The truth about Jackie Young

Jacqueline Young born September 16th 1997 is an american professional basketball player for the Las Vegas aces of the Women's National Basketball Association WNBA she was drafted first overall by the Las Vegas aces in the 2019 WNBA draft a graduate of Princeton Community High School she played college basketball for the notra Dame Fighting Irish reaching two NCA finals and winning one in 2018 she won a gold medal in women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a national WNBA championship in 2022 in 2024 she won the gold medal in 5x5 basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics High School career in Young's High School career the pchs Tigers posted a 97- 9. 915 record she finished as the leading scorer girls or boys basketball in Indiana High School history with 3,00 268 points eclipsing the 26-year-old record set by Damon Bailey overall young averaged 30.8 points 10.3 rebounds 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game while shooting 583 from the field 382 from Beyond The Arc and 0 858 from the free throw line she led Princeton to 53 consecutive wins in the 2015 Indiana class 3A state championship she scored 36 points in State title game setting the record for most points in a class 3A final as well as the most points by one player in any Indiana girls basketball State title game since 1980 Young led her team to a 27 to1 record in her senior season ranking third in the state and Ninth in the nation in scoring with 34.9 PPG she also achieved 9.5 rebounds 5.0 assists and 3.8 steals she shot 605 as a senior with a 429 mark from three-point range and in 861 free throw percentage all told she compiled 20 30o games 1040 point games and a season High 53 points on November 20th versus County rival Gibson Southern she was the recipient of the 2016 Indiana Miss basketball award young set the Indiana high school girls basketball single season scoring record as a junior recording 1,3 points she was the fifth player of either sex in State history to score 1,000 points in a season she was ranked in the top 10 by nearly all major national recruiting services including a number five ranked by prospects Nation college career young played three seasons of college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish between 2016 and 2019 where she won an NCA Championship as a sophomore in 2018 she earned ACC all freshman team in 200 17 and second Team all ACC in 2019 she also earned ACC tournament MVP in 2019 professional career WNBA young had the option to remain at notra Dame for the 2019 to20 College season but opted to enter the 2019 WNBA draft where she was selected with the first overall pick by the Las Vegas Aces coached by Bill lame beer she later signed a multi-year deal with Puma she played the 2019 WNBA season as a point guard for the first time having played as a shooting guard in college young finished eighth in the WNBA with 153 total assists and her 2.89 assist SLT turnover ranked sixth overall she averaged 6.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game and was subsequently named to the WNBA all rookie team in the 2020 WNBA season Yen averaged 10.1 points 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 40 games with the aces in the 2021 WNBA season young emerged as an early candidate for most improved player after being shifted to that of a play finisher rather than a playmaker but eventually lost out to Brana Jones as Dallas went out at the semi-final stage of the 2021 WNBA playoffs following her further improvements during the 2022 season she was selected as most improved player throughout the WNBA in 2022 she was also announced to her first WNBA All-Star our team as a starter in July she was also a part of the championship winning Las Vegas Aces turkey and Israel in February 2020 young join Turkish side Alig but her time there lasted only two games due to the Corona virus induced cancellation of the league for the 2020 to 21 season young played in Israel for as RAM at hasharon Australia on August 3rd 2021 young signed with the Perth links in Australia for the 2021 to 22 w NBL season her performances grew steadily and in particular her scoring improved from an average of 10 points per game in the first 10 games to average over 25 in her subsequent six games including 30 36 and 26 points in consecutive matches to help lyns finished the regular season second in the wnbl Jackie contributed 21 12 and 18 respectively in the three- match final series which Melbourne Boomers won by two matches to one young was made 20 21 to 22 season MVP for Perth links and was runner-up overall League MVP national team career 2020 Summer Olympics in late March 2020 the international Olympic Committee ioc and the Tokyo Metropolitan government postponed the 2020 Summer Olympics until the summer of 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic in July 2021 young w a gold medal in women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20 24 Summer Olympics in June 2024 young named to the US Women's Olympic team to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France alongside fellow Aces teammates Chelsea Gray Kelsey Plum and a Wilson young in the United States defeated France 67 to 66 in the final earning young her first 5x5 gold medal in the United States eighth consecutive gold medal