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6'
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190 lbs.
Class
Senior
Hometown
Alpine,
Utah
Last School
Lone Peak High School
Roster Years
2005-2006 | 2008-2011
Personal
- Parents are Derek and Patti Emery
- Has two brothers, Nick and Alex, and one sister, Annie
- Married Cherese Creer in fall 2008
- Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico
- Recruited by Utah, Princeton, Air Force, Utah State, Weber State, Snow College, Westminster, UVSC and Dixie State College
Before BYU
Lone Peak High School
- All-American nominee and named the 2005 Mr. Basketball (Deseret Morning News), 4A-MVP (Salt Lake Tribune) and All-Valley (Daily Herald) while leading the Knights to the Class 4A State Championship his senior year
- Averaged 20.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists while recording 86 steals, nearly four a game, and 40 blocks during senior season
- Scored 24.8 points per game during the state tournament to earn MVP honors, finishing with 27 points on 7-of-11 shooting, 4-of-6 from three-point range, 9-of-10 free throws, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals and 1 block in the title game against Box Elder
- All-time Lone Peak steals leader and second all-time in scoring
- Career highlights of 11 steals, 30 points and one triple-double
- Graduated with honors (3.957 GPA)
Emery Career Highs
Points | 25 vs. Nevada (2009) |
FG Made | 8 vs. Nevada (2009), at Air Force [2010], at TCU (2010) |
FG Attempts | 15 vs. South Florida (2010) |
FG % | .857 (6-7) vs. EWU (2009), vs. SDSU (2010) |
3FG Made | 6 vs. UTEP (2010), at UNLV (2011) |
3FG Attempts | 13 vs. South Florida (2010) |
3FG% | 1.000 (3-3) vs. UNM (2009) |
FT Made | 7, multiple times, last vs. New Mexico (2011) |
FT Attempts | 9 vs. Air Force (2009) |
FT % | 1.000 (7-7) vs. Nebraska (2010) |
Rebounds | 8 vs. Nebraska (2009) |
Assists | 9 at Pepperdine (2008), at UTEP (2010) |
Blocks | 2, four times, last at TCU (2010) |
Steals | 6, multiple times, last vs. Utah (2011) |
Minutes | 40, multiple times, last vs. Wofford (2011) |
Emery Career Stats
Year | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005-06 | 28 | 6 | 279 | 10 | 28 | 70 | .400 | 13 | 43 | .302 | 10 | 13 | .769 |
2008-09 | 33 | 32 | 942 | 28.5 | 85 | 177 | .480 | 40 | 106 | .377 | 48 | 65 | .738 |
2009-10 | 35 | 35 | 1011 | 28.9 | 145 | 298 | .487 | 85 | 197 | .431 | 61 | 82 | .744 |
2010-11 | 37 | 32 | 1202 | 32.5 | 151 | 354 | .427 | 92 | 255 | .361 | 68 | 82 | .829 |
TOTAL | 133 | 105 | 3434 | 25.8 | 409 | 899 | .455 | 230 | 601 | .383 | 187 | 242 | .773 |
Year | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | PF | FO | Ast | TO | Blk | Stl | Pts | Avg |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005-06 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 38 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 2.8 |
2008-09 | 16 | 109 | 125 | 3.8 | 88 | 5 | 100 | 36 | 10 | 47 | 258 | 7.8 |
2009-10 | 27 | 129 | 156 | 4.5 | 90 | 1 | 96 | 42 | 11 | 91 | 436 | 12.5 |
2010-11 | 15 | 116 | 131 | 3.5 | 98 | 0 | 97 | 35 | 8 | 101 | 462 | 12.5 |
TOTAL | 72 | 381 | 453 | 3.4 | 314 | 7 | 312 | 132 | 36 | 249 | 1235 | 9.3 |
BYU Career Honors
- 2011 MWC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2011 All-MWC Second Team
- 2011 MWC All-Defensive Team
- 2011 NABC All-District 17 Second Team
- 2011 USBWA All-District VIII
- 2010 USBWA All-District VIII
- 2010 NABC All-District 17 Second Team
- 2010 All-MWC Second Team
- 2010 MWC All-Defensive Team
- 2010 Academic All-MWC
- 2010 CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America Honorable Mention
- 2010 NABC Honors Court
- 2009 HoopTV Las Vegas Classic All-Tournament
- 2009 MWC All-Defensive Team
- 2009 Academic All-MWC
- 2006 Academic All-MWC
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2005-2006
- Named Academic All-MWC
- Averaged 2.8 points and 1.5 rebounds while shooting .400 from the field, .302 from three and .769 from the free throw line
- Scored in double figures twice and led BYU in rebounds and assists once each
- Posted 13 points at Wyoming while hitting 3-of-4 from three
- Had 10 points in 9 minutes vs. Southern Utah
Sophmore Year
2008-2009
- Named to MWC All-Defensive Team and earned Academic All-MWC
- Named Most Inspirational Player at postseason banquet
- Averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 boards and 3.0 assist per game and added 47 steals, third most on the team
- Shot .480 from the field, .377 on threes and .738 from the free throw line
- Scored in double figures 9 times on the season and led the team in assists 6 times
- Was fifth in the MWC in steals and first in assist/turnover ratio and was 10th in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio
- Totaled 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 6 steals against Air Force
- Scored 19 points vs. New Mexico to go with 6 boards and 2 steals
Junior Year
2009-2010
- Named to All-MWC Second Team, MWC All-Defensive Team and MWC All-Academic
- Earned USBWA All-District VIII honors and named to NABC All-District 17 Second Team
- Earned CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America Honorable Mention honors
- A member of the 2010 NABC Honors Court, a team captain and received team Competitive Spirit Award
- Was second on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg), rebounding (4.5 rpg) and assists (2.7 spg) and led the team with 91 steals
- Made 85 threes and shot .487 from the field, .431 from three and .744 from the free throw line
- Was ranked in the top 10 in five MWC statistical categories and was 10th in the nation in steals per game
- Scored in double figures 23 times and 20-plus points 4 times
- Had multiple steals 25 times and led the team in scoring 4 times, rebounds 9 times, assists 8 times and steals 25 times
- Scored 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from three with 5 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks at TCU
- Scored a game-high 21 points, hitting 5 treys, adding 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in 34 minutes at Air Force
- Against Nebraska had 23 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field, 4-of-6 shooting from downtown and 7-of-7 shooting from the free throw line while adding a career-best 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 assists
- Scored a career-high 25 points against Nevada in the HoopTV Las Vegas Classic, hitting 8-of-12 from the field, 5-of-7 from three and 4-of-4 from the free throw line while adding 3 assists and 3 steals
Senior Year
2010-2011
- Finished career as BYU's and the MWC's all-time career steals leader
- Set BYU and MWC single season records with 101 steals
- Named MWC Defensive Player of the Year and MWC All-Defensive Team
- Earned All-MWC Second Team and Academic All-MWC
- NABC All-District 17 Second Team and USBWA All-District VIII
- A team captain and named Best Conditioned Perimeter Player and Mr. BYU Basketball
- Received the Dale R. McCann Spirit of Sport Award at the Y Awards
- Named to South Padre Island All-Tournament Team
- Averaged 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.7 steals per game while shooting .427 from the field, .361 from three and .829 from the free throw line
- Was 7th in the nation in steals per game
- Led the MWC in steals, was 11th in scoring, 2nd in threes per game, 9th in three-point field goal percentage and 8th in minutes played
- Posted three-plus steals 19 times, four-plus steals 13 times and five-plus steals six times
- Hit three-plus threes 17 times and three-plus assists 21 times
- Scored in double figures 26 times and had four 20-point games
- Posted season highs of 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 steals and 6 threes
- Posted 16 points, 4 assists and 3 steals vs. Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament
- Recorded 17 points, 5 assists and 6 steals vs. Utah
- Hit 6-of-9 threes and had 22 points at UNLV
- Scored a season-high 23 points vs. UTEP to go with 6 threes, 6 boards and 6 steals
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- M Basketball | Sep, 22
Jimmer Scores 27 in All-Star Game
- ImageM Basketball | Sep, 07
Emery to Play in Jimmer's All-Star Game
- ImageM Basketball | Jun, 28
Emery, Anderson, Hartsock Named Academic All-MWC
- ImageM Basketball | May, 31
Emery Works Out for Utah Jazz
- ImageM Basketball | May, 31
Emery Works Out for Utah Jazz