Adam Cannata Emmenecker ( born December 3 , 1985 ) is an American basketball player who 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 . Born in Saginaw , Michigan , Adam 's parents are Michael A. Emmenecker and Jo Ann B. Cannata . He has one sister , Sara C. Emmenecker . Adam completed his first marathon on October 18 , 2015 by running the Des Moines Marathon in 4:21:27
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2008 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Adam Emmenecker