Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young (born December 15, 1983) is a Vincentian / American former professional

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It began being played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large part via women's college compet ...

player who played with the

San Antonio Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the ...

in the

Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...

(WNBA).

High school years

Born in Saint Vincent,

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, Young attended the Evangel Christian Academy in

Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is t ...

, United States.

College career

Young was an All-American at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

and helped lead the team, nicknamed the ''Lady Bears'', to their first National Championship during the 2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, defeating

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

. She is one of only four women in

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

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 *

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Championship All-Tournament team (third straight year) *

Wooden Award The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players. The program consists of the men's and women's Player of the Year awards, the Legends of Coaching award, and recognizing the ...

Finalist *

Wade Trophy The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best upperclass women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coac ...

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

WNBA career

Young was selected as the fourth overall pick in the

2006 WNBA draft On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and ...

by the

San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the ...

. 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 (

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), 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

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. Young was named to the National team training pool again for the 2014-2016 cycle on 13 January 2014.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 33.5 , , .478 , , .000 , , .749 , , 5.8 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 0.4 , , 1.85 , , 16.8 , - , align="left" ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 31.9 , , .478 , , .000 , , .786 , , 5.6 , , 2.3 , , 1.6 , , 0.5 , , 1.73 , , 17.5 , - , align="left" ,

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 33.7 , , .454 , , .309 , , .767 , , 6.5 , , 1.6 , , 1.3 , , 0.5 , , 1.88 , , 18.2 , - , align="left" ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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, 34 , , 34 , , 31.8 , , .501 , , .263 , , .658 , , 5.2 , , 2.4 , , 1.6 , , 0.3 , , 2.06 , , 15.3 , - , align="left" ,

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 31.6 , , .429 , , .000 , , .592 , , 6.4 , , 2.3 , , 2.0 , , 0.5 , , 1.55 , , 13.2 , - , align="left" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 31.8 , , .521 , , .000 , , .706 , , 7.2 , , 2.1 , , 2.2 , , 0.4 , , 1.70 , , 16.3 , - , align="left" ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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, 34 , , 20 , , 24.3 , , .469 , , .000 , , .658 , , 4.6 , , 1.5 , , 1.1 , , 0.2 , , 0.76 , , 8.2 , - , align="left" ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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Postseason

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, 9 , , 9 , , 36.1 , , .456 , , .000 , , .750 , , 5.9 , , 1.7 , , 1.6 , , 0.1 , , 2.11 , , 17.7 , - , align="left" ,

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, 3 , , 3 , , 32.0 , , .458 , , .500 , , .684 , , 5.3 , , 2.0 , , 2.0 , , 0.7 , , 1.67 , , 19.3 , - , align="left" ,

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, 2 , , 2 , , 33.0 , , .406 , , .000 , , .556 , , 9.0 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 3.50 , , 15.5 , - , align="left" ,

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, 3 , , 3 , , 34.0 , , .633 , , .000 , , .667 , , 5.7 , , 3.0 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.33 , , 16.7 , - , align="left" ,

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, 2 , , 2 , , 35.5 , , .533 , , .000 , , .889 , , 5.0 , , 0.5 , , 2.5 , , 0.6 , , 2.00 , , 20.0 , - , align="left" ,

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, 2 , , 0 , , 27.0 , , .500 , , .000 , , .429 , , 5.0 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 1.00 , , 8.5 , - , align="left" , Career , align="left" , 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

* 2008–2009 FIBA Eurocup Winner with

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* 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection

Notes

External links

Sophia Young Official Website
*
Yahoo Group for Sophia YoungPlayer Profile at Galatasaray.org
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