Toni Young Explained

Toni Young (born January 11, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.

College

While Young was in college she was motivated by her head coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna of Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team Young's first two years. They would tell Young that if she uses all of her potential she can make it into the WNBA.^[1]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | New York|31||10||11.1||47.5||0.0||66.7||1.9||0.5||0.3||0.3||0.8||4.1 |-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | New York|8||0||4.8||30.0||0.0||60.0||0.8||0.1||0.1||0.3||0.0||1.1 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 2 years, 1 team|39||10||9.8||46.2||0.0||65.2||1.6||0.4||0.3||0.3||0.7||3.5

College

Source^[2]

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009-10	Oklahoma State	35	246	52.1	-	62.5	6.3	0.4	0.6	0.7	7.0
2010-11	Oklahoma State	31	479	47.1	-	57.8	9.1	1.0	1.7	1.6	15.5
2011-12	Oklahoma State	33	395	51.4	-	59.1	7.0	0.4	1.0	1.0	12.0
2012-13	Oklahoma State	33	529	51.4	-	59.5	10.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	16.0
Career	Oklahoma State	132	1649	50.1	0.0	59.6	8.1	0.6	1.2	1.3	12.5

WNBA

Young was selected seventh by the New York Liberty in the 2013 WNBA draft. She became the second women's player from Oklahoma State to get picked in an WNBA draft.^[3]

On March 2, 2015 Young signed with the San Antonio Stars.^[4]

External links

• Oklahoma State Cowgirls bio

Notes and References

1. News: Fagan: Liberty's Young motivated by late coaches' message. ESPN.com. 2017-08-30.
2. Web site: NCAA® Career Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2016-05-27.
3. http://www.okstate.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041513aaa.html Toni Young Selected Seventh In WNBA Draft - Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site
4. http://www.wnba.com/stars/san_antonio_stars_sign_toni_yo_2015_03_02.html San Antonio Stars signed Toni Young, Ashley Paris and Brittany Chambers