Sophia Young

Sophia Young
Personal information
Born (1983-12-15) December 15, 1983
Saint Vincent, West Indies
Nationality Vincentian / American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school Evangel Christian Academy
(Shreveport, Louisiana)
College Baylor (2002–2006)
WNBA draft 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars
Playing career 2006–2015
Position Small forward
Career history
2006–2015 San Antonio Stars
2006–2007 Gambrinus Sika Brno
2007–2010 Galatasaray
2010–2011 Cras Taranto
2012–2013 Beijing 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 retired Vincentian/American professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

High school years

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

College career

Young was an All-American at Baylor University and helped lead the team, nicknamed the Lady Bears, to their first National Championship during the 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, defeating Michigan State University. She is one of only four women in NCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds, collect 300 steals, as well as dish out 300 assists.

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 2006 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. As a rookie, she was named to the Western Conference WNBA All-Star team.

Against Homosexual Marriage

Sophia Young took to Twitter on August 28, 2013 to express her views against LGBT equality. Young descended upon San Antonio City Hall in Texas to pray for the defeat of proposed LGBT additions to the city's anti-discrimination bill. The proposal would add 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' to the city's existing nondiscrimination ordinance. Young tweeted a photo of herself holding a 'Vote No' sign but seemed to think she was protesting against same-sex marriage because her Twitter message read: 'Should San Antonio be a city that allows same sex marriage?? I vote NO.'A later tweet stated: 'My vote is still No... San Antonio should not allows Same sex marriages.'

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 payers, 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 USA 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 high 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 26 Sep 2015.
  2. ↑ "Twenty-One Finalists In The Mix For Final 2012 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster". USA Basketball. February 13, 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Voepel, Mechelle (13 January 2014). "USA Basketball sets 33-player pool". ESPN.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Galatasaray Win EuroCup Women After OT Thriller
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