Career: The three-time All-GLVC honoree finished with 1,607 points and 486 rebounds during her collegiate career...finished her career as an Eagle ranked third all-time at USI in made three-pointers (150), third in three-pointers attempted (.399), and third in free throw percentage (.780)...also was eighth all-time at USI with 1,249 points in a USI uniform and 24th in rebounding (380).
2010-11: Was named a preseason honorable mention All-American by the Division II Bulletin...overcame a pair of injuries to earn second-team All-GLVC honors after averaging a team-high 15.6 points per game...scored a career-high 34 points in USI's GLVC Tournament loss to Indianapolis and had a career-high 13 rebounds in USI's win over Bellarmine in December...reached double-figures in the scoring column 23 times, scoring at least 20 points in six contests and reaching the 30-point plateau once...had one double-figure rebounding game and one double-double...had a season-high four assist on three occasions, the most recent coming in USI's win over Saint Joseph's, and a season-best four steals in USI's triple-overtime loss to Indianapolis in January...reached double figures in USI's final 17 games, averaging a team-high 17.5 points per game during that span...finished the season ranked seventh in the GLVC in scoring and 12th in the conference in made three-pointers per game (1.78)...also was 14th in the GLVC in free throw percentage.
2009-10: Earned second-team All-GLVC accolades after leading USI with 15.3 points to go along with 4.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest...was named the Division II Bulletin Player of the Month in December after averaging 20.3 points per game and shooting 59.6 percent from the field to lead the Eagles to a 4-0 mark including wins over arch-rivals Bellarmine and Northern Kentucky...earned GLVC Player of the Week honors twice, both times coming after she led the Eagles to wins over Bellarmine and Northern Kentucky...the first GLVC Player of the Week honor came after she scored 24 points in USI's first victory over Bellarmine and 30 points in USI's first win over Northern Kentucky...she picked up her second honor after averaging 19.7 points and 5.7 rebounds to lead the Eagles to a home win over Kentucky Wesleyan and road victories over Northern Kentucky and Bellarmine in the final week of the regular season...scored in double figures 24 times during her junior season, reaching the 20-point barrier seven times...had a season-high eight rebounds twice...also posted a season-high four assists three times and a season-best four steals four times...finished the year ranked in six GLVC statistical categories including minutes played per game (4th), scoring (6th), three-point field goals made per game (7th), steals per game (8th), free throw percentage (10th), and three-point field goal percentage (15th).
2008-09: Earned third-team All-GLVC honors after finishing 12th in the GLVC with a team-high 13.1 points per contest...also ranked eighth in the GLVC in minutes played per game (32.48) and 10th in steals per game (1.67)...also was 13th in the conference in free throw percentage (.792)...started all 27 games for the Eagles, reaching double-figures in the scoring column 18 times...had a season-high 22 points in USI's double-overtime victory over Drury...had a season-best 12 rebounds against Truman State and six assists against Missouri S&T...also notched a season-high five steals against Grace...reached the 20-point plateau four times...recorded 10 or more rebounds in two games, both of which turned out to be double-doubles...was named to the St. Edwards Shootout All-Tournament team.
TRANSFER: Transferred to USI from Southern Illinois University Carbondale where she was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman team...finished third on the team and 13th in the MVC with 11.9 points per game as a freshman in 2007-08...also ranked third in the MVC in three-point field goal percentage (.408), eighth in made three pointers (1.77), and 20th in minutes played (28.50)...started nine of the Saluki's 30 games last season...scored in double figures 20 times and reached the 20-point plateau five times...had a season-high 26 points against Austin Peay and notched a double-double against Drake when she scored 14 points and brought down a season-high 10 rebounds...led the Saluki's in scoring seven times.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Salem Community High School (Salem, Illinois) where she was a four-time All-Apollo Conference performer and three-time All-State honoree...holds SCHS's career scoring record for both boys and girls basketball with 2,498 career points...averaged 25 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 4.5 steals per game as a senior and was named first-team All-State by the Champaign News Gazette, the Southern Illinois Coaches' Association, and the Illinois Basketball Coaches' Association...also was the three-time Centralia Sentinel AA Player of the Year.
PERSONAL: Born October 1, 1988...daughter of Ronald and Teresa Young.
Career Statistics at USI
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg Ast Blk Stl Pts/Avg
08-09 27-27 877/32.5 129-321 .402 40-109 .367 57-72 .792 44-70 114 4.2 56 1 45 355/13.1
09-10 31-31 1001/32.3 164-371 .442 62-156 .397 84-104 .808 47-90 137 4.4 61 1 56 474/15.3
10-11 27-25 852/31.6 143-347 .412 48-134 .358 86-115 .748 47-82 129 4.8 46 1 37 420/15.6
TOTAL 85-83 2730/32.1 436-1039 .420 150-399 .376 227-291 .780 138-242 380 4.5 163 3 138 1249/14.7
Career Statistics at SIU Carbondale
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg Ast Blk Stl Pts/Avg
07-08 30-9 855/28.5 127-319 .398 53-130 .408 51-74 .689 48-58 106 3.5 46 2 26 358/11.9
TOTAL 30-9 855/28.5 127-319 .398 53-130 .408 51-74 .689 48-58 106 3.5 46 2 26 358/11.9
Career Highs
Points: 34 vs. Indianapolis (2/26/11)
Rebounds: 13 vs. Bellarmine (12/4/10)
Assists: 6 vs. Missouri S&T (2/21/09)
Steals: 5 vs. Grace (11/29/08)
Blocks: 1, Threes times
Last: vs. Northern Kentucky (2/19/11)
Double-figures:
Scoring: 65
Rebounding: 3
Double-Doubles: 3
20-point outings: 17
30-point outings: 2
