He attended Desert Vista High School for 4 years, and was recruited to play baseball at Glendale Community College (Arizona).
His father, Mickey Gordon, played field hockey for Free State, Southern Gauteng, and South Africa Schools.
He was an important part of the 2005 Desert Vista team who spent the whole season under the radar, and eventually lost in the Arizona 5A semi-finals against a very talented Horizon High School.
In the 2007, Gordon was asked to play in the 2007 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan, where he was the main center fielder for the South African national team.
Only Brett Willemburg and Warren Herman (the latter in limited action) joined Gordon to hit over .300 for South Africa's club.
Gordon handled all 10 chances in center flawlessly in 6 games there; he also played one at DH and a couple innings in left field.