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James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette (born February 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League. Fredette is a native of Glens Falls, New York.〔 He played college basketball for the BYU Cougars and was the leading scorer in all of NCAA Division I during his senior season. Fredette was also named the National Player of the Year and won the Wooden Award,〔(BYU Men's Basketball Information Zone ). BYUCougars.com (March 22, 2011). Retrieved on June 9, 2011.〕 the Naismith Award,〔 the Adolph Rupp Trophy, and the Oscar Robertson Trophy that same season. He was selected with the tenth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and subsequently traded to the Sacramento Kings. ==Early life== Fredette was born in Glens Falls, New York〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jimmer Fredette )〕 to parents Al and Kay Fredette, as the youngest of three children. His mother wanted to call him something unique and nicknamed him "Jimmer". From his early childhood, Fredette 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 him train for his basketball career since before kindergarten. 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." Other family members assisted Fredette in his development. His father, a financial adviser, introduced him to schoolyard competition against adults at age 8. As Fredette 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.〔 Fredette also has an older sister, Lindsay, Miss Teen New York 1998. 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— while his mother is a Catholic. Fredette, along with his two older siblings, chose to become Latter Day Saints after their parents allowed them to choose their religion.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmer Fredette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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