 2008-04-10]

Since 2006, Sanders has played for two different teams in the Super Basketball League in Taiwan. Having led the league in rebounding for two consecutive seasons, he has managed to statistically average in the top 3 in scoring, assists (league leader), steals, and block shots for the entire league for the 2008 season (with averages of 21.0 ppg, 16.6 rpg, 5.8 apg, 1.7 spg, and 1.6 bpg). cite web
title = Stat page for Jon Sanders
publisher = SBL
url = http://tw.sports.yahoo.com/sbl/sbl_player_bygame/playerid/0047/
date = January 1, 2008
accessdate = 2008-04-10] Each year Sanders has been a strong MVP candidate, but has yet to win the honor.

Official Statistics

cite web
title = Sanders' College Stats
publisher = Stats LLC
url = http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/jonathan-sanders
date = 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-11] cite web
title = Sanders' SBL Stats 08
publisher = Yahoo
url = http://tw.sports.yahoo.com/sbl/sbl_player_bygame/playerid/0047/
date = 2008
accessdate = 2008-04-11] cite web
title = Sanders' SBL Stats 07
publisher = Yam.com
url = http://sports.yam.com/special/sbl/player.php?id=100
date = 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-11] cite web
title = Sanders' Lithuanian Stats
publisher = KK Akademija-LTU
url = http://akademija-mru.lt/index.php?fuseaction=basket.view_player&id=2904&player_id=20
date = 2004
accessdate = 2008-04-11]

Poetry

Jon Sanders is also a part-time poet, having published his first book of poetry "Ordinary Poems for Extraordinary People in these Ordinary Times" (2007) ISBN 0-595-42891-6. cite web
title = thepoetryofjonsanders.com
publisher = Microsoft
url = http://thepoetryofjonsanders.com/default.aspx
date = March 1, 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-08] In 2008, he founded the poetry blog database website [http://www.poetryblogrankings.com PoetryBlogRankings.com] , in an attempt to unite the online poetry community. This was prompted by his ties with thousands of poets and other contacts made through his years of blogging poetry on MySpace. The site's ranking system favors a viral marketing scheme that entices each poet to invite their readers to the site, enhancing the readership of the site's entirety. cite web
title = PoetryBlogRankings.com YouTube Commercial
publisher = YouTube
url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ULyNJITmQ
date = February 13, 2008
accessdate = 2008-04-10] Poets and readers are collected and given free membership from various poetry sites around the world. The site's main attraction is its list of The Top 100 Poetry Blogs. cite web
title = PoetryBlogRankings.com
publisher = Peak Web Solutions
url = http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/about_us.aspx
date = December 1, 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-08]

Anecdotes, Rumors, and Trivia

*Jon Sanders is a self-professed computer geek, an enthusiastic blogger, and has a weird sense of humor. In his own video blog he joked about being willing to go so far as to even be described as "gay" in order to have something written about him on Wikipedia (his favorite site), despite having declared his sexual orientation as "straight" on his MySpace page. cite web
title = Pro Ball in Taiwan ep.18
publisher = YouTube
url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asaRQJB0CiA
date = April 8, 2008
accessdate = 2008-04-08]

*In the Fall of 1995, Jon Sanders attended Laurel Hall, a San Fernando Valley K-8 school. His 8th grade classmate was actress Kirsten Dunst. In addition, the Olson Twins were members of the school, then enrolled at the school's 4th grade level.

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/jonsanders Jon Sanders] at MySpace.com
* [http://www.myspace.com/cchaplin Jon Sanders' poetry page]
* [http://www.poetryblogrankings.com PoetryBlogRankings.com]
* [http://www.thepoetryofjonsanders.com info for Jon Sanders' first poetic book]