Andre Young (basketball)
 Young playing for Clemson Tigers in 2009 | |
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 16, 1990 Albany, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Deerfield-Windsor (Albany, Georgia) |
| College | Clemson (2008–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2012 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2013 | EiffelTowers Den Bosch |
| 2013–2014 | Hoverla |
| 2014–2015 | Chorale Roanne |
| 2015 | Boulazac Basket Dordogne |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Andre Young (born March 16, 1990) is an American professional basketball player. Young plays the point guard or shooting guard position and is 5'9 tall.[1][2]
Career
After playing college basketball for the Clemson Tigers, Young started his professional career in the Netherlands with EiffelTowers Den Bosch from the Dutch Basketball League. In his first season he won the Most Valuable Player award and got a place in the All-League team. With Den Bosch, Young won the Dutch cup but didn't win the national championship despite finishing first in the regular season. At June 12, 2013 Young signed with BC Hoverla in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.[3] He left the team in 2014 during the ongoing Ukrainian revolution.[4]
For the 2014–15 season Young signed with Chorale Roanne from the French second division LNB Pro B.[5]
Honours
- NBB Cup: 2012–13
- DBL Most Valuable Player: 2012–13
- All-DBL Team: 2012–13
- DBL All-Star: 2013
- DBL Three-Point shootout champion: 2013
Collegiate
- All-ACC Defensive Team: 2011–12
Statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | 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 | Led the league | |
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 |  Den Bosch |
DBL | 42 | 31.2 | .547 | .371 | .830 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 13.9 |
| 2013–14 |  Ivano-Frankivsk |
SuperLeague | 15 | 22.9 | .346 | .340 | 1.000 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 8.4 |
References
- ↑ "Andre Young Player Profile,". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ "Andre Young Stats, Bio". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ "Hoverla tab Andre Young". Mlbb.d11.gr. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ "Albany athlete returns safely from Ukraine". Wsmv.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ↑ "Roanne signs Andre Young". Sportando.com. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-17.