12 Abby Young
12 Abby Young
Height: 6-0
Year: 2014
Hometown: North Yarmouth, Maine
High School: Greely
Position: Forward
Major: Liberal Studies

Accolades:

MWBCA All-Rookie (2011)
GNAC ROW: 2/28/2011
MWBCA ROW: 11/22/2010, 1/10/2011, 2/14/2011, 2/21/2011
GNAC Honor Roll: 12/13/2010, 2/14/2011
MWBCA Honor Roll: 12/13/2010, 1/31/2011, 2/13/2012
GNAC All-Academic (2012) 

2011-12: Played in 22 games as a sophomore forward…averaged 15.9 minutes per night…tallied 8.0 points and 3.5 boards per contest…shot 54.3% (75-138) from the floor and 73.3% (22-30) from the line…ranked second on the team in blocked shots (17) and fourth in scoring average…netted 11 points in just 14 minutes against Elms College on November 18th…chipped in with 11 points and seven caroms in a victory over Maine-Fort Kent on January 7th…went 4-4 from the field and 4-5 from the FT line en route to scoring 12 points versus Johnson & Wales University on January 21st…recorded another impressive effort with 14 points in a win over Anna Maria College on February 4th…registered her second career double-double with a personal-high 25 points and 10 boards against Pine Manor College three days later…contributed 10 points and shot 5-6 from the floor in a loss to Emmanuel College on February 14th…tallied 11 points and nine caroms in just 15 minutes worth of playing time in a GNAC Championship game loss at the hands of Emmanuel on February 25th. 

2010-11: Appeared in all 27 contests as a freshman forward…averaged 9.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 20.0 minutes per game…shot 43% (101-235) from the field, 26.7% (16-60) from three-point distance and 71.7% (38-53) from the FT line…ranked second on the team in rebounding, blocked shots and field goals made and third in scoring…led the team in scoring in two games and rebounding in nine different contests…her PPG average was the highest by a first-year player since Carolyn Freeman ’10 notched 10.7 PPG as a rookie in 2007…her rejections total (32) ranks as the 10th-highest single-season total in team history…tallied seven points, eight boards and four steals in her first collegiate action – a loss to UNE on November 17th…scored a season-high 15 points and added eight caroms in an overtime win over UMass.-Dartmouth on November 19th…netted 15 again in a victory over Gordon College four days later…collected a career-best 11 boards in a win over Pomona-Pitzer on January 3rd…drained a trio of trifectas and scored 11 points in a convincing win over Johnson & Wales on January 17th…poured in 14 points in a loss to Bates College two days later…posted an impressive effort versus Emmanuel College on January 31st with 14 points, 10 rebounds and five rejections...went 3-6 from downtown and netted 13 against Lasell on February 12th…tallied 13 points and eight caroms versus Pine Manor on February 17th…contributed 11 points, seven boards and three blocks in a GNAC tourney loss to Suffolk on February 24th…listed on the MWBCA All-Rookie Team…selected as the MWBCA Rookie of the Week four times and garnered MWBCA Honor Roll mention on two occasions.

High School: Played three years at Greely High School, making Western Maine Finals her junior and senior year...named First-Team All Conference her junior and senior years...was named to the Portland Press Herald All-State Team her senior year...averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds as a senior...scored 23 points against Yarmouth High School…earned team MVP honors as a junior and senior…collected Western Maine Conference All-Academic accolades as a senior…also participated in track and field.

Personal: Abigail Anita Young, born on September 12, 1992 in Portland, Maine...daughter of Cindy and Rick Young...Liberal Studies major.

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