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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1975)}}
{{family name hatnote|Moon||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Moon Tae-jong <br />Jarod Stevenson
| image = Moon Tae-Jong (Jarod Stevenson).jpeg
| caption = Moon playing with Korea at the [[2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup|2014 World Cup]]
| nationality = American / South Korean
| height_cm = 199
| weight_kg = 96
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|01}}
| birth_place = [[Seoul]], South Korea
| high_school = [[Seventy-First High School|Seventy-First]]<br />([[Fayetteville, North Carolina]])
| college = [[Richmond Spiders men's basketball|Richmond]] (1994–1998)
| draft_year = 1998
| career_start = 1998
| career_end = 2018
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| career_number = 4
| years1 = 1998–1999
| team1 = [[SIG Basket|SIG Strasbourg]]
| years2 = 1999–2000
| team2 = [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]]
| years3 = 2000–2001
| team3 = [[Connecticut Pride]]
| years4 = 2001
| team4 = [[Bnei HaSharon|Bnei Hertzliya]]
| years5 = 2001–2002
| team5 = [[S.S. Felice Scandone|De Vizia Avellino]]
| years6 = 2002–2004
| team6 = [[Bnei HaSharon]]
| years7 = 2004–2005
| team7 = [[Lokomotiv Rostov]]
| years8 = 2005–2006
| team8 = [[Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball|Fenerbahçe]]
| years9 = 2006–2007
| team9 = [[BC UNICS|UNICS]]
| years10 = 2007–2008
| team10 = [[CB Girona|Akasvayu Girona]]
| years11 = 2008–2009
| team11 = [[Maroussi BC|Maroussi Athens]]
| years12 = 2009–2010
| team12 = [[KK Hemofarm|Hemofarm Vršac]]
| years13 = 2010–2013
| team13 = [[Incheon ET Land Elephants]]
| years14 = 2013–2015
| team14 = [[Changwon LG Sakers]]
| years15 = 2015–2018
| team15 = [[Goyang Orion Orions]]
| years16 = 2018
| team16 = [[Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus]]
| highlights =
* [[Korean Basketball League|South Korean League]] MVP (2014)
* Korean Basketball League Best of Five (2011, 2014)
* [[FIBA EuroCup|FIBA EuroChallenge]] [[FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day|All-Star Game]] (2006)
*  [[Greek Basket League Pentad|All-Greek League Second Team]] (2009)
* [[LNB Pro B MVP|French 2nd Division Foreign Player's MVP]] (1999)
* [[Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year|CAA Player of the Year]] (1998)
* First-team All-[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]] (1998)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[basketball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Basketball at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] |}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA Asia Championship]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship|2011 Wuhan]] | }}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul  = 문태종
| hanja   = 文泰鐘
| rr      = Mun Taejong
| mr      = Mun T'aejong
}}
'''Moon Tae-jong''' ({{Korean|hangul=문태종|hanja=文泰鐘}}; or '''Cameron Jarod Stevenson'''; born December 1, 1975) is a South Korean former professional [[basketball]] player at the [[small forward]] position. He is 1.99 m in height. Moon played at the [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship]] games, representing [[South Korea national basketball team|South Korea]]. He was head basketball coach at Seaforth High School in Pittsboro, North Carolina until 2024.
==College career==
Moon played [[college basketball]] at the [[University of Richmond]] with the [[Richmond Spiders men's basketball|Richmond Spiders]] from 1994 to 1998 and was named [[Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year]] in 1998. He led the Richmond Spiders to an upset of the #3 seeded [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball|South Carolina Gamecocks]] in the NCAA tournament the same year.
==Professional career==
Moon was named the 1999 [[French Basketball Cup|French Cup]] Finals MVP and also played in the 2006 [[FIBA EuroCup|FIBA EuroChallenge]] [[FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day|All-Star Game]].
==National team career==
Moon was a member of the senior [[South Korean national basketball team|South Korean national team]]. He won the bronze medal at the [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship]] and the gold medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]]. He also played at the [[2014 FIBA World Cup]].
==Awards and honors==
*As awarded by the basketball website [[Eurobasket.com]]:
CAAC Player of the Year -98<br />
French Cup Finalist -99<br />
French Cup Finals MVP -99<br />
French Pro B MVP -99<br />
French ProA All-Import Players 2nd Team -00<br />
Israeli Cup Final Four -03<br />
All-Israeli League 2nd Team -03, 04<br />
Israeli Premier League Semifinals -04<br />
Israeli League All-Imports 1st Team -04<br />
FIBA Europe Cup North Conference Finalist -05<br />
FIBA Europe Cup Finalist -05<br />
FIBA Europe Cup Final Four All-Star Team -05<br />
FIBA EuroCup All-Star Game -06 (3-Points Contest Winner)<br />
Turkish Cup Semifinals -06<br />
ULEB Cup Semifinals -07<br />
Russian Cup Finalist -07<br />
Russian A Superleague Regular Season Runner-Up -07<br />
Russian A Superleague Finalist -07<br />
Russian A Superleague All-Newcomers Team -07<br />
Greek League Semifinals -08, 09<br />
All-Greek League Forward of the Year -08<br />
All-Greek League 1st Team -08<br />
Greek A1 League All-Imports Team -08<br />
Greek Cup Semifinals -09<br />
All-Greek A1 League Forward of the Year -09<br />
All-Greek A1 League 1st Team -09<br />
Greek A1 League All-Imports Team -09<br />
Adriatic League Semifinals -10<br />
Korean KBL Regular Season Runner-Up -11<br />
Korean KBL Semifinals -11<br />
All-Korean KBL Forward of the Year -11<br />
All-Korean KBL 1st Team -11<br />
Korean KBL All-Domestic Players Team -11
==Personal life==
Moon earned his South Korean citizenship in 2011 alongside his brother, Moon Tae-young (born Greg Stevenson), who was also a professional basketball player.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 22, 2011 |title=Half-Korean basketball players gain citizenship |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2939221 |trans-title=주민등록증 받는 문태종·태영 … 허재가 더 좋아했다 |work=[[Korea Daily]] | accessdate=September 12, 2014 }}</ref> The Moon brothers were born to their Korean mother and African American father.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Liebsch |date=December 5, 2011 |title=Moon Tae Young Finds His Way |url=http://busanhaps.com/moon-tae-young-finds-his-way/ |work=Busan Haps Magazine |accessdate=September 12, 2014 }}</ref> His son, [[Jarin Stevenson]], played for him at Seaforth High School before earning a basketball scholarship to the University of Alabama.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fowler|first=Chapel|url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2021/10/15/unc-north-carolina-tar-heels-basketball-recruiting-hubert-davis-jarin-stevenson-2024/6098642001/|title=UNC basketball, Hubert Davis make nearby recruit Jarin Stevenson a priority|publisher=[[Fayetteville Observer]]|date= October 15, 2021|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of foreign basketball players in Serbia]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?clubcode=mar&pcode=LSE EuroCup Profile]
* [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Tae-Jong_Moon/South-Korea/Changwon_LG_Sakers/29706 Eurobasket.com Profile]
* [https://www.tblstat.net/player/803 Turkish League Profile]
* [http://www.kbl.or.kr/players/player_info.asp?pcode=290377&flag1=1&flag2=0&tcode=50&sname= Profile] at KBL.or.kr
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* {{facebook|moontaejong}}
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