Mark Young (basketball)

Mark Young is an American former basketball player. He was named New England's Athlete of the Year while averaging 30.9 points and 18 rebounds per game during his senior year at Brookline High School.[1][2] Young was recruited to play for the Fairfield Stags by head coach Fred Barakat,[3] and became the team's starting center for his four seasons there.[4] He led the Stags in scoring and rebounding during his senior season.[5] Young holds Fairfield records in free throws made and attempted, while he ranks seventh in total points and ninth in rebounds.[6]

Mark Young
Personal information
BornNewton, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High schoolBrookline
(Brookline, Massachusetts)
CollegeFairfield (1975–1979)
NBA draft1979 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41st overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
PositionCenter

Young was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the 41st overall pick of the 1979 NBA draft but never played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally in Europe during the 1979–80 season.[7] Young was inducted as a member of the Fairfield Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985 and named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Honor Roll in 2017.[5][8]

References
  1. "1977-1978 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Fairfield University. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  2. "1975-1976 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Fairfield University. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  3. Harrison, Don (June 23, 2010). "Fred Barakat, Stags' Legend, Dies". Fairfield Daily Voice. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  4. "1978-1979 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Fairfield University. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  5. "Honor Roll: Mark Young". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  6. "2019–20 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). Fairfield University. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  7. "1979-1980 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Fairfield University. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  8. "Athletic Hall of Fame". Fairfield University. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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