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 a Corporate Account Development Manager.[13]

See also

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2011-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "DICKSON: Emery's journey answered many questions". Archived from the original on 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  4. "Award Recipients - Utah Mr. Basketball". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2011-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "BYU Basketball: Cougars dominate Mountain West Conference awards". Deseret News. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  8. "BYU basketball: Jackson Emery breaks Danny Ainge's school steals record". Deseret News. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  9. "Ex-BYU's Jackson Emery added to Jimmer's All-Stars". Archived from the original on 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  10. "Jackson Emery trades the court for compost". 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  11. "Emery gets one more chance to say farewell at all-star game". Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  12. "Twitter / Jacksonemery04: I had a great first week at". Archived from the original on 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  13. "Sign Up | LinkedIn".
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