Andre_Young_(basketball)

Andre Young (basketball)

Andre Young (basketball)

American basketball player (born 1990)

Andre Young (born March 16, 1990) is a retired American professional basketball player. Standing at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), Young played the point guard or shooting guard position.[1][2] He played four years of collegiate basketball with Clemson followed by three seasons of playing professionally in multiple countries in Europe.

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Career

After playing college basketball for the Clemson Tigers, Young started his professional career in the Netherlands with EiffelTowers Den Bosch from the Dutch Basketball League. In his first season, he won the league's Most Valuable Player award and got a place in the All-DBL Team. With EiffelTowers, Young won the Dutch Cup. However, he did not win the national championship despite finishing first in the regular season.

On June 12, 2013, Young signed with BC Goverla in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.[3] He left the team in March 2014 during the ongoing Ukrainian revolution.[4]

For the 2014–15 season, Young signed with Chorale Roanne of the French second tier Pro B.[5]

For the 2015–16 season, he signed with another Pro B side in Boulazac Basket Dordogne. On July 28, 2015, Young was released by Boulazac after suffering a serious injury.[6]

Honours

With club

EiffelTowers Den Bosch

Individual awards

References

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    "Andre Young Player Profile". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  2. [2]
    "Andre Young Stats, Bio". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
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    "Hoverla tab Andre Young". Mlbb.d11.gr. 2013-06-12. Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
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    "Albany athlete returns safely from Ukraine". Wsmv.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
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    "Roanne signs Andre Young". Sportando.com. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  6. [6]
    "GRAVEMENT BLESSÉ, ANDRE YOUNG NE REJOINDRA PAS BOULAZAC" (in French). Bebasket.fr. 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
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