2008: Played in 133 sets and 36 matches...Led Lakers in digs (524) and ranked second in service aces (36)...524 digs ranks fifth in GVSU single-season history, while 3.94 digs per set ranks sixth in Laker program single-season history...Totaled double-digits in digs in 34 of 36 matches, including four matches of 20+ digs...Recorded back-to-back matches of 24 and 22 digs against Northern Michigan and Saginaw Valley State (9/20-9/26)...Added 21 digs in 3-1 win over Indianapolis in Midwest Regional Semifinals (11/22)...Totaled a service ace in 22 matches, including nine straight matches from Sept. 26 to Oct. 22...Supplied career-high five service aces in 3-0 win over Ferris State (9/16)...Recorded two-highest totals in kills (5 vs. Davenport on 9/10, 3 at Lake Superior State on 9/27) in matches with two-lowest totals of digs (9 vs. Davenport, 8 at Lake Superior State)...Notched 13 or more digs in six of eight postseason matches.
2007: Played in 96 games and 32 matches...Started all three matches in the Great Lakes Region Tournament as the libero...Averaged 2.71 digs and 1.00 kills per game...Tallied 38 assists, 13 blocks, and 12 service aces...Posted 10+ digs in 12 matches...Recorded a career-high 10 kills and 11 digs against Northern Michigan (10/21)...Tallied a career-high 37 digs, five assists, and an ace as the Lakers defeated Lewis, 3-2 in the Great Lakes Region Championship match...Recorded 3.20 digs and 1.00 kills per game in the GLIAC Tournament...Averaged 6.25 digs and 0.67 assists per game in the three matches of the Great Lakes Region Tournament.
2006: Played in 74 games and 25 matches as a freshman for the Lakers...Recorded 111 digs for an average of 1.50 digs per game...Added 14 kills, 15 assists and five assisted blocks...Tallied a career-high four kills and added six digs in a 3-0 sweep over Saginaw Valley State (9/8)...Posted three kills and a career-high nine digs as the Lakers defeated Ashland, 3-2 (9/16)...Had a career-high two assisted blocks and nine digs in a 3-0 victory over North Alabama (9/1)...Recorded a career-high 10 digs and two assists as GVSU beat Lewis University (11/9) in the quarterfinals of the Great Lakes Region Tournament.
High School: Prepped at Forest Hills Northern under head coach Chip Will...Named to All-O.K. White Conference team all four years...Earned all-area and all-region plaudits for four straight seasons...Earned all-state third team honors as a freshman...Named to all-state second team as a sophomore...Was an all-state first team honoree as a junior and senior...Named team's Most Valuable Player her sophomore and junior years...Also played basketball for three years...Her dad played football at Grand Valley State, her brother played tennis at GVSU and her sister played volleyball for the Lakers.
Personal: Daughter of John and Debi Young...Enjoys shopping, going to the beach, and water sports...Majoring in marketing.
Young's Career Statistics |
Year | Sp-Mp | K | Ta | Pct. | A | Sa | Digs | Bs | Tb | Pts. |
2006 | 74-25 | 14 | 78 | .026 | 15 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 5 | 16.5 |
2007 | 101-33 | 101 | 363 | .127 | 38 | 12 | 274 | 0 | 13 | 119.5 |
2008 | 133-36 | 16 | 50 | .180 | 36 | 36 | 524 | 1 | 3 | 54.0 |
Total | 308-94 | 131 | 491 | .116 | 89 | 48 | 909 | 1 | 21 | 190.0 |