Choi Jin-soo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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South Korean basketball player
Date of Birth: 11-May-1989
Place of Birth: Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: South Korea
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Choi Jin-soo
- Choi Jin-soo (Korean: ???, formerly known as Jin Soo Kim; born 11 May 1989) is a South Korean basketball player who played for University of Maryland, College Park and the Korea national basketball team.
- He is the first South Korean to receive a full NCAA Division I basketball scholarship.He is listed as a small forward but he is able to play shooting guard, power forward, and center.
- Usually, he plays small forward in the United States, and power forward when he plays for the Korea national basketball team. He came to the United States as a high school freshman in 2004.
- As a freshman, he was a starting forward for Montclair Prep.
- He transferred to South Kent for his sophomore year.
- At South Kent, he played for three years as a Forward.
- In October 2007, he verbally committed to the University of Maryland.
- He graduated from South Kent in 2008, and became a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park. In Choi's first game as a Terrapin, he scored 20 points in an exhibition vs.
- Northwood University.
- Choi immediately became a fan favorite of the Maryland students, as they were cheering his name by the end of the game.On January 27, 2009, Choi was declared academically ineligible.
- Maryland appealed the decision to the NCAA and he was reinstated a few days later.During the 2009 offseason, Choi changed his name from Kim to Choi.
- He did this to acknowledge his stepfather.
- Choi's biological father Kim Yoo-taek was a well-known South Korean basketball player and former Korea national basketball team coach.On January 5, 2010, it was announced that Choi was leaving the University of Maryland.
- He cited difficulties in playing basketball and taking academic classes at the same time as reasons for his departure.
- Choi was drafted third in the 2011 KBL Korean Basketball League draft to the Goyang Orions.
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