Jermaine Blackburn

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Jermaine Blackburn
Personal information
Born (1983-02-08) February 8, 1983 (age 39)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Hazelwood Central
(Florissant, Missouri)
College
NBA draft 2005 / Undrafted
Playing career2005–2015
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
Number24
Career history
2005 West Sydney Razorbacks
2005–2007 Idaho Stampede
2007 Gary Steelheads
2007–2008 Yakama Sun Kings
2008 Snohomish County Explosion
2008–2009 East Kentucky Miners
2009–2010 Southeast Texas Mavericks
2011 Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
2011 Portland Chinooks
2011–2012 Laval Kebs
2012 Saint John Mill Rats
2012–2013 London Lightning
2013–2014Saint John Mill Rats
2014Portland Chinooks
2014 Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks
Career highlights and awards

Jermaine Blackburn (born February 8, 1983) is an American former basketball player. He is best known for recording the Continental Basketball Association's first-ever quadruple-double. On December 20, 2008, Blackburn was playing for the East Kentucky Miners against the West Virginia Wild. He compiled 22  points, 10  rebounds, 14  assists and 10  steals. [1] Remarkably, he followed this performance with a triple-double in his very next game, recording 22 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists against the same West Virginia team. [1]

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College

Blackburn, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, played junior college basketball for two seasons after graduating from Hazelwood Central High School. [2] [3] He played at Missouri State University-West Plains before transferring to the Boise State Broncos of the Western Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I school. [2] In his first season at Boise State, he helped the Broncos reach the Sweet 16 of the 2004 National Invitation Tournament. [4] The following year, Blackburn's senior season in 2004–05, he led his team in scoring at 15.4 points per game. [4] As a #8 seed in the WAC men's basketball tournament, Boise State reached the championship game before losing to #2  UTEP, 91–78. [5]

Professional

Since 2005, Blackburn has played in various professional and semi-professional basketball leagues. His most notable former team is the West Sydney Razorbacks who played in the NBL. [6] [7] He was released after just 11 games for the Razorbacks. [8] Other stints have included the CBA for the East Kentucky Miners [6] and Yakama Sun Kings (for whom he was a CBA All-Star in 2008), [6] the American Basketball Association for the Southeast Texas Mavericks, the Snohomish County Explosion in the International Basketball League [9] as well as the NBA Development League's Idaho Stampede. [3]

For the inaugural 2011–12 National Basketball League of Canada season, Blackburn split the season between the Quebec Kebs and the Saint John Mill Rats. For 2012–13, Blackburn played for the London Lightning. He returned to the Mill Rats before the start of the 2013-14 NBL Canada season. [10]

Personal

Blackburn married Jodi Bell on August 10, 2013. He has one daughter, Janess, from a previous marriage.

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