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Jackie Carmichael (born January 2nd, 1990) is an American college basketball player, currently a senior at Illinois State University under head coach Dan Muller. Named to the 2013 Lou Henson All-America Team comprised of the top mid-major players in the nation and he also earned 2013 All-Valley First Team accolades.

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 * 1) High School
 * 2) College Career
 * 3) References

High School
Carmichael, a 6’9’’ 240 pound forward, played high school basketball at Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas. He averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds per game during his senior year. He scored 27 points along with eight rebounds as well as six blocks in the Kansas All-Star game. During his junior year he averaged 14 points as well as eight rebounds per game. He was also named all-state honorable mention following his junior year season.

College
As a freshman in 2009-10, Carmichael was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team. This made him the first Redbird since Osiris Eldridge in 2006-07 to be given the same accolade. He set an Illinois State freshman record for blocked shots in a season, acquiring 46. He recorded two double-doubles during the season. Played eight games where he was in double-digit scoring. He was runner-up in the Redbird’s in house slam dunk competition.

As a sophomore in 2010-11, he played in 30 games starting 24 of those games. He was the team’s second highest scorer averaging 9.8 points per game. He recorded 3 double-doubles during the season. He recorded a career high 17 rebounds and 24 point effort against Bradley University on January 26th. He was also named the 2010 Bob and Audrey Weber Endowed Scholarship recipient.

As a junior in 2011-2012, he finished the final 6 games averaging double-digit scoring and 10 out of the final 11. He was named to the 2012 Missouri Valley All-Tournament Team after he had averaged 15 points as well at 11.7 rebounds per game. Carmichael was named to the All-Valley second team as well as the Valley’s All-Defensive team and the most-improved team. He scored his first career three-pointer against the University of Evansville on January 7th, it was a buzzer beater to win the game in the final seconds. It was featured on ESPN’s Top-10 Plays at No. 1.

As a senior in 2012-2013, he will graduate holding the Illinois State University record for blocked shots (200). He leaves Illinois State as the eighth highest scorer in school history with 1,580 points. Ranks fifth on the career free throws list with 426. He is also the third best in career double-doubles (35). Jackie was named to the 2013 Valley-Tournament team averaging a Redbird best 18.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 blocks during Illinois State’s two games in the tournament. He was named to the 2013 All-Valley First Team and was once again named to the Valley’s All-Defensive Team.