Jesse Wade Young (born April 29, 1980) is a Canadian former professional

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. He also holds Irish citizenship. He played 2008-09 for Spain

ACB league The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

club

CB Murcia UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes. History Founded in 1985 u ...

. He signed for Bancatercas

Teramo Basket Teramo Basket was a professional basketball club that is based in Teramo, Italy. Established in 1960, Teramo played in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), Italy's top league, for 10 years before they were moved to the Serie B. The team played at Pala ...

(Italy LegaA) for 2009/2010 season. After being a free-agent for the first part of the season, in January 2011 he signed again for Bancatercas

till the end of the Italian top division season. On December 14, 2011 Young announced that he was retiring from basketball.

Honours

;Clubs Honours *Catalan League Champion - 2005/2006 *

FIBA EuroCup FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

Champion - 2005/2006

Career statistics

: ''Correct as of 12 October 2007''

National career

Young was a member of the Canada national team that participated in the

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and

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

. He also played at the

FIBA Americas Championship 2007 The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the ...

averaging 6.8 points and 3.4 rebound per game.

References

External links

ACB Profile

Basketpedya.com Profile
1980 births Living people Basketball people from Ontario Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Canadian expatriate basketball people in Italy Canadian expatriate basketball people in Spain Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian men's basketball players Canadian people of Irish descent CB Estudiantes players CB Inca players CB Murcia players Citizens of Ireland through descent George Mason Patriots men's basketball players Irish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Irish men's basketball players Irish people of Canadian descent Joventut Badalona players Liga ACB players Pan American Games competitors for Canada Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario Teramo Basket players Centers (basketball) {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub