Desi-Rae Young

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No. 23 – UNLV Lady Rebels
PositionCenter (basketball)
LeagueMountain West Conference
Personal information
Born (2002-01-08) January 8, 2002 (age 22)
Inglewood, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolDesert Oasis High School
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
CollegeUNLV Lady Rebels basketball (2020–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • Mountain West Conference
  • Mountain West Conference (2021)
  • Academic All-Mountain West Conference (Spring 2021)

Desi-Rae Yvonne Young (born January 8, 2002), also known as Desi-Rae Young, is an American college basketball player. Young currently attends the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) (sophomore), where she plays Center (basketball) on the UNLV Lady Rebels basketball Lady Rebels basketball team and studies Social Work.[1]

Personal and early life

Young, born in Inglewood, California is the daughter of Beverly Williams and has two siblings – older brother, Omar Paul, and younger sister, Rashida Young. At age 3, Young and her family moved from Inglewood to Las Vegas, Nevada. At age 12, at the encouragement of her uncle, Young began playing basketball.[2] As a child, Young and her Amateur Athletic Union basketball team attended camps hosted by the UNLV Lady Rebels basketball program.[3]

Career

High School career

Young attended Desert Oasis High School (Diamondbacks), where she played on the girls basketball team, in Las Vegas. In 24 games as a sophomore on the 2017-2018 Diamondbacks girls basketball team, Young, a 6’0”, 131-lb Power forward (basketball)|power forward and Center (basketball)|center, led the team in points (263), points per game (11), points per shot (1.6), rebounds per game (6.6 rebounds), field goals made (97), field goal percentage (60%), free throws attempted (132), and double doubles (6).[4] Young led the 2017-2018 Diamondbacks to a 21-5 record, the #4 team ranking in Nevada, the championship game of the Nike Interstate Shootout in Oregon, and to the semifinals of the Sunset Region tournament.[4][5][6] Young’s sophomore performance earned her Nevada All-State Team Honorable Mention, All-Southwest League Second Team, and Athlete of the Week honors (January 8-13, 2018), per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.[7][8][9]

Entering Young’s junior season, the Las Vegas Sun selected Young to its preseason “Super Seven” Team, as one of the best girls basketball players in the Las Vegas area.[10] Prior to the start of her junior season, Young had already received a scholarship offer from UNLV to play basketball.[10] As a junior, Young led the 2018-2019 Diamondbacks in rebounds (89), rebounds per game (6.8), field goals made (58), field goal percentage (59%), free throws attempted (71), steals-to-turnover ratio (1.6), charges taken (4), and double doubles (3).[11] Young led the Diamondbacks to a 20-6 record, Southwest League championship, the Diamondbacks program’s first-ever qualification for the 4A state tournament, a trip to the 4A semifinals (loss to Centennial High School (Las Vegas)|Centennial High School), and another #4 Nevada state ranking.[11][12][13] Young’s junior performance earned her All-Southwest League MVP honors.[14]

Entering Young’s senior season, the Las Vegas Sun again selected Young to its preseason “Super Seven” Team, describing Young as both a “once-in-a-generation player” and a “once-in-a-generation teammate”.[15] As a senior, now 6’1” and 165lbs, Young led the 2019-2020 Diamondbacks in points (356), points per game (13.7), points per shot (tied, 1.5), field goals made (356), field goal percentage (64%), free throws made (56), free throws attempted (98), rebounds (186), rebounds per game (7.2), blocks (18), blocks per game (0.7), charges taken (7), and double doubles (tied, 4).[16]

As a senior, Young led the Diamondbacks to a 24-3 record, a Desert Region Championship, a runner up finish in Desert Oasis’ first-ever program trip to the 4A state finals (79-51 championship game loss to Centennial High School), #2 Nevada state ranking, and #219 national ranking.[16][17][18] Following the state finals loss, in which Young spent significant time on the bench in foul trouble before ultimately fouling out with 7:31 left in the game, her Desert Oasis coach, Laurie Evans, said, “Desi-Rae is a powerhouse. There aren’t a lot of people who can guard her in the state. With her in foul trouble, it was just tough.”[19] Young’s senior performance earned her First Team Nevada All-State Team and Southwest League Co-MVP honors.[20][21]

Young finished her Desert Oasis High School career with per game averages of 11.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals.[1]

College career

Entering Young's 2020-2021 freshman season at UNLV, the Lady Rebels were picked to finish 9th in the Mountain West Conference as they returned only one starter from the prior season’s 9-9 conference record campaign as well as a new coach, Lindy La Rocque.[22] Despite these lowly expectations, the Lady Rebels, powered in part by Young’s freshman performance, finished the regular season 15-8 (13-5 in Conference), earning the 2nd seed in the Mountain West Conference tournament, one of only three top-2 Conference finishes in Lady Rebel program history.[23] Young scored the game-winning basket against Fresno State on 2/27/21 to clinch second place in the Conference for the Lady Rebels.[1] However, Young and the Lady Rebels’ season ended with a 72-56 upset loss to 7-seed Wyoming Cowgirls basketball|Wyoming in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament|Mountain West tournament, despite Young’s team-leading 21 points and 70% field goal percentage, which earned her “Lady Rebel of the Game” honors.[24][25]

In 24 games (21 starts) as a freshman center for the Lady Rebels, Young, a previously unranked recruit coming out of high school, led all Mountain West Conference freshmen in scoring (12.7 points per game) (11th overall in Conference, 1st on team) and rebounding (6.9 per game) (8th overall in Conference, 2nd on team).[26][1][27] In the Conference, Young tied for the most double doubles (5), finished 6th in scoring (304 points) (1st on team) and 7th in rebounding (158) (2nd on team).[28] Young also led her team in field goal percentage (51.1%), field goals made (112), free throws made (80), free throws attempted (134), and offensive rebounds (61).[29]

Young’s freshman performance earned her Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, Mountain West Conference All-Freshman Team, Mountain West All-Conference Team Honorable Mention, Week 14 NCAA.com “Starting Five” (top 5 players of the week in NCAA women’s basketball), and Mountain West Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week (February 15-21, 2021) honors.[26][30] In the classroom, Young earned Spring 2021 Academic All-Mountain West Team honors with a 3.12 GPA in her Social Work studies (after changing her major from Journalism and Media).[31]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster: Desi-Rae Young". UNLV Rebels. 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Orts, Jason (January 8, 2021). "Desi-Rae Young Makes Immediate Impact for Lady Rebels". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Wright, Alex (April 21, 2021). "LADY REBEL LOOK BACK: Young Stakes Claim As One of Best Posts in MW". UNLV Rebels. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Desert Oasis 2017-18 Girls Basketball Player Stats". Max Preps. March 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Roundup: Desert Oasis falls in championship of Oregon tournament". Las Vegas Review-Journal. December 30, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Emerson, Justin (February 15, 2018). "Sunset Girls: Seniors key in Grizzlies' victory, set up title game rematch". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "2018 All-State Girls Basketball Team". Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 30, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "2018 Girls Basketball Honors". Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 14, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Athletes of the Week — Jan. 17". Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 17, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brewer, Ray (December 5, 2018). "Super Seven: For Centennial standout Isbell, it's 'heart over height'". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Desert Oasis 2018-19 Girls Basketball Player Stats". Max Preps. March 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ Gordon, Sam (February 19, 2019). "Desert Region: Desert Oasis tops Spring Valley to earn first state bid". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ Gordon, Sam (February 27, 2020). "Desert Oasis gets rematch vs. Centennial in girls state tourney". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "2019 Girls Basketball Honors". Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 18, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ Brewer, Ray (December 11, 2019). "Super Seven: Desert Oasis forward 'will be one of the best to come out of Vegas'". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Desert Oasis 2019-20 Girls Basketball Player Stats". Max Preps. March 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ Orts, Jason (February 20, 2020). "Rice wins 500th game as Bishop Gorman claims region title". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ↑ "2020 Girls Basketball State Tournament Glances". Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 23, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ↑ Orts, Jason (February 28, 2020). "Centennial wins NIAA-record 6th straight girls state title". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ↑ Kallam, Clay (March 4, 2020). "Nevada All-State Girls Basketball Team presented by Suddenlink". Max Preps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ↑ Orts, Jason (March 20, 2020). "2019-20 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls basketball team". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ Gotz, Ben (November 19, 2020). "UNLV women's basketball picked near bottom of Mountain West". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ↑ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Standings". Mountain West Conference. March 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ↑ Hill, Adam (March 8, 2021). "Lady Rebels' dream season ends in nightmarish fashion". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ↑ "Lady Rebel Season Ends In MW Quarterfinals To Wyoming". UNLV Rebels. March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Mountain West Announces 2020-21 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team". Mountain West Conference. March 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ↑ "Lady Rebels Pick Up MW Coach, Freshman, Defensive Player Of The Year Honors". UNLV Rebels. March 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ↑ "2020-2021 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics". Mountain West Conference. March 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ↑ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Cumulative Statistics". UNLV Rebels. March 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ↑ Nixon, Rick (February 24, 2021). "FGCU's Kierstan Bell headlines this week's starting 5, the top players in women's basketball". NCAA.com. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ↑ "Conference-Record 2,045 Honorees on Spring 2021 Academic All-Mountain West Tam" (PDF). Mountain West Conference (themw.com). July 14, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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