Mar 12, 2021 Jimmer Fredette can pinpoint the night his life changed forever. The former BYU standout and current Shanghai Sharks star grew from a sparsely-recruited freshman to a leading player in the Mountain West as he entered his senior season, but the hysteria surrounding his National Player of the Year campaign didn’t truly begin until a January night in Provo, Utah, in 2011. “Going into the San Diego State game, I knew there were some high expectations,” Fredette says. “We were both ranked in the top 10, the game was on national television ... I had a pretty good night, and after the game, people were tweeting about it everywhere. Kevin Durant, Nelly, other rappers and celebrities. I kind of knew things had changed after that.”