Jackson Emery

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Jackson Emery
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Personal information
Born (1987-06-22) June 22, 1987 (age 36)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)
College BYU (2005–2006, 2008–2011)
NBA draft 2008: undrafted
Position Shooting guard
Career highlights and awards

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

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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]

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  10. ↑ "Jackson Emery trades the court for compost". 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
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