Nationality American Role Basketball Player Pro career 2005 Name Jermaine Blackburn Education Boise State University | Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Weight 95 kg Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Height 2.01 m | |
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League International Basketball League Born February 8, 1983 (age 41)
St. Louis, Missouri ( 1983-02-08 ) High school Hazelwood Central
(Florissant, Missouri) College Missouri State-West Plains (2001–2003)
Boise State (2003–2005) Position Small forward, Shooting guard | ||
Jermaine Blackburn (born February 8, 1983) is an American basketball player who currently plays for the Portland Chinooks of the International Basketball League. He is best known for recording the Continental Basketball Association's first-ever quadruple-double. On December 20, 2008, Blackburn was playing for the East Kentucky Miners against the West Virginia Wild. He compiled 22 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists and 10 steals. Remarkably, he followed this performance with a triple-double in his very next game, recording 22 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists against the same West Virginia team.
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College
Blackburn, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, played junior college basketball for two seasons after graduating from Hazelwood Central High School. He played at Missouri State University-West Plains before transferring to the Boise State Broncos of the Western Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I school. In his first season at Boise State, he helped the Broncos reach the Sweet 16 of the 2004 National Invitation Tournament. The following year, Blackburn's senior season in 2004–05, he led his team in scoring at 15.4 points per game. As a #8 seed in the WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Boise State reached the championship game before losing to #2 UTEP, 91–78.
Professional
Since 2005, Blackburn has played in various professional and semi-professional basketball leagues. His most notable former team is the West Sydney Razorbacks who played in the NBL. He was released after just 11 games for the Razorbacks. Other stints have included the CBA for the East Kentucky Miners and Yakama Sun Kings (for whom he was a CBA All-Star in 2008), the American Basketball Association for the Southeast Texas Mavericks, the Snohomish County Explosion in the International Basketball League as well as the NBA Development League's Idaho Stampede.
For the inaugural 2011–12 National Basketball League of Canada season, Blackburn split the season between the Quebec Kebs and the Saint John Mill Rats. For 2012–13, Blackburn played for the London Lightning. He returned to the Mill Rats before the start of the 2013-14 NBL Canada season.
Personal
Blackburn married Jodi Bell on August 10, 2013. He has one daughter, Janess, from a previous marriage.