Jackson Emery

Jackson Emery (born June 22, 1987)[1][2] is a former American basketball player who played for the BYU Cougars men's basketball team.

Jackson Emery
Personal information
Born (1987-06-22) June 22, 1987
Salt Lake City, Utah
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolLone Peak (Highland, Utah)
CollegeBYU (2005–2006, 2008–2011)
NBA draft2008 / Undrafted
PositionShooting guard
Career highlights and awards

Emery was born in Salt Lake City and grew up in Alpine, Utah. He earned several accolades for his basketball performance in high school, leading his team to a state championship and being named Utah Mr. Basketball in 2005.[3][4] Emery was recruited by nine schools for collegiate play and elected to attend Brigham Young University, which is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he is a member.[2] After his freshman year, he took a two-year hiatus to serve an LDS mission in Mexico, then returned to BYU. Emery is married,[2] and finished his senior year serving as co-captain of the team alongside Jimmer Fredette and Logan Magnusson.[5] In Emery's senior season, he was named the Mountain West Conference defensive player of the year.[6] He holds both BYU's and the MWC's all-time season and career steal records.[7][8]

Seeing virtually no interest from anyone in professional basketball, Emery ended his basketball career, [9] and began working for EcoScraps, a composting company.[10] On 23 September 2011, he played in the Jimmer All-Star Game.[11] Jackson currently works for Domo, a business intelligence software company based in American Fork, Utah.[12] He serves as an Corporate Account Development Manager.[13]

See also

References
  1. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=498&sid=14043525
  2. http://www.byucougars.com/Profile.jsp?ID=2619
  3. http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/byu/basketball/men/article_7b3a036a-2391-11e0-a45d-001cc4c002e0.html
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=14410
  6. "BYU Basketball: Cougars dominate Mountain West Conference awards". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28.
  7. "Jackson Emery set to break Ainge's steals record at BYU". USA Today. 2011-01-04.
  8. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700099950/BYU-basketball-Jackson-Emery-breaks-Danny-Ainges-school-steals-record.html
  9. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsjazznotes/52537210-62/byu-emery-career-jackson.html.csp
  10. http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2011/10/26/jackson-emery-trades-the-court-for-compost
  11. http://www.heraldextra.com/college/byu/article_70a423c2-e59c-11e0-994f-001cc4c002e0.html
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2012-08-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=150689649&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=tas%3Ajackson%2Cidx%3A1-1-1
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