Jackson Emery (born June 22, 1987) is an American former

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player who played for the

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team. Emery was born in

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and grew up in

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. 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. Emery was recruited by nine schools for collegiate play and elected to attend

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, which is sponsored by

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, of which he is a member. After his freshman year, he took a two-year hiatus to serve an LDS mission in

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, then returned to BYU. Emery is married, and finished his senior year serving as co-captain of the team alongside

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and Logan Magnusson. In Emery's senior season, he was named the

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defensive player of the year. He holds both BYU's and the MWC's all-time season and career steal records. Seeing virtually no interest from anyone in professional basketball, Emery ended his basketball career, and began working for EcoScraps, a composting company. On 23 September 2011, he played in the Jimmer All-Star Game. Jackson currently works for Domo, a business intelligence software company based in American Fork, Utah. He serves as a Corporate Account Development Manager.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emery, Jackson 1987 births Living people Latter Day Saints from Utah Basketball players from Salt Lake City American men's basketball players BYU Cougars men's basketball players Shooting guards American Mormon missionaries in Mexico

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