Awards
- CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America Honorable Mention (2010)
- NABC All-District Second Team (2010, 2011)
- USBWA All-District (2010, 2011)
- MWC Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
- All-MWC Second Team (2010, 2011)
- MWC All-Defensive Team (2009, 2010, 2011)
- Academic All-MWC (2006, 2009, 2010)
- NABC Honors Court (2010)
- HoopTV Las Vegas Classic All-Tournament (2009)
BYU Highlights
- Appeared in 133 games including 105 starts, averaging 25.8 minutes per game
- Averaged 9.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game
- Most steals in program history (249)
- Most steals per game in program history (1.87)
- Most five steal games (13)
- Most three steal games (39)
- 3rd highest assist-to-turnover ratio (2.36:1)
- 4th most 3-point field goals (230)
- 4th most 3-point field goal attempts (601)
- 6th most victories (105)
- 6th highest winning percentage (.789)
- 9th most games played (133)
- 10th most 3-point field goals per game (1.73)
- 15th most games played (105)
- 17th most assists (2.3)
- 17th most minutes played (3,434)
- 19th highest 3-point field goal percentage (.383)
- 28th on the all-time scoring list (1,235)
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 |