Jeff Jordan Earns Basketball Scholarship Premium Story

Jeff Jordan (Holly Smith)
Jeff Jordan (Holly Smith)
By Jack Lyman
InsideIllini.com staff
Date: Jan 22, 2009

The life of a walkon can be frustrating at times. Even though a walkon athlete practices every day with the team and dresses for the games, he doesn't get to eat at the training table or participate in all the activities available to a scholarship athlete. Thus, it was a big morale boost for Jeff Jordan when Coach Bruce Weber gave him a scholarship to begin the second semester.

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