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PROVO — It’s official: He’s back.
Former Lone Peak High star Nick Emery has been reinstated by the NCAA and BYU for the 2018-19 basketball season, the university announced Thursday afternoon.
As part of the BYU Athletic Department’s review of the reinstatement request, Emery will be required to sit out the first nine games of the year. He will be allowed to join the program for summer conditioning prior to the 2018-19 academic year.
Emery, who will be a junior this fall, withdrew from school prior to the 2017-18 season as the school was undergoing an NCAA investigation involving alleged improper benefits between the sharpshooter and a perceived booster of the basketball program.
At the time of his departure, Emery also cited "personal reasons" that included a divorce from his ex-wife Sarah.
The news hardly comes as a surprise for BYU coach Dave Rose and Emery, the 6-foot-2 sharpshooter who averaged 14.7 points, 2.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds per games in two seasons for the Cougars. He returned from a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany and quickly became a starter, becoming the fourth BYU player to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore in 2016-17.
This is what's coming back, #BYU fans.
— KSL SportsBeat (@kslsports) June 15, 2018
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