Daniel Emerson

Height:
6-8
Weight:
0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
St. Mary's, Ga.
High School:
Camden County

2009-10
Named state of Georgia collegiate "Player of the Year" by theAtlanta Tipoff Club ... Voted second team All-District 3 by theNational Association of Basketball Coaches ... An all-tournamentchoice at the 2010 Atlantic Sun Conference championships ... Namedfirst team All-A-Sun Conference ... Joins brothers Will and Scottas first team All-A-Sun selctions for Mercer University ... AnA-Sun pre-season all-conference pick, as well ... A-Sun“Player of the Week” ... Posted 21 double-doubles onthe season (fifth in NCAA) ... Double-digit scoring in 28 of 32games played ... Also, finished the season ranked No. 3 in nationin rebounding at 12.0 per game ... Led A-Sun in total rebounds,offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds ... Also amongA-Sun’s leaders in scoring (seventh/15.4 p.p.g.), field goalpercentage (fifth/.544), free throw percentage (eighth/.738) andminutes played (second/34.06 m.p.g.) ... Double figure scoring in26 of 29 games ... Missed final regular season game (at Lipscomb)after suffering a blow to his right eye in waning minutes of gameat Belmont (Feb. 25) ... Came back with 19 points and nine reboundsagainst Belmont in the A-Sun tournament less than a week laterwhile wearing protective goggles over his injured eye ... Had acareer-high 29 points at North Florida (Jan. 4) ... Hadback-to-back 20-point games versus North Florida in Macon (Feb. 20)and Jacksonville (Feb. 22) ... Also pulled down season-high 18rebounds at home versus UNF ... 15 + rebounds in eight games ... 15points and eight rebounds at Alabama (12/23) ... Hadsix-consecutive double-doubles between Jan. 24 through Feb. 8(FGCU, Kennesaw, Stetson, FGCU, Kennesaw and USC Upstate) ... Hiteight-of-nine from the field to lead Bears to win at Jacksonville(1/2) ... His 385 rebounds set both the MU and A-Sun single seasonrecord.

2008-09
Named second-team all conference ... Led the A-Sun with 15 doubledoubles ... Set University Center record with 19 rebounds vs.Piedmont ... Posted first double-double as a Bear against Piedmont... Scored 18 points and collected six rebounds at Alabama despiteearly foul trouble ... Recorded second double-double in a Merceruniform at Auburn ... Grabbed a game-high 12 boards vs. the Tigers... 7-of-8 from the charity stripe at Auburn ... Scored a team-high13 points vs. Dayton ... Hit two free throws with 4.6 seconds onthe clock to give the Bears a three-point lead vs. Texas Southern... Hit 7-of-8 free throws and grabbed a game-high eight reboundsvs. Texas Southern ... Posted his third double-double vs. ChicagoState with 17 points and 14 rebounds (11 on the defensive end) ...Handed out career-high five assists vs. Chicago State ... Notchedfourth double-double vs. USC Upstate with 16 points and 12 rebounds(11 on the defensive end) ... Career-high and game-high 20 pointsvs. ETSU ... Recorded fifth double-double at Oklahoma State ...Collected game-high eight rebounds at UCLA ... Sixth double-doubleof the season at LMU ... Recorded career-high 20 rebounds atCampbell ... Scored 15 second-half points at UNF ... Seventhdouble-double vs. FGCU ... Grabbed game-high 15 rebounds vs. theEagles ... Hit a career-high eight field goals at Belmont ...Equaled career-high eight field goals and logged 42 minutes atBelmont ... Went 6-of-8 from the field and notched ninthdouble-double vs. Kennesaw State ... Matched career-high with sevenfree throws at Kennesaw State ... 10th double-double vs.Jacksonville, hitting 8-of-12 from the field and posted career-high22 points ... Recorded 11th double-double vs. UNF ... Game-high 23points at FGCU ... Posted 12th double-double at Stetson and 13thdouble-double and a perfect 8-of-8 at charity stripe vs. Belmont... Dropped in career-high three treys and posted 14thdouble-double while playing a game-high 49 minutes at USC Upstate... Overcame a slow start to garner double-double at ETSU with 15points and 12 rebounds.

2007-08
Sat out as a redshirt after transferring from WesternKentucky.

Previous College
Transfer from Western Kentucky ...
Started 24 of the Hilltoppers' first 28 contests while making 32appearances as a sophomore … Averaged 4.9 points and 3.7rebounds per outing … Reached double digits on fouroccasions … Led the Toppers in rebounding five times… Averaged 3.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest in hisfirst season … Recorded first double-double of his careerwith 10 points and career-high 11 rebounds in victory over ArkansasState.

High School
Was a second-team all-state, first-team all-county andall-conference selection as a senior after averaging 19.8 points,12.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per contest ... Helpedlead NHS to a 31-1 mark and the finals of the state 5A tournament... Averaged 11.5 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in 14appearances after transferring to Norcross his junior season ...Helped the Blue Devils finish 27-2 ... Played at Camden County HSin Kingsland, Ga., prior to moving to Norcross, where he was anall-area choice as a sophomore after posting 15 points and 9.2boards per game.

Personal
Born on July 25, 1986 … Son of Bob and April Emerson… Younger brother of former Bears Scott and Will …Has a sister, Nicole … Majoring in business.