33 Facts About Keena Young

Keena Young was named All-Region three times and All-State twice.

However, one of Knight's assistants visited South Plains while Keena Young was in the midst of a slump.

Keena Young planned to return to South Plains for his sophomore season, but was surprised to receive a scholarship offer from Steve Cleveland, coach at Brigham Young University.

Keena Young was happy to play at a Division I school, but his first year at BYU was frustrating at times.

Keena Young started the season as a backup, alternating between small forward and power forward throughout the season.

Towards the end of the season, Keena Young replaced injured Garner Meads as starting power forward.

At 6-foot-6 and 215 pounds, Keena Young was undersized at power forward, but he excelled at the position nonetheless.

Keena Young scored in double figures nine times during the season, finished with an average of 7.2 points per game.

Unfortunately, Keena Young broke his shooting hand and missed the last five games of the season.

Keena Young began his junior year as BYU's starting power forward.

Keena Young started the season slowly, but picked up his game as the season wore on.

Keena Young scored in double figures in 15 of BYU's last 23 games, including his first 20-point game as a Cougar.

Keena Young finished the season with averages of 10.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, and his field goal percentage ranked fifth in the Mountain West Conference.

However, Keena Young was overshadowed during his junior year by new teammate Trent Plaisted, a 6-foot-11 center who averaged 13.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

However, Keena Young had worked hard during the summer in preparation for his senior season.

Keena Young developed some strong offensive moves in the low post, and he improved his mid-range jump shot.

Keena Young led the Cougars to a championship in the BYU Holiday Classic in December 2006.

When BYU began conference play, Keena Young elevated his game even higher.

Keena Young set a new career high with 29 points in 31 minutes against Wyoming.

Keena Young matched his career high with 29 points in another victory over Wyoming.

Keena Young scored 25,23, and 24 points in the next three games, all BYU victories.

However, Keena Young faced constant double-teams and struggled in the first two games of the 2007 MWC Tournament.

Keena Young returned to form in the title game against UNLV.

Keena Young set a new career-high with 34 points, including BYU's last 16 points of the game.

Keena Young finished the season with outstanding statistics: 17.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, along with great shooting percentages.

Keena Young received many honors and awards for his spectacular senior season.

Keena Young was named MWC Player of the Year, First Team All-MWC, Deseret Morning News Player of the Year, Deseret Morning News First Team All-Utah, USBWA All-District VIII, and NABC All-District 13 First Team.

Keena Young was named Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.

In three seasons at BYU, Keena Young scored 1,068 points in 88 games.

In 2007, Keena Young had a short stint with Spotter Leuven, a professional team in Belgium, before joining Mobis Phoebus of the Korean Basketball League.

Keena Young had a tryout with Besancon Basket Comte Doubs of the Pro A League in France in 2008, but moved to Sigal Prishtina of the Super League in Kosovo.

Keena Young led the team to the Kosovo Cup Championship in 2009 and played in the league's All-Star Game.

Keena Young later spent time with Air21 Express in the Philippines before moving to Israel in August 2010 to join Elitzur Ramla.