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Jimmer Fredette

Fredette in March 2011
No. 7 – Sacramento Kings
Guard
Personal information
Born	(1989-02-25) February 25, 1989 (age 23) Glens Falls, New York
Nationality	American
High school	Glens Falls
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College	Brigham Young
NBA Draft	2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
Professional Collegiate Awards 2011 Naismith Award 2011 Oscar Robertson Trophy 2011 Adolph Rupp Trophy 2011 John R. Wooden Award 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award 2011 Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award Honors 2011 National Player of the Year 2011 MWC Player of the Year 15X MWC Player of the Week[1] 4X Tournament MVP (2011 MWC Championship, 2010 South Padre Island Invitational, 2009 Las Vegas Classic, 2009 Fiesta Bowl Classic) Records BYU: Most Points Scored (game) (52 pts)[2] Most Points Scored (season) (1068) Most Points Scored (career) (2599) Most Free Throws Made (game) (23) Most Free Throws Made (season) (252) Most Free Throws Made (career) (627) Most Field Goals Made (game) (22) Most Field Goals Made (season) (346) Most Three-Point FGs Made (game) (9) Most Three-Point FGs Made (season) (124) Most Three-Point FGs Made (career) (296) Most 30-point games (career) (24) Most 40-point games (career) (6) MWC: Most Points Scored (game) (52) Most Points Scored (season) (1068) Most Points Scored (career) (2599) Most Field Goals Made (season) (346) Most Field Goals Made (career) (838) Most Three-Point FGs Made (career) (296)

James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette^[3][4] (born February 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. He gained national fame during his collegiate career at Brigham Young University, where he was the leading scorer in all of NCAA Division I basketball during his senior season and earned every major National Player of the Year honor, including the Wooden Award,^[5] the Naismith Award,^[6] the Adolph Rupp Trophy,^[7] and the Oscar Robertson Trophy.^[8] Fredette is a native of Glens Falls, New York.^[9]

Early life[link]

James Taft Fredette was born in Glens Falls, New York^[10] to parents Al and Kay Fredette, as the youngest of three children.^[9] His mother wanted to call him something unique and nicknamed him "Jimmer".

From his early childhood, Jimmer showed unusual dedication to athletics. His older brother TJ recalled, "He was the most determined, competitive four-year-old I had ever seen." TJ helped Jimmer train for his basketball career since before kindergarten.^[11] He regularly played with TJ, seven years older, and TJ's friends on the family's backyard court. Fredette was able to hit three-pointers at age 5, and developed moves to get around his larger opponents. TJ also remembered that his brother "willed himself to find ways to win, even if he was physically outmatched. From the time he was 10, I was telling everybody he was going to make the NBA."^[12]

Other family members assisted Fredette in his development. His father, a financial adviser, introduced Jimmer to schoolyard competition against adults at age 8. As Jimmer developed, his father took him on occasional road trips to Hartford and New York City for more intense competition, and also helped to coach his AAU teams. His mother allowed him to bounce basketballs throughout the house, and even built a dribbling studio for him in their basement. Her brother Lee Taft, a personal trainer who now operates a speed training school in Indianapolis, started him on running drills as a 5-year-old, and still works with Fredette.^[12]

Jimmer also has an older sister, Lindsay, Miss Teen New York 1998.^[13] Fredette's father became a Mormon at the age of 18 after meeting missionary Kimball Rogers—the father of Fredette's BYU teammate Stephen Rogers^[14]— while his mother is a Catholic. Fredette, along with his two older siblings, chose to become Mormon after their parents allowed them to choose their religion.^[9]

High school career[link]

Fredette was ranked among the nation's top 75 shooting guards by ESPN.com in high school. He is Section II's and Glens Falls High School's all-time leading scorer, ranking 6th on New York's all-time scoring list, with 2,404 points.^[15] Fredette was named first-team all-state by the New York State Sportswriters Association and the Times Union as a junior and senior. He had several memorable on court moments in his career at Glens Falls, including 12 different 40 point performances in his senior season,^{[citation needed]} and a shot against Voorheesville High School in the season opener of his junior year in which he banked a three pointer off the glass and in with his opposite hand to force overtime at the end of regulation^{[citation needed]}. In his senior season Fredette led his team to a 25–2 record and the Class A State Championship game which they lost 58 to 48 to a Peekskill High School team led by current Syracuse University forward Mookie Jones. He played AAU for the Albany City Rocks alongside current Penn State University point guard Talor Battle.^[16] Fredette averaged 25 points per game to help the Rocks to a third-place win over the Minnesota Magic at the 2006 AAU National Championships.^[17] He also lit up the Sportsfest Tournament at Cedar Beach in Allentown, PA during a prestigious outdoor summer tournament. His performance included four three-pointers in the first half of the championship game fighting against 10–15 mph gusts of wind.^{[citation needed]}

Despite his high school accolades, he went largely unnoticed by the traditional "basketball powers".^[12] He received offers from 12 schools^[18] and ultimately chose to attend BYU,^[18] which was sister Lindsay's alma mater and the flagship school of the LDS Church.^[12]

College career[link]

Fredette played basketball collegiately at Brigham Young University from 2007–2011. He wore jersey number 32 and was an American Studies major in college.

Freshman year[link]

Fredette played in all 35 games for the Cougars as a true freshman, helping BYU earn a 27–8 record and capture the Mountain West Conference Championship. He averaged 18.5 minutes, 7.0 points, 1.7 assists, 1.1 rebounds per game, and was the team's fifth-leading scorer.^[17]

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Sophomore year[link]

Fredette played in all 33 games of his sophomore season starting 32 of them. He was second on the team in scoring (16.2), three-point shooting percentage (.382), three-point makes (52), and free throw percentage (.847), and first in steals (1.5) and assists (4.1). He scored in double figures 29 times and had 20-plus points 8 times. Fredette led the team in scoring 10 times, assists 19 times, and was named first team all Mountain West.^[17] Fredette became BYU's first point guard to earn first-team all-conference honors since Marty Haws in 1990.

Junior year[link]

On December 28, 2009, Jimmer Fredette scored 49 points against the Arizona Wildcats, setting a new BYU record and a new McKale Center record for points scored in a single game.^[20]

On March 11, 2010, Fredette scored 45 points, shooting 10-for-23 from the field, and making 23-of-24 free throws, in his team's 95–85 win over TCU. His scoring broke the Mountain West Conference tournament and tournament single-game records. His free throw shooting broke the MWC tournament record for free throws in a single game.^[21]

On March 18, 2010, Fredette helped secure BYU's first round win in the NCAA tournament. He went on to score 37 points and hit two 3-pointers in double-overtime to seal the Cougars' 99–92 win over 10th-seeded Florida, the first time they had reached the second round of the tournament in 17 years. In doing so, he tied a BYU record for most points scored in an NCAA tournament game. (Danny Ainge, 1981) .^[22]

Fredette considered foregoing his senior year and entering the draft after his junior year, and he was expected to be picked 25th to 30th, but in the end he decided to stay at BYU and play his senior year.

Senior year[link]

Fredette was named co-captain of his team alongside Jackson Emery and Logan Magnusson.^[23] He was the top-ranked point guard in the nation according to Rivals.com^[24] and led the nation in points per game despite frequently being double- or triple-teamed, which allowed him to open up shots for his teammates.^[25]

Fredette scored a season-high 47 points in BYU's road victory over archrival Utah on January 11, 2011, scoring 32 in the first half including a 40-foot buzzer beater to end the first half. He finished with 16–28 on shooting along with 4 rebounds and 6 assists. He also scored 39 against UNLV on January 5, 2011 and 33 in a rematch against the same University of Arizona team he scored 49 against his junior season.

On December 8, 2010, he returned to his hometown of Glens Falls, in what was dubbed "The Hometown Classic," to play Vermont in the Glens Falls Civic Center, scoring 26 and attracting a crowd of 6,300, nearly half of Glens Falls' population of 14,354.

On January 26, 2011, in the Mountain West Conference's first battle of top-10 teams, which attracted a crowd of over 22,700 at BYU's Marriott Center, Jimmer scored 43 points against previously undefeated San Diego State, ending the game in a 71–58 victory. This was his third game this season to score over 40 points. When BYU played on the road in San Diego, BYU dealt SDSU its only other loss that season, with an 80–67 victory in which Fredette had 25 points, 9 assists and 3 rebounds.

He became the Mountain West Conference's all-time leading scorer on Feb 5, 2011 with a 29-point performance versus UNLV in the Marriott Center.

On March 7, 2011, Fredette was named both the Mountain West Conference's player of the year and the CBSSports.com National Player of the Year.^[26] He was among the final ten candidates for the Bob Cousy Award.^[27]

On March 11, 2011, in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Championship Tournament, Fredette broke BYU's career scoring record, passing Danny Ainge, and set the school's single game scoring record with a career-high 52 point game against New Mexico, to whom BYU had lost twice in the regular season. He also set BYU's record for most points in one half by scoring 33 points in the first half of the game.^[28]

On March 17, 2011, Fredette led 3rd-seeded BYU's scoring in the first round of the NCAA tournament with 32 points, leading the Cougars to a 74–66 victory over 14th-seeded Wofford, and the second consecutive year BYU would advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament.^[29]

On March 19, 2011, Fredette again led BYU's scoring with 34 points as they defeated 11th-seeded Gonzaga 89–67, and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament (Sweet Sixteen) for the first time since 1981, falling to the Florida Gators (in overtime) in a rematch of the game from last year.^[30]

He was picked to the First Team All-America by Fox Sports.^[31]

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For his senior year performance, Fredette was nigh unanimously named the 2011 national player of the year, being so named by the Associated Press,^[33] Basketball Times,^[34] CBSSports.com,^[35] the National Association of Basketball Coaches,^[6] SI.com,^[35] Athlon Sports,^[36] and Sporting News. He was also awarded the 2011 Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award.^[37]

Display in an Orem, Utah, Walmart promoting "Jimmermania"

After BYU's nationally televised game against San Diego State in which Fredette scored 43 points, the media attention around Jimmer became significant. Fredette gained "pop culture lore,"^[38] and his name became a verb—opponents on whom he scored large amounts of points were considered "Jimmered."^[39] His image appeared in on one of the regional covers for Sports Illustrated for the 2011 NCAA tournament preview issue.^[40]

YouTube became replete with highlight reels and tribute songs about Fredette (e.g., "Teach Me How to Jimmer");^[39] in February 2011 BYU student Michelle Peralta, who chastised people for "worshiping" Jimmer via the campus newspaper and Facebook, was inundated by comments from hundreds of Fredette supporters, the popular media declaring that "Michelle Peralta got Jimmered."^[41]

While revealing his NCAA Tournament Brackets, President Barack Obama said of Fredette: "Unbelievable. Best scorer obviously in the country. Great talent."^[42]

Professional career[link]

On June 23, 2011, Fredette was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. He was subsequently traded to the Sacramento Kings in a deal with Milwaukee and the Charlotte Bobcats involving John Salmons, Beno Udrih, Shaun Livingston, Corey Maggette, Stephen Jackson and the No. 10 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.^[43]

Fredette made his rookie debut in a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors on December 17, 2011, scoring 21 points (tied for team high) and recording 4 rebounds.^[44][45] He got his first start on January 10, 2012 against the Philadelphia 76ers.^[46] His 2011–2012 salary is $2,238,360.^[47] Fredette notched his first 20 point night on January 21, 2012, in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. In the blowout loss, he played 33 minutes, shooting 5–13 from the field, 3–6 from the three point line, and 7–8 from the free throw line. Fredette also had 6 assists, 3 rebounds and a steal.

NBA career statistics[link]

NBA regular season[link]

Playing style and personality[link]

In a January 2011 article, Sports Illustrated writer Kelli Anderson said about Fredette's playing style,

He has even been noted by several collegiate and NBA players across the country. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder posted on his Twitter account that "Jimmer Fredette is the greatest scorer in the world!",^[49] while Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns tweeted "Jimmer Fredette? That name's straight out of Hoosiers. No wonder he never misses."^[50] Jared Sullinger, a forward at Ohio State University, said "Jimmer is going off right now. Pure scorer."^[51]

Other facets of his personality have been noted by other college coaches. Former Utah Utes coach Jim Boylen has cited "swagger and confidence" as Fredette's biggest weapons, and Villanova's Jay Wright has also remarked favorably on Fredette's on-court aggressiveness, comparing him to Pete Maravich in that respect. However, according to Anderson, Fredette "is fiercely competitive while remaining unassuming and likable," noting that Arizona coach Sean Miller hugged Fredette after he scored 49 on the Wildcats, and the Utah fans who saw Fredette score 47 on the Utes in January 2011 gave him an ovation as he left the court.^[48]

Jimmer describes his older brother TJ as his biggest fan and supporter. TJ, whose song "Amazing" was written for his brother, said, "I see him play, and it gives me chills sometimes when he hits some of those big shots and the crowd is going crazy."^[52]

In an article published in Sports Illustrated, Marcus Morris, a forward at Kansas, noted the work ethic and moral character Fredette exhibited while at USA Basketball camp. He said, "He’s got heart. You can see he has a feel for the game, and he can shoot it from anywhere. Even if you try to box-and-one the guy, he brings it up and just pulls up from the hashmark. That’s tough to guard."^[40]

An unusual set of Fredette fans reside in the Mount McGregor Correctional Facility, a medium security prison, where he and his older brother played games with the inmates. Fredette credits these experiences as helping with his focus in rough situations.^[53][54]

Personal life[link]

On August 26, 2011, Fredette announced his engagement to BYU cheerleader Whitney Wonnacott on Twitter,^[55] and will be married on June 1, 2012 in the Denver LDS Temple.^[56]

See also[link]

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders
• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders
• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official NBA profile
• Jimmer Fredette at BYUCougars.com
• Deseret News "Jimmer Fredette took the long path to stardom"
• New York Times "Path to B.Y.U. Stardom Began in Upstate New York"
• Jimmer Fredette on Twitter