#69 - Jimmer Fredette - John Wooden Award Winner, NCAA Player of the Year, & BYU Legend Talks About the Ups & Downs of Life in the Spotlight

James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette[1][2] (born February 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Fredette was the 2011 National Player of the Year in college basketball after ranking as the leading scorer in all of NCAA Division I during his senior season for the BYU Cougars. He was selected with the tenth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He spent the majority of the 2015–16 season in the NBA Development League, during which he won the All-Star Game MVP. In 2016, he joined the CBA's Shanghai Sharks, and during the 2016–17 CBA season, he led the league in scoring, at 37.6 points per game, counting all phases of the season, and won the CBA International MVP award.

2010-11 Nations leading scorer (28.9 points per game)
2011 National Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden, AP, Oscar Robertson, NABC, Adolph Rupp, Sporting News, Basketball Times, CBSSports.com, SI.com)
2011 Lowes Senior CLASS Award
2011 ESPY for Collegiate Male Athlete of the Year
2011 first-team All-American (John R. Wooden Award, AP, Sporting News, State Farm Coaches for NABC Division I, USBWA, Basketball Times, CBSSports.com, SI.com, Yahoo! Sports, FoxSports.com, Lute Olson)
2011 MWC Player of the Year
2011 All-MWC First Team
2011 MWC Tournament MVP
2011 NABC All-District 17 First Team
2011 USBWA All-District VIII First Team
2011 USBWA District VIII Player of the Year
2011 Dick Vitale National Player of the Week (Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Jan. 17)
2011 ESPN.com Weekly Watch National Player of the Week (Jan. 10, Jan. 17)
2011 MWC Player of the Week (Nov. 29, Dec. 13, Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24, Feb. 7, Feb. 28)
2011 South Padre Island Invitational MVP
2011 Bob Cousy Award Finalist (Final 5)
2010 USBWA National Player of the Week (Dec. 13)
2010 Basketball Times All-America Second Team
2010 NABC State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America Third Team
2010 Lute Olson All-America
2010 AP All-America Honorable Mention
2010 Sporting News All-America Third Team
2010 NABC All-District 17
2010 USBWA All-District VIII
2010 USBWA All-District VIII Player of the Year
2010 CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America First Team
2010 MWC All-Tournament
2010 All-MWC First Team
2009-10 MWC Player of the Week (Nov. 16, Dec. 28, Jan. 4, Feb. 1, Feb. 22)
USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Jan. 4)
2009-10 Naismith Trophy Midseason Candidate
2009-10 Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist
2009-10 Wooden Award Candidate
2009 HoopTV Las Vegas Classic MVP
2009 Fiesta Bowl Classic MVP
2009 CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America Honorable Mention
2009 USBWA All-District VIII
2009 MWC First Team
2009 MWC All-Tournament
2008-09 MWC Player of the Week (two times)