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Position
  
Power forward

Listed weight
  
235 lb (107 kg)

Listed height
  
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)


Nationality
  
Australian

League
  
NBL

Name
  
Mitchell Young

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Born
  
6 August 1990 (age 33) Coffs Harbour, New South Wales (
1990-08-06
)

High school
  
Brisbane State (Brisbane, Queensland)

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Mitchell Young (born 6 August 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). He attended the Australian Institute of Sport for three years before playing four years of college basketball for Saint Mary's College of California.

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College career

Young played college basketball at Saint Mary's alongside Matthew Dellavedova from 2009 to 2013. In his freshman year, Young registered 3.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 0.6 blocks per game. He increased those numbers to 10.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore and led the West Coast Conference in field goal percentage. He was named the WCC Co-Player of the Week on December 27, 2010. Young averaged 4.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game and shot .607 from the field as a junior but was hampered by injuries to his groin and foot. As a senior, Young averaged 7.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and started all 35 games.

Professional career

In May 2013, Young signed a two-year deal with the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League. In his first season for the Taipans, he averaged 4.5 points and 3.1 rebounds in 28 games. Following the conclusion of the NBL season, Young joined the Taipans feeder team, the Cairns Marlins, for the 2014 QBL season. In 16 games for the Marlins, he averaged 18.0 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.

Young's role with the Taipans decreased in 2014–15 but he still helped the team record a 21–7 win/loss record and a first place finish, the first minor premiership in the club's history. The Taipans went on to make the 2015 Grand Final series where they were outclassed by the New Zealand Breakers, losing the best-of-three series 2–0. He appeared in all 32 games for the Taipans in 2014–15, averaging 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. With his departure from the Taipans imminent following a tough season for him, Young moved south for the 2015 Queensland Basketball League season and joined the Logan Thunder. There he averaged a double-double with 18.9 points and 12.7 rebounds, along with 2.1 assists and 1.1 blocks per game.

On 11 June 2015, Young signed a two-year deal with the Townsville Crocodiles. However, in April 2016, the Crocodiles pulled out of the 2016–17 season due to financial concerns, leaving Young without a team. In 27 games for the Crocodiles in 2015–16, he averaged 4.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

On 29 April 2016, Young signed with the Brisbane Bullets for the 2016–17 NBL season.

After a successful season with the Logan Thunder in 2016, Young returned to the club for a third season in 2017.

Personal life

Young's parents are Graham and Julie Young, and he has two younger brothers, Billy and Zach. Young majored in business administration at Saint Mary's.

References

Mitchell Young Wikipedia