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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1983-12-15)December 15, 1983 (age 41) Saint Vincent,West Indies |
| Nationality | Vincentian / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| College | Baylor (2002–2006) |
| WNBA draft | 2006: 1st round, 4th overall pick |
| Drafted by | San Antonio Silver Stars |
| Playing career | 2006–2015 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2015 | San Antonio Stars |
| 2006–2007 | Gambrinus Sika Brno |
| 2007–2010 | Galatasaray |
| 2010–2011 | Cras Taranto |
| 2012–2013 | Beijing Great Wall |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young-Malcolm (born December 15, 1983) is aVincentian-American former professionalwomen's basketball player. She played with theSan Antonio Stars in theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Young-Malcolm has since been inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
She was born onSaint Vincent,West Indies. Young attended the Evangel Christian Academy inShreveport, Louisiana, United States.[1]
Young was anAll-American atBaylor University and helped lead the team, nicknamed theLady Bears, to their first national championship during the2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, defeatingMichigan State University. She is one of only four women inNCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds, collect 300 steals, as well as dish out 300 assists.
Source[3]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Baylor | 35 | 497 | 56.3 | - | 54.0 | 10.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 14.2 |
| 2003–04 | Baylor | 35 | 586 | 55.5 | - | 60.7 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 16.7 |
| 2004–05 | Baylor | 36 | 661 | 52.6 | - | 70.5 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 18.4 |
| 2005–06 | Baylor | 33 | 736 | 54.6 | - | 70.5 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 22.3° |
| Career | Baylor | 139 | 2480 | 54.6 | 0.0 | 65.3 | 9.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 17.8 |
Young was selected as the fourth overall pick in the2006 WNBA draft by theSan Antonio Silver Stars. During her nine-year career, all with the Stars, she was named to the Western ConferenceWNBA All-Star team three times.
Young was one of 21 finalists for the U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster for the 2010-2012 cycle. The 20 professional women's basketball players, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the US at the 2012 Olympics inLondon.[4] Young was named to the National team training pool again for the 2014-2016 cycle on 13 January 2014.[5]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | San Antonio | 34 | 34 | 31.1 | .416 | .000 | .730 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.32 | 12.0 |
| 2007 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 33.5 | .478 | .000 | .749 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.85 | 16.8 |
| 2008 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 31.9 | .478 | .000 | .786 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.73 | 17.5 |
| 2009 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 33.7 | .454 | .309 | .767 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.88 | 18.2 |
| 2010 | San Antonio | 34 | 34 | 31.8 | .501 | .263 | .658 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.06 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 31.6 | .429 | .000 | .592 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.55 | 13.2 |
| 2012 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 31.8 | .521 | .000 | .706 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.70 | 16.3 |
| 2014 | San Antonio | 34 | 20 | 24.3 | .469 | .000 | .658 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.76 | 8.2 |
| 2015 | San Antonio | 34 | 29 | 27.4 | .458 | .000 | .738 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.62 | 11.5 |
| Career | 9 years, 1 team | 301 | 282 | 30.8 | .468 | .223 | .718 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.61 | 14.3 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | San Antonio | 5 | 5 | 34.4 | .507 | .000 | .844 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.60 | 20.2 |
| 2008 | San Antonio | 9 | 9 | 36.1 | .456 | .000 | .750 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.11 | 17.7 |
| 2009 | San Antonio | 3 | 3 | 32.0 | .458 | .500 | .684 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.67 | 19.3 |
| 2010 | San Antonio | 2 | 2 | 33.0 | .406 | .000 | .556 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.50 | 15.5 |
| 2011 | San Antonio | 3 | 3 | 34.0 | .633 | .000 | .667 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.33 | 16.7 |
| 2012 | San Antonio | 2 | 2 | 35.5 | .533 | .000 | .889 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 2.00 | 20.0 |
| 2014 | San Antonio | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | .500 | .000 | .429 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.00 | 8.5 |
| Career | 7 years, 1 team | 26 | 24 | 34.1 | .486 | .333 | .734 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.88 | 17.5 |
She is married to Jermaine Malcolm and the mother of two children, Skye and Sevyn.[1]
Young-Malcolm holds a Bachelors Degree in Education fromBaylor University. Along with a master's degree in education from theUniversity of Phoenix and another master's degree in Christian ministries from theLiberty Theological Seminary.[6]
In August 2013, Young said that she was againstsame-sex marriage onTwitter, in response to San Antonio – where she was playing at the time – proposing legislature adding gender identity and sexual orientation to the city’s non-discrimination laws.[7] Her comments were decried by LGBT advocacy groups and fans, as well asLaurel J. Richie, then-president of the WNBA, and four-time league MVPLauren Jackson.[8]
Galatasaray[9]