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Kevin Young guard • 6-1 • 175 • junior • marietta, ga/middle georgia |
 Pre-CCSU:
Helped lead Middle Georgia College to a
runner-up finish in the Georgia Junior College Athletic Association
State Tournament ... Named to the GJCAA All-Tournament team after
scoring 26 points and dishing off nine assists in team’s upset win
over nationally-ranked Georgia Perimeter in tournament semifinals ...
Scored 25 points against Coastal Carolina, the Georgia junior college
state champs... Averaged 13 points and six assists as a sophomore in
leading head coach Scott Moe’s team to a 20-11 record ... Averaged
eight points and four assists per game as freshman in leading head coach
Dale Hatcher’s team to a 19-10 record.
Personal:
Born Kevin Philip Young on November 17, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah ...
Son of Jody and Phil Young ... Nickname: "KY" ... Majoring in
education. "Kevin’s intangibles at the point are needed as we replace all our ball-handling guards. He has the ability to make his teammates better, the knack of knocking down that big shot or making the big play. Kevin will help run this team." |
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High
School: 2000
Graduate of Sprayberry High School in Marietta, GA ... Two-year letter
winner and team captain his senior at his Class Five (Georgia’s
highest classification) school ... Averaged 15 points and six assists
his senior year on head coach Roger Kaum’s 27-4 squad ... Team
finished the season ranked sixth in the state and as subregion champions
... Averaged 10 points and five assists as a junior on squad that
finished 23-6 and advanced to the state’s "Sweet Sixteen"
... Two-time All-Cobb County Player, named Campbell/Osborne Holiday
Tournament Most Valuable Player, named MVP of Douglas County Christmas
Tournament and named Player of the Month by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club ...
Scored 28 points against Campbell High School his senior season ... A
Georgia HOPE Scholar.