Woo Ji-won

Woo Ji-won, born on 2 April 1973, is a South Korean retired professional basketball player nicknamed the Prince of the Court. He played for three teams over a fourteen-year career, the longest at Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus, which retired his number 10 shirt after he retired. As a child he enjoyed baseball and ran track, and began basketball when his elementary school started a team and recruited him despite his short stature. He attended Samseon Middle School and Kyungbock High School in Seoul, both known for basketball, and graduated from Yonsei University with a law degree, unusual among college athletes. His classmate Chun Hee-chul became his national teammate and best friend, and his time at Yonsei coincided with the golden era of domestic college basketball.