Adam Emmenecker

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Adam Emmenecker

Emmenecker playing at Drake.
Point guard
Personal information
Born	December 3, 1985 Saginaw, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in
Listed weight	189 lbs
Career information
College	Drake
Career history
2008-2009	Deutsche Bank Skyliners
Career highlights and awards
Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year (2008) MVC Tournament MVP (2008) All-MVC First Team (2008) MVC Most Improved Team (2008) MVC Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2008) ESPN The Magazine Men's Basketball Academic All-America of the Year

Adam Cannata Emmenecker (born December 3, 1985, in Saginaw, Michigan, USA) is an American professional basketball player who last played in Germany for the Deutsche Bank Skyliners. He completed his college career as a point guard at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 2008. During the 2007-08 basketball season, Emmenecker, who had been a walk-on (non-scholarship player) for his first three years at Drake, emerged from obscurity to lead the Bulldogs to a sweep of the regular-season and tournament titles in the Missouri Valley Conference, and received numerous honors for his performance as both a player and a student.

Contents 1 Early Life 2 High School 3 College 3.1 Walk-on obscurity 3.2 Statistics 3.2.1 Averages 3.2.2 Totals 4 Professional Career

Early Life

Emmenecker was born on December 3, 1985, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Michael A. Emmenecker and Jo Ann B. Cannata.

High School

While at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Michigan, Emmenecker was a two-sport star, starting for and captaining the basketball team for three years and earning all-league honors twice in baseball. His high school basketball statistics were those of a pass-first point guard—8.4 assists per game as opposed to only 4.7 points per game. He also averaged 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game. In his senior season of 2003-04, he led his team to a 22-2 record and a ranking of #25 in that year's final USA Today national high school basketball poll. Emmenecker was an honorable mention all-state player in Michigan's Class A, and was also named Arthur Hill's outstanding graduate of 2004.

College

Walk-on obscurity

Emmenecker received no NCAA Division I scholarship offers in basketball, and nearly decided to play baseball at Boston College before opting to attend Drake. He received a Presidential Scholarship, a partial tuition scholarship "for academic achievement," and also walked on to the basketball team. In his first season (2004-05), he played in 12 games, with his most extensive game action being six minutes against Western Illinois. As a sophomore in 2005-06, he played in 29 games, starting two, and averaged seven minutes. The following year, he became the Bulldogs' top reserve guard, averaging 11 minutes per game in 23 games before his season ended with a shoulder injury against Missouri State.

Statistics

Averages

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
2004–05	18	Drake	12	0	2.0	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	0.08	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.3
2005–06	19	Drake	29	2	7.3	.353	.000	.625	0.20	0.65	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.8
2006–07	20	Drake	23	0	11.3	.278	.000	.704	0.65	0.78	1.4	1.6	.8	0.0	1.1	0.9	1.3
2007–08	21	Drake	33	33	33.1	.459	.000	.833	2.15	2.48	4.6	6.5	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.1	8.6
Career			97	35	16.4	.432	.000	.802	0.95	1.24	2.2	2.9	0.8	0.06	1.6	1.2	3.5

Totals

Year	Age	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2004–05	18	Drake	12	0	24	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	5	4	4
2005–06	19	Drake	29	2	213	6	17	0	1	10	16	6	19	25	27	9	1	23	19	22
2006–07	20	Drake	23	0	259	5	18	0	1	19	27	15	18	33	37	18	1	25	20	29
2007–08	21	Drake	33	33	1093	79	172	0	2	125	150	71	82	153	213	53	4	103	69	283
4 Season Totals			97	35	1589	90	208	0	4	158	197	92	120	212	282	80	6	156	112	338

Professional Career

Emmenecker played for the Deutsche Bank Skyliners in Frankfurt, Germany during the 2008-2009 season.