Career

The 6 ft 7 inch Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

 native played college basketball

College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

 at the University of Richmond

University of Richmond

The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...

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Further, he gained experience with the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 teams Limoges CSP Elite, Étoile Sportive Saint-Michel Le Portel Côte d'Opale (aka ESSM Le Portel), Aix-Maurienne Savoie Basket and Stade Clermontois Basket Auvergne

Stade Clermontois Basket Auvergne

Stade Clermontois Basket Auvergne is a basketball club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France that plays in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball....

, and Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 team Polpak Świecie

Polpak Swiecie

Polpak Świecie is a Polish basketball team, based in Świecie, played in Dominet Basket Liga in years 2005-2008.- Team history :* 2004/2005 finished 1st in Polish First Division* 2005/2006 finished 4th in DBL* 2006/2007 finished 6th in DBE...

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Canada Basketball

Bucknor has represented Canada Basketball for four years and played 25 games with the Canadian National Program. Bucknor last represented Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games

2007 Pan American Games

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...

where he averaged 7.5 points and 2.8 rebounds in four games played.

On July 10th, 2011 Jermaine wed singer/songwriter Bethany Bucknor (Holtby).