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Richard Young

Position:
F
Height:
6-8
Weight:
230
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fort Myers, Fla. (Cypress Lake
Prev School:
Hillsborough CC

2005-06 (AS A JUNIOR)
• Missed most of the season recovering from preseason knee surgery.
• Played in seven games.
• Scored a season-high of two points each against UAB and No. 13 Arizona.
• Tallied one point against Tulsa.
• Pulled down a season-high of four rebounds at UAB.
• Pulled down two rebounds against Tulsa, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and South Alabama.
• Grabbed one rebound against UNLV.
• Blocked one shot versus UAB.

JUNIOR COLLEGE
• First-Team All-Sun Coast Conference selection in 2002-03 and 2003-04.
• Named to the Sun Coast Conference All-Freshman team in 2002-03.
• Set Hillborough[apos]s school career record for most blocked shots in a career with 215.
• Averaged 12 points, ranked eighth among Florida Community Colleges in rebounds with 8.3 per game and led the state in blocked shots with 100 as a sophomore.
• Averaged eight rebounds and led Florida Community Colleges in blocked shots with 115 as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Honorable Mention All-America selection by Street & Smith[apos]s.

PERSONAL
• Major is sociology.
• Son of Constance Young and Richard Young.
• Born September 27, 1983, in Fort Myers, Fla.
• Hobbies include playing games.