Jordan Dingle
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jordan Dingle
| image =
| caption =
| number = 25
| position = Shooting guard
| league = Basketball League of Serbia
| team = KK Vojvodina
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|7|14}}
| birth_place =
| high_school =
| college =
- Penn (2019–2023)
- St. John's (2023–2024)
| draft_year = 2024
| career_start = 2024
| years1 = 2024–present
| team1 = KK Vojvodina
| highlights =
- Ivy League Player of the Year (2023)
- 2× First-team All-Ivy League (2022, 2023)
- Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2020)
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (2023)
}}
Jordan Dingle (born July 14, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for KK Vojvodina of the Basketball League of Serbia. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm and Penn Quakers, where he was a two-time All-Ivy League selection and the 2023 Ivy League Player of the Year.
Early life and high school career
Dingle grew up in Valley Stream, New York and initially attended Lawrence Woodmere Academy.{{cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/highschoolsports/article/lawrence-woodmeres-division-i-bound-hoopers-take-down-sia-85-49-in-boys-hoops/|title=Lawrence Woodmere's Division-I bound hoopers take down SIA, 85-49, in boys' hoops|work=Staten Island Advance|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=January 10, 2022}} Before the start of his junior year, he transferred to Blair Academy, a boarding school in Blairstown, New Jersey.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/11/penn-mens-basketball-jordan-dingle-profile-freshman-guard-alabama-ivy-league|title=Freshman Jordan Dingle has been impressive, but his coach says it's only the beginning|first=Joey|last=Piatt|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian|date=November 14, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2022}}
College career
Dingle became a starter during his freshman season and was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year after averaging 13.5 points, 2.3 assists, and 3.4 rebounds per game.{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/jeremiah-robinson-earl-villanova-rookie-of-the-year-city-6-justin-moore-jordan-dingle-penn-20200226.html|title=City 6 rookie of the year? There's no upset.|first=Mike|last=Jensen|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=February 26, 2020|access-date=January 10, 2022}} He took a leave of absence from Penn during his true sophomore year after the 2020–21 season was canceled in the Ivy League due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn/penn-graduate-transfer-padilla-monroe-charles-20221215.html|title=Why Penn basketball players, men and women, are heading for the transfer portal|first=Mike|last=Jensen|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=December 15, 2022|access-date=January 10, 2022}} Dingle was named first-team All-Ivy League in 2022 after he averaged 20.9 points, 2.4 assists, and 3.6 rebounds over 26 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn/jordan-dingle-penn-big-5-20221212.html|title=Jordan Dingle has to be a strong favorite for Big 5 player of the year|first=Mike|last=Jensen|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=December 12, 2022|access-date=January 10, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/sports/penn-dingle-jordan-ncaa-college-basketball-ivy-league-20230123.html|title=Penn's Jordan Dingle is hoping to win big things with the Quakers: "That's all that I want to do."|first=Nicky|last=Belgrad|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=January 23, 2023|access-date=January 24, 2022}} Dingle finished second in the nation with 23.4 points per game and was named the Ivy League Player of the Year and won the Robert V. Geasey Trophy as the top player in the Philadelphia Big 5 as a junior.{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn/penn-quakers-basketball-jordan-dingle-ivy-league-ncaa-college-basketball-20230307.html|title=Penn's Jordan Dingle named Ivy League Player of the Year in men's hoops|first=Melanie|last=Heller|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=March 7, 2023|access-date=March 7, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/villanova/maddy-siegrist-jordan-dingle-big-5-20230404.html|title=Maddy Siegrist, Jordan Dingle named Big 5 players of the year|first=Mike|last=Jensen|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 4, 2023|access-date=May 4, 2023}} After the season he entered the NCAA transfer portal.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/36311769/penn-jordan-dingle-ivy-league-player-year-entering-portal|title=Penn's Jordan Dingle, Ivy League Player of the Year, entering portal|first=Jonathan|last=Givony|website=ESPN.com|date=April 28, 2023|access-date=May 4, 2023}}
Dingle committed to St. John's and newly-hired head coach Rick Pitino.{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/st-johns-lands-explosive-scorer-jordan-dingle-in-rick-pitinos-biggest-coup-yet/|title=St. John's lands explosive scorer Jordan Dingle in Rick Pitino's biggest coup yet|first=Zach|last=Braziller|work=New York Post|date=May 12, 2023|access-date=May 12, 2023}}
Professional career
Dingle signed with KK Vojvodina of the Basketball League of Serbia on August 6, 2024, to begin his professional career.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Serbia/news/885740/KK-Vojvodina-signed-Jordan-Dingle|title=KK Vojvodina signed Jordan Dingle|first=Zoran|last=Popovic|website=EuroBasket.com|date=August 6, 2024|access-date=October 7, 2024}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=College=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20
| style="text-align:left;"| Penn
| 25 || 20 || 31.3 || .416 || .339 || .583 || 3.4 || 2.3 || .8 || .0 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21
| style="text-align:left;"| Penn
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"| The Ivy League canceled the season due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22
| style="text-align:left;"| Penn
| 26 || 26 || 31.8 || .446 || .335 || .810 || 3.6 || 2.4 || .8 || .0 || 20.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23
| style="text-align:left;"| Penn
| 28 || 26 || 33.5 || .464 || .356 || .856 || 3.6 || 2.3 || 1.1 || .1 || 23.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24
| style="text-align:left;"| St. John's
| 31 || 23 || 25.1 || .440 || .311 || .745 || 2.0 || 1.7 || 0.8 || .1 || 11.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 110 || 95 || 30.3 || .444 || .337 || .785 || 3.1 || 2.1 || .9 || .1 || 17.2
{{S-end}}
Personal life
Dingle's father, Dana Dingle, played college basketball at UMass and was a starter for the Minutemen in the 1996 Final Four.{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/college-basketball-jordan-dingle-penn-quakers-alabama-20191119.html|title=Penn freshman Jordan Dingle has a notable hoops name, and a game with potential to match it|first=Jonathan|last=Tannenwald|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 18, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://redstormsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jordan-dingle/5111 St. John's Red Storm bio]
- [https://pennathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jordan-dingle/19847 Penn Quakers bio]
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{{Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox}}
{{Robert V. Geasey Trophy}}
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Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Nassau County, New York
Category:Lawrence Woodmere Academy alumni
Category:Penn Quakers men's basketball players
Category:People from Valley Stream, New York