Cameron Young (basketball)
![]() Young with Cantù in October 2019 | |
Free agent | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
Personal information | |
Born | Inglewood, California | March 24, 1996
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Westchester (Los Angeles, California) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Career history | |
2019–2020 | Cantù |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Cameron Young (born March 24, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Quinnipaic Bobcats. He played two years at Arizona Western College prior to Quinnipaic. Young was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season.
College career
After a high school career at Westchester High School in Los Angeles, Young moved to junior college Arizona Western, where he was named first-team Arizona Community College Athletic Conference as a sophomore. Young signed with Quinnipiac as his four-year college.[1] Young's first season at Quinnipiac consisted of only six minutes as he found himself on coach Tom Moore’s bench.[2] He would later be granted another year of eligibility by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).[3]
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Young's next season was saved as new head coach Baker Dunleavy inserted Young into the starting lineup. Young responded, averaging 18.8 points a game for the Bobcats and earning second-team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honors.[2] Following his fifth year of eligibility being reinstated, Young entered the 2018–19 season as the leading returning scorer in the MAAC and a preseason first-team All-MAAC selection.[4] In a February 18, 2019 game, Young scored 55 points against Siena. The total marked a MAAC and Quinnipiac Division I record and was the most points scored in an NCAA Division I game since North Dakota State’s Ben Woodside scored 60 in 2008.[5] Young led the Bobcats to an 11–7 MAAC record and at the close of the season was named the MAAC Player of the Year and a first-team All-MAAC pick.[6][7]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Young signed his first professional contract with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A.[8]
References
- ^ "Trio sign" (Press release). Arizona Western Matadors. May 11, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ a b Riley, Lori (February 24, 2019). "Cam Young making most of an extra year and has Quinnipiac men's basketball on the upswing". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "Cameron Young Granted Extra Year of Eligibility by NCAA, Will Return for QU Men's Basketball in 2018-19" (Press release). Quinnipiac Bobcats. May 31, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "Rider Selected as Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite; Canisius' Reese Named Preseason Player of the Year" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. October 23, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Negley, Cassandra (February 18, 2019). "Quinnipiac's Cameron Young scores most points in D-I game since 2008". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Fuller, Jim (March 8, 2019). "Quinnipiac's Cameron Young named MAAC Player of the Year". New Haven Register. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "MAAC Men's Basketball Major Award Winners Announced" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (September 6, 2019). "Cantù sign Cameron Young". Sportando. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
External links
- 1996 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Arizona Western Matadors men's basketball players
- Basketball players from California
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles