Andre Young (basketball)

Andre Young

Young playing for Clemson Tigers in 2009
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1990-03-16) 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

Netherlands Netherlands

United States Collegiate

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 Netherlands Den Bosch DBL 42 31.2 .547 .371 .830 3.0 5.7 2.3 0.0 13.9
2013–14 Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk SuperLeague 15 22.9 .346 .340 1.000 3.5 4.1 1.5 0.0 8.4

References

  1. "Andre Young Player Profile,". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  2. "Andre Young Stats, Bio". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  3. "Hoverla tab Andre Young". Mlbb.d11.gr. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  4. "Albany athlete returns safely from Ukraine". Wsmv.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  5. "Roanne signs Andre Young". Sportando.com. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
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