| Patrick Ewing Junior was born on May 20, 1984 | | | | transferring. The NCAA transfer rule is fairly effective |
| around the time that his famous father was | | | | at achieving this result. |
| graduating from college at Georgetown University. | | | | After sitting out for the 2005-2006 college basketball |
| Interestingly, the birth of Patrick Ewing Jr. occurred | | | | season while attending classes at Georgetown |
| right between his father (who shares the same | | | | University Ewing Jr. came back for the 2006-2007 |
| name) being named a first team All-American college | | | | season and was an effective contributor for a |
| basketball player and winning an Olympic gold medal | | | | formidable Georgetown Hoyas team. As a proud |
| with the 1984 United States basketball team in the | | | | member of the Georgetown basketball program |
| Olympic games that were held in Los Angeles. | | | | Ewing Jr. wore number 33, the same number that his |
| Ewing Junior, born in Boston, Massachusetts, | | | | father wore on his jersey more than twenty years |
| attended college preparatory schools in New York, | | | | earlier. While wearing number 33 during his senior |
| Georgia, and Maryland before deciding to attend | | | | season Patrick Ewing Junior came off the bench for |
| Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. On May 1, | | | | the Hoyas and averaged 6.1 points a game. Despite |
| 2003 as a senior in high school at National Christian | | | | minimal statistical production on the court Ewing |
| Academy in Maryland Ewing formally committed to | | | | Junior was honored with the Big East Conference |
| playing college basketball as an Indiana Hoosier. | | | | Sixth Man of the Year award. An interesting piece of |
| Although his father was a renowned 7 foot center | | | | trivia is that when Patrick Ewing Junior played |
| with an 8 foot wingspan Ewing Jr. plays the power | | | | basketball at Georgetown his head coach, John |
| forward position as a 6'8" player in a game increasing | | | | Thompson III, was the son of the man that coached |
| filled with taller players from one generation to the | | | | his father at the exact same school two decades |
| next. | | | | earlier. |
| After playing for two years with Indiana University | | | | Despite being taken with the 43rd pick in the 2008 |
| Patrick Ewing Junior decided to transfer to the same | | | | NBA Draft the professional basketball career of |
| college that his father attended. In 2005 Ewing Jr. | | | | Patrick Ewing Junior looks uncertain as he has already |
| transferred from Indiana University to Georgetown | | | | been sidetracked by injuries. Regardless of how the |
| University in Washington D.C. The National Collegiate | | | | rest of his basketball career turns out many |
| Athletic Association (NCAA) rules dictate that | | | | onlookers would agree that Patrick Ewing Junior has |
| athletes transferring from one Division-I college to | | | | already achieved a great deal of success when |
| another Division-I college must first sit out a year | | | | considering the additional burden the pressure of |
| before resuming competition. The purpose of this rule | | | | being the son of an iconic star has had on his life. |
| is believed to primarily be to discourage excessive | | | | |