Frank Young (basketball player)
| North Florida Ospreys | |
|---|---|
| Position | Director of Basketball Operations |
| League | Atlantic Sun Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
September 7, 1984 Tallahassee, Florida |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Florida (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| College | West Virginia (2003–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| 2007 | EnBW Ludwigsburg |
| 2008 | Rotterdam Challengers |
| 2008–2009 | Landstede Basketbal |
| 2010–2011 | Crailsheim Merlins |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Franklin Louis Young (born September 7, 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida) is an American basketball player, formerly of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's squad. Young was commonly referred to as "Frank The Tank" by West Virginia fans.
Franklin Louis Young was born to Frank B. Young, Jr. and Hattie Mary Young in Tallahassee, Florida. While he excelled as a football quarterback and baseball pitcher in middle school, Young decided to focus exclusively on basketball, where he became a starter on the varsity team at Florida High School as a freshman. As a senior, Young was ranked #164 prospect by Hoop Scoop and was one of the Top 250 prospect by Prep Stars. Bob Gibbons also ranked Young as the 160th best recruit. Young averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds as a junior, but his best season was his senior year. As a senior, he averaged 22.3 points and 10.1 rebounds while being named the Tallahassee Democrat all-Big Bend Player of the Year and 2A Florida State Player of the Year runner-up. Young was also selected to Florida Sports Writers Association's Class 2A all-state squad.
Young entered West Virginia University during the 2003 campaign. Young played 21 games as a freshman, but only averaged 1.1 points and 1 rebound. Young's best game was when he scored six points against Maryland on two three-point shots. He also scored five points against Kent State in the NIT Tournament. 21 of Young's 23 points actually came on three-pointers. Young competed in the 2004 European tour, where he averaged 7.0 points and 3.2 rebounds. On the last game of the tour, Young scored 21 points against Germany.
In Young's sophomore campaign of 2004, he played in 32 games, starting three of the contests. Young only averaged 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds though. His season total of points was 105 though, as he played behind a talented roster of young stars. One of Young's best games of the year came against Coppin State, when he scored four points and grabbed four rebounds. Young's best offensive performance of the regular season came against Providence, when he scored 11 points off of 3-4 three-point shots. Young started his first game of the season against Boston College in the Big East Tournament, when he scored a then career-best 14 points, 3-5 of those shots from three-point range. He also started against Villanova in the tourney and against Syracuse in the tourney finals. In the NCAA Tournament, his best performance came in the first game against Creighton when he scored eight points.
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