Jon Sundvold

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| name = Jon Sundvold

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 170

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|07|02}}

| birth_place = Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.

| high_school = Blue Springs (Blue Springs, Missouri)

| college = Missouri (1979–1983)

| draft_year = 1983

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 16

| draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics

| career_start = 1983

| career_end = 1991

| career_number = 20

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1983|start}}–{{nbay|1984|end}}

| team1 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years2 = {{nbay|1985|start}}–{{nbay|1987|end}}

| team2 = San Antonio Spurs

| years3 = {{nbay|1988|start}}–{{nbay|1991|end}}

| team3 = Miami Heat

| highlights =

Consensus second-team All-American (1983)
No. 20 retired by Missouri Tigers

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Jon Thomas "Sunny" Sundvold (born July 2, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round (16th pick overall) of the 1983 NBA draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1983.html |title=www.basketball-reference.com: 1983 NBA draft}} A 6'2" shooting guard from the University of Missouri, Sundvold played in 9 NBA seasons from 1983–1992. He played for the Sonics, San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat.

Early life

Though born in South Dakota, Sundvold grew up in Blue Springs, Missouri, in suburban Kansas City, where his father Robert was a successful home builder.{{cite web|url=http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_life_retirement_age/|title=Life after retirement at 32|publisher=Registered Rep:The Source for Financial Advisors|date=January 1, 2002|access-date=November 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402131134/http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_life_retirement_age/|archive-date=April 2, 2012}}

While a player at Blue Springs High School, Sundvold scored over 2,100 points and was twice selected to the All-State team.Missouri Legends: Famous People From The Show-Me State by John W. Brown. Page 260. Published by Reedy Press, St. Louis, 2008. He earned a basketball scholarship to Mizzou where he played all four years for Norm Stewart's Tigers.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SUNDVJO01 |title=www.basketballreference.com: Jon Sundvold}} As a senior, he averaged nearly 20 points per game and made 87-percent of his free-throw attempts.Missouri Legends: Famous People From The Show-Me State by John W. Brown. Page 260. Published by Reedy Press, St. Louis, 2008. Sundvold is one of only two Missouri players to play on four consecutive Big 8 Conference championship teams and was an All-American in 1983.{{cite web|url=http://www.mutigers.com/genrel/sundvold_jon00.html |title=Player Bio: Jon Sundvold - MISSOURI OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE}} Sundvold also played for the US national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver medal.[http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1982.html 1982 USA Basketball] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608152719/http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1982.html |date=June 8, 2007 }} Sundvold's older brother Bob is a college basketball coach.{{cite web | last = Lyons| first = Joe| title = Sundvold wants men's basketball at UMSL to build on success | work = St. Louis Post-Dispatch | date = June 29, 2013| url = http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/sundvold-wants-men-s-basketball-at-umsl-to-build-on/article_aafb16e6-ddd8-5eda-8b38-7c59f9149df2.html | access-date = May 27, 2014}}

NBA career

Drafted by Seattle in the 1983 draft, Jon Sundvold made an immediate impact by helping the SuperSonics earn an NBA Playoff berth in his first season.Missouri Legends: Famous People From The Show-Me State by John W. Brown. Page 261. Published by Reedy Press, St. Louis, 2008. Sundvold's best year as a professional came during the 1986–87 season as a member of the Spurs, appearing in 76 games and averaging 11.2 ppg. Selected by the Miami Heat in the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft, Sundvold played more of a bench role but still led the NBA in three point shooting percentage in 1989, hitting more than 50-percent of his attempts.{{cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1988 |title=www.basketballreference.com: 1988-89 NBA Standings, Stats and Awards |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212134209/http://www.basketballreference.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=n&yr=1988 |archive-date=December 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }} He also participated in the NBA All Star Three Point Contest in 1989 and 1990. A neck injury forced a premature end to his playing career in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_life_retirement_age/|title=Life after retirement at 32|publisher=Registered Rep:The Source for Financial Advisors|date=January 1, 2002|access-date=November 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402131134/http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_life_retirement_age/|archive-date=April 2, 2012}} In his NBA career, Sundvold appeared in 502 games and scored a total of 3,886 points.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sundvjo01.html |title=Jon Sundvold NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=16 October 2023}}

Post-playing days

After his nine-year NBA career came to a close Sundvold returned to Columbia, Missouri and put his degree in finance from MU to use. He first worked full-time for BC Christopher Securities, where he'd already been working part-time during the basketball off-season.{{cite web|url=http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_life_retirement_age/|title=Life after retirement at 32|publisher=Registered Rep:The Source for Financial Advisors|date=January 1, 2002|access-date=November 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402131134/http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_life_retirement_age/|archive-date=April 2, 2012}} In 1997 Sundvold stepped out on his own, establishing the investment firm, Sundvold Capital Management.{{cite web|url=http://www.moboysstate.org/about/people/whoswho/detail.asp?cid=132258|title=Who's Who of Missouri Boys State|publisher=American Legion Missouri Boys State|year=2011|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403092150/http://www.moboysstate.org/about/people/whoswho/detail.asp?cid=132258|archive-date=April 3, 2012|url-status=dead}} Despite no longer being active on the court, Sundvold has stayed close to the game he loves as a former college basketball analyst for ESPN and CBS and is currently heard as a color analyst on MU Tiger games broadcast by the Missouri Sports Network. Sundvold and wife Tamara are the parents of one son and two daughters and reside in the Columbia, Missouri area.{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/05/16/wilson-sundvold/|title=Rock Bridge golfer making his own mark...|publisher=The Columbia Missourian newspaper website|date=May 16, 2010|access-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722092243/http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/05/16/wilson-sundvold/|archive-date=July 22, 2012}} His son Wilson also attended MU and played on the golf team before joining Jon's firm.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundvold.com/about|publisher=Sundvold Capital Management|title=Meet the Team|access-date=March 26, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://mutigers.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/wilson-sundvold/4669|title=2015-16 Men's Golf Roster|publisher=MU Tigers website|access-date=March 26, 2024}} His daughter Caroline is a Mizzou alum and former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. His other daughter Anna Kate is also a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. On June 8, 2016, Sundvold was named to the MU Board of Curators by Governor Jay Nixon.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article82622227.html|title=Jon Sundvold and two others are named to the MU Board of Curators|publisher=The Kansas City Star newspaper website|date=June 8, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2016}}