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Jersey Number 11
Tamera Young
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Laney
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, N.C.
Bio
Professional:
At JMU:
2007-08:
2006-07:
2005-06:
2004-05:
High school:
Personal:
- #8 Pick in 2008 WNBA Draft, selected by Atlanta Dream
At JMU:
2007-08:
- Associated Press All-America honorable mention.
- Invited to WNBA Pre-Draft Camp (April 4-5 in Tampa, Fla.).
- Richmond Times-Dispatch All-State first team.
- CAA Player of the Year.
- All-CAA first team.
- Leading scorer (20.4) and rebounder (10.4) in the
- CAA.
- CAA and school career scoring record (2,121); broke JMU record of 1,760 held by Meredith Alexis ('07) with a three-pointer at 16:47 Jan. 24 vs. Hofstra.
- Second on JMU and CAA career rebounding list (1,127) and only the second player in school history with more than 1,000 rebounds
- School-record 38 points in a game (38) March 20 vs. Radford.
- School-record season points (693) and season scoring average (20.4) .
- School-record career scoring average (16.7).
- School-record career steals (275).
- School-record career starts (125).
- School-record 44 consecutive games in double figures.* School career record 112 games scoring in double figures .
- CAA Player of the Week March 9 (game-high 27 points, 8 rebounds in win at North Carolina Wilmington).
- CAA Player of the Week Dec. 31 (game-high 32 points in loss to Pittsburgh, game-high 22 points in win over Wagner).
- CAA Player of the Week Nov. 11 (game-high 30 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists in win over Harvard).
- Preseason CAA Player of the Year.
- Preseason All-CAA first team.
- Team tri-captain
2006-07:
- Richmond Times-Dispatch all-state first team.
- All-CAA first team.
- All-state (VaSID) first team.
- Ninth on JMU's career scoring list (1,428 points).
- School record 1,428 career points by a junior; former record of 1,305 was held by Holly Rilinger, 1992-93, 94-96.
- Scored her 1,000th career point Dec. 18 vs. Savannah State.
- 90th in points in NCAA.
- CAA Player of the Week Jan. 15: game-high 13 points vs. George Mason; career-high 33 points, 8 rebounds and career-high 6 steals in win over William and Mary.
- Miami all-tournament team: game-high 24 points and 13 rebounds and career-high eight assists vs. Auburn, game-high 23 points, 12 rebounds vs. Coppin State.
- CAA Player of the Week Jan. 1 for Miami tournament performance.
- Scored her 1,000th point Dec. 18 vs. Savannah State; only sixth player in school history to reach 1,000 as a junior.
- Preseason All-CAA first team
- Team's Hustle Award recipient.
2005-06:
- USA Under-20 National Women's Basketball Team Trials, May 2006
- All-CAA first team
- Richmond Times-Dispatch all-state first team
- VaSID all-state first team
- CAA all-tournament
- CAA all-defensive team
- Among NCAA leaders (27th) in rebounds
- Among CAA leaders in scoring (3rd), steals (3rd), rebounding (4th), three-point percentage (11th), and three-point field goals (11th)
- Team leader in steals and second in scoring, rebounding and assists
- School sophomore records for points, field goals attempted, three-point field goals made and attempted, double-doubles (12 ) and double-figure rebounding games (15)
- 16 career double-doubles, which ranks eighth on JMU's career list
- Her 20 rebounds Dec. 18 at East Carolina tied for third-highest game total in school history and the most by a JMU player since Mendy Childress had 20 rebounds 2/24/79 at Longwood
- CAA Player of the Week four times, more than any other player in the league
- Long Island Thanksgiving Classic all-tournament team
- Team's co-MVP and team's Hustle Award
2004-05:
- CAA all-rookie team
- Team leader in steals and three-point field goals
- Second on team in scoring and rebounding
- School freshman record for steals
- CAA Rookie of the Week (Dec. 5; Jan. 23)
- Team's Newcomer of the Year and Hustle Award
High school:
- Coached by Sherri Tynes at Laney
- Wilmington Star-News Mideastern Conference Player of the Year (2003, 2004)
- McDonald's All-American nominee (2004)
- Team MVP (2003, 2004)
- Team offensive MVP (2002)
- Laney's Female Athlete of the Year (2003)
- Two-time All-Mideastern Conference
- East-West All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (2004)
- Carolina Classic All-Star (2004)
- Laney was conference regular-season champion once (2003) and and conference tournament champion twice (2003, 2004)
- Also competed in track
- Track team MVP (2002)
- Honor Roll student
Personal:
- Tamera Young
- Kinesiology major with a concentration in sports management and a minor in business
- Daughter of Greg Young and Lynda Nichols-Brown and John Brown
- Has an older brother, A.J., and two older sisters, Nikia and Valerie
- Her cousin, Willie Williams, was a cornerback for the National Football League Pittsburgh Steelers and a 13-year NFL veteran (Steelers 1993-96, 2005; Seattle Seahawks 1997-2003)
- Another Laney basketball alumnus is Michael Jordan
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