Sophia Yvonne Young

Background

Young, Sophia Yvonne was born on December 15, 1983 in St. Vincent and The Grenadines. Daughter of Denniston Young and Annie Christopher.

Education

Born in Saint Vincent, West Indies, Young attended Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

Young was an All-American at and helped lead the team, nicknamed the Lady Bears, to their first National Championship during the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Division I Basketball Tournament, defeating Michigan State University. She is one of only four women in National Collegiate Athletic Association history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds, collect 300 steals, as well as dish out 300 assists.

Big 12 10th Anniversary Team (only active player named to the five person squad)

Big 12 Player of the Year

Kodak All-American (second straight year)

Associated Press All-American (first team)

USBWA All-American (second straight year)

All-Tournament team Albuquerque Regional

Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team (third straight year)

Wooden Award Finalist

Wade Trophy Finalist

Naismith Trophy Watch List

All-Big 12 first team (third straight year)

All-Big 12 Defensive team

Bayer Senior CLASS Award Finalist

Big 12 Player of the Week (three-time)

Big 12 Commissioner"s Honor Roll (40 Grade Point Average).

Career

Source Young was selected as the fourth overall pick in the 2006 Women's National Basketball Association Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. As a rookie, she was named to the Western Conference Women's National Basketball Association All-Star team Sophia Young took to Twitter on August 28, 2013 to express her views against LGBT equality.

Young descended upon San Antonio City Hall in Texas to pray for the defeat of proposed LGBT additions to the city"s anti-discrimination bill.

The proposal would add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the city"s existing nondiscrimination ordinance. Young tweeted a photo of herself holding a "Vote Number" sign but seemed to think she was protesting against same-sex marriage because her Twitter message read: "Should San Antonio be a city that allows same sex marriage?? I vote November."A later tweet stated: "My vote is still Number.

San Antonio should not allows Same sex marriages." Young was one of 21 finalists for the United States. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster for the 2010-2012 cycle. The 20 professional women"s basketball payers, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the Women's National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the United States of America at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Young was named to the National team training pool again for the 2014-2016 cycle on 13 January 2014.

Regular season Postseason.

Achievements

• Sophia Yvonne Young has been listed as a noteworthy professional basketball player by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Father:

Denniston Young

Mother:

Annie Christopher