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#1 Michelle Young
Position: Guard
Height: 5'9"
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Woodbury, Minn.
High School: Woodbury
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Michelle Young
Courtesy: BradleyBraves.com
Release: 09/08/2011

Honors & Awards

  • Second-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete (2012-13)
  • MVC Leadership & Service Award (Feb. 2013)
  • Bradley AD Honor Roll (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012)

Overview
Came on late in the year as a sophomore to emerge as one of the team’s top offensive threats … Started the final 19 games of the year in 2012-13 and will be one of the team’s top returning front court players in 2013-14.

2012-13 (Sophomore)
Second-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Named a recipient of the MVC’s Leadership & Service Award … After coming off the bench in the first 11 games of the season, she made her first career state in the Missouri Valley Conference opener at Indiana State and was in the starting five in each of the last 19 contests … Came on late in the year, averaging 12.6 points and 2.4 steals per game, while shooting 58.3 percent from the field in the final seven games of the year … Averaged 10.8 points and 2.1 steals per game in the final 13 outings … Finished the year fifth on the team in scoring at 7.7 points per game and was second on the team in steals at 1.9 per game (7th in the MVC) … Was eighth in the Valley in field goal percentage (45.5 percent) … Bradley was 7-4 when she scores in double figures  ... Averaged 14.3 points on 37-for-54 shooting (68.5 percent) in last six home games ... Had the game-winning basket against Illinois State, making a left-handed breakaway layup with 1.3 seconds left ... Finished with a team-high 15 points and career-high six rebounds in the victory against Illinois State ... Snagged a career-high six steals at Evansville (March 3) to go with 11 points ... Made 9-of-12 shots and had a career-best 19 points to go with four assists and four steals in home game against Creighton ... Had then career-highs of 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting and five steals in the home win against Drake ... Scored all of her then career-high tying 12 points in the first half and also had career-bests of five rebounds & five assists in home romp over Southern Illinois ...  Was 5-for-6 from the field and scored 11 points in route of Evansville at home ... Tied a then career-high with 12 points and also tallied three steals at Creighton ... Played a then career-high 34 minutes at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, finishing with 10 points and three steals.

2011-12 (Freshman): Made her debut in the season opener against Northern Colorado, playing five minutes off the bench ... Scored her first career points against Stetson ... Collected a season-high 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting and also had a season-best three steals off the bench in the MVC Tournament win against Southern Illinois ... Had eight points in 21 minutes off the bench against Niagara ... Played 20 minutes in the win against Western Illinois, turning in the season-highs of eight points, three rebounds and two assists.

High School: Averaged 22.1 points per game as a senior, setting the Woodbury High School season scoring record ... Also averaged 3.6 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game in her final prep season ... Earned Suburban East All-Conference honors ... Named MVP of the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Team ... Associated Press All-State selection ... First-Team Star Tribune All-Metro pick ... Also earned all-state honors from the Pioneer Press ... Finalist for Minnesota's Miss Basketball ... Nominated for the McDonald's All-American team ... As junior, she earned Suburban East All-Conference honors and was an honorable mention all-state pick after averaging 12.2 points and 2.9 steals.

Personal: The daughter of Ephraim and LaVonne Young, Michelle was born in St. Louis Park, Minn. ... Has two older siblings: Angela (29) and Alex (21) ... Plans to major in elementary education.

 

 

Season gp-gs min/avg. fgm-fga pct. 3fg-3fga 3pct. ft-fta pct. O-D-Total RPG A TO B S pts avg.
2011-12 26-0 201/7.7 19-53 .358 2-8 .250 13-18 .722 4-9-13 0.5 8 11 4 17 53 2.0
2012-13 30-19 683/22.8 97-213 .455 3-15 .200 34-49 .694 25-35-60 2.0 25 39 10 56 231 7.7
TOTAL 56-19 884/15.8 116-266 .436 5-23 .217 47-67 .701 29-44-73 1.3 33 50 14 73 284 5.1
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