Sophia Young

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Sophia Young
Personal information
Born (1983-12-15) December 15, 1983 (age 40)
Galatasaray
2010–2011Cras Taranto
2012–2013Beijing Great Wall
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young (born December 15, 1983) is a Vincentian / American former professional women's basketball player who played with the San Antonio Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

High school years

Born in Saint Vincent, West Indies, Young attended the Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

College career

Young was an

NCAA
history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds, collect 300 steals, as well as dish out 300 assists.

  • Big 12 10th Anniversary Team (only active player named to the five person squad)
  • Big 12 Player of the Year
  • Kodak
    All-American
    (second straight year)
  • AP All-American (first team)
  • USBWA All-American (second straight year)
  • All-Tournament team Albuquerque Regional
  • Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team (third straight year)
  • Wooden Award
    Finalist
  • Wade Trophy Finalist
  • Naismith Trophy Watch List
  • All-Big 12 first team (third straight year)
  • All-Big 12 Defensive team
  • Bayer Senior CLASS Award Finalist
  • Big 12 Player of the Week (three-time)
  • Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (4.0 GPA)

College statistics

Source[1]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03
Baylor
35 497 56.3 - 54.0 10.0 1.6 2.5 1.2 14.2
2003–04 Baylor  35 586 55.5 - 60.7 8.6 2.1 2.5 0.8 16.7
2004–05 Baylor  36 661 52.6 - 70.5 9.3 2.9 1.9 0.7 18.4
2005–06 Baylor  33 736 54.6 - 70.5 10.0 2.1 2.2 1.0 22.3
Career Baylor  139 2480 54.6 0.0 65.3 9.5 2.2 2.3 0.9 17.8

WNBA career

Young was selected as the fourth overall pick in the

San Antonio Silver Stars. During her nine-year career, all with the Stars, she was named to the Western Conference WNBA All-Star
team three times.

USA Basketball

Young was one of 21 finalists for the U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster for the 2010-2012 cycle. The 20 professional women's basketball players, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the US at the 2012 Olympics in London.[2] Young was named to the National team training pool again for the 2014-2016 cycle on 13 January 2014.[3]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2006
San Antonio
34 34 31.1 .416 .000 .730 7.6 1.5 1.7 0.4 1.32 12.0
2007
San Antonio
33 33 33.5 .478 .000 .749 5.8 1.5 1.5 0.4 1.85 16.8
2008
San Antonio
33 33 31.9 .478 .000 .786 5.6 2.3 1.6 0.5 1.73 17.5
2009
San Antonio
33 33 33.7 .454 .309 .767 6.5 1.6 1.3 0.5 1.88 18.2
2010
San Antonio
34 34 31.8 .501 .263 .658 5.2 2.4 1.6 0.3 2.06 15.3
2011
San Antonio
33 33 31.6 .429 .000 .592 6.4 2.3 2.0 0.5 1.55 13.2
2012
San Antonio
33 33 31.8 .521 .000 .706 7.2 2.1 2.2 0.4 1.70 16.3
2014 San Antonio 34 20 24.3 .469 .000 .658 4.6 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.76 8.2
2015 San Antonio 34 29 27.4 .458 .000 .738 5.0 1.4 1.2 0.3 1.62 11.5
Career 9 years, 1 team 301 282 30.8 .468 .223 .718 6.0 1.8 1.6 0.4 1.61 14.3

Postseason

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2007
San Antonio
5 5 34.4 .507 .000 .844 9.0 1.6 0.8 0.4 1.60 20.2
2008
San Antonio
9 9 36.1 .456 .000 .750 5.9 1.7 1.6 0.1 2.11 17.7
2009
San Antonio
3 3 32.0 .458 .500 .684 5.3 2.0 2.0 0.7 1.67 19.3
2010
San Antonio
2 2 33.0 .406 .000 .556 9.0 2.5 1.0 0.5 3.50 15.5
2011
San Antonio
3 3 34.0 .633 .000 .667 5.7 3.0 1.3 0.6 1.33 16.7
2012
San Antonio
2 2 35.5 .533 .000 .889 5.0 0.5 2.5 0.6 2.00 20.0
2014 San Antonio 2 0 27.0 .500 .000 .429 5.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 1.00 8.5
Career 7 years, 1 team 26 24 34.1 .486 .333 .734 6.5 1.8 1.5 0.4 1.88 17.5

Awards and achievements

Notes

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "Twenty-One Finalists In The Mix For Final 2012 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster". USA Basketball. February 13, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  3. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (January 13, 2014). "USA Basketball sets 33-player pool". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Galatasaray Win EuroCup Women After OT Thriller | EuroCup Women (2009) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017.

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