1. Jacquelyn Young was born on September 16,1997 and is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association.
20 Facts About Jackie Young
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Jackie Young was drafted first overall by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2019 WNBA draft.
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Jackie Young won a gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a national WNBA championship in 2022.
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Jackie Young finished as the leading scorer in Indiana high school history with 3,268 points, eclipsing the 26-year-old record set by Damon Bailey.
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Jackie Young led Princeton to 53 consecutive wins and the 2015 Indiana Class 3A state championship.
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Jackie Young 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.
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Jackie Young achieved 9.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.8 steals.
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Jackie Young was the recipient of the 2016 Indiana Miss Basketball award.
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Jackie Young set the Indiana high school girls' basketball single season scoring record as a junior, recording 1,003 points.
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Jackie Young was ranked in the top-10 by nearly all major national recruiting services, including a No 5 rank by Prospects Nation.
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Jackie Young played three seasons of college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish between 2016 and 2019, where she won an NCAA championship as a sophomore in 2018.
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Jackie Young earned ACC All-Freshman Team in 2017 and second-team All-ACC in 2019.
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Jackie Young played the 2019 WNBA season as a point guard for the first time, having played as a shooting guard in college.
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Jackie Young averaged 6.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game and was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.
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Jackie Young was a part of the championship winning Las Vegas Aces.
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Jackie Young's performances grew steadily and in particular her scoring improved from an average of 10 points per game in the first ten games to average over twenty five in her subsequent six games including 30,36 and 26 points in consecutive matches to help Lynx finish the regular season second in the WNBL.
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Jackie Young contributed 21,12 and 18 respectively in the three-match final series which Melbourne Boomers won by two matches to one.
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On July 18,2024, it was announced that Jackie Young would appear and play in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a new women's 3-on-3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
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In July 2021, Jackie Young won a gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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In June 2024, Jackie 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'ja Wilson.