Adam Cannata Emmenecker (born December 3, 1985 in Saginaw, Michigan) 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. Adam's parents are Michael A. Emmenecker and Jo Ann B. Cannata of Saginaw, Michigan, he has one sister, Sara C. Emmenecker.