Carolyn Jones-Young

Carolyn Jones-Young

Personal information
Born	(1969-07-29) July 29, 1969 (age 47) Bay Springs, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	West Jones (Laurel, Mississippi)
College	Auburn (1988–1991)
WNBA draft	1999 / Round: 4 / Pick: 42nd overall
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career	1999–2002
Position	Guard
Number	12
Career history
2000–2002	Portland Fire
Medals Women’s Basketball Representing the  United States FIBA World Championship 1990 Malaysia Team Competition World University Games 1991 Sheffield Team Competition Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

Carolyn Jones-Young (born Carolyn Jones on July 29, 1969) is an American former professional women's basketball player. A 5'9" guard, she played for the New England Blizzard of the American Basketball League (1996-1998), and also played for the Portland Fire of the Women's National Basketball Association. She holds several ABL career records.

Carolyn Jones played for Auburn University, graduating in 1991. Jones led Auburn to the NCAA Final Four in both 1989 and 1990, losing in the final game both years. Jones was named to the NCAA All-tournament Team in 1990.

Jones was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the USA in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70. After an easy match against Bulgaria, the USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78. Jones averaged 2.8 points per game.

Jones was named to the team representing the USA at the World University Games held during July 1991 in Sheffield, England. While the USA team had won gold in 1983, they finished with the silver in 1985, in fifth place in 1987, and did not field a team in 1989. The team was coached by Tara VanDerveer of Stanford. After winning opening games easily, the USA faced China in the medal round. The USA shot only 36% from the field, but limited the team from China to 35%, and won 79–76 to advance to the gold medal game. There they faced 7–0 Spain, but won 88–62 to claim the gold medal. Jones was the team's second leading scorer with 13 points per game, tied with Lisa Leslie's 13 points per game.

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