CALIFORNIA: Enters her fourth season as an outside hitter for the Golden Bears...is left-handed with outstanding leaping ability...participated in the USA National Team tryouts Feb. 1-4, 2001 in Colorado Springs, CO...as a JUNIOR in 2001 was second on team with 251 kills...had a career-high 19 kills and 12 digs Oct. 23 versus Santa Clara...had a team-high 14 kills Sept. 21 at Washington State...recorded 15 kills (.361 hitting percentage) Nov. 1 at Oregon...was named to the Golden Bear Classic All-Tournament team after recording 16 kills, including 10 kills and a .400 hitting percentage (10 kills, two errors, 20 attempts) in the championship match Sept. 8 against Tennessee...had 39 kills and 23 digs at the IKON Husky Classic...recorded 14 kills with a .423 hitting percentage (14 kills, three errors, 26 attempts) Sept. 1 against Massachusetts...also had 14 kills and a career-high two service aces with 11 digs Sept. 2 versus Connecticut...as a SOPHOMORE in 2000 had 15 kills Nov. 16 versus Oregon State...had 14 kills and 40 attempts Sept. 16 at Oregon State...had a career-high six total blocks Oct. 7 versus Washington State...had a career-high nine digs Oct. 28 versus Arizona State...had a solid match Sept. 1 at Nevada with 12 kills, 32 attempts and five digs...had a career-high two block solos Sept. 2 versus Minnesota, and four block assists and five total blocks Sept. 2 versus Kent State .had three block assists Sept. 9 versus Florida...as a FRESHMAN in 1999 played in 28 matches, recording 172 kills and 60 totals blocks...had a strong college debut Sept. 1 against Hawaii, with seven kills with no errors in 13 attempts (.538)...tallied nine kills with two errors in 17 attempts (.412) Nov. 12 at Arizona...recorded a season-high 12 kills with only two errors in 24 attempts (.417) Sept. 17 at Washington...had five block assists Sept. 28 versus Santa Clara.
HIGH SCHOOL: At Golden West High School was the 1997 West Yosemite League Most Valuable Player, leading her school to its first ever West Yosemite League title...was also a member of the Visalia Times-Delta All-Area Volleyball Team and two-time team MVP...in 1998, was invited to try out for the Junior National Team in Colorado Springs, CO and was a member of the 1997 USA Volleyball National Junior Developmental Team in Indianapolis, IN...finished her senior year with 388 kills, 147 blocks, 357 digs and 57 service aces...played for the Sierra Pacific volleyball club.
PERSONAL: Leah Shay Young was born Mar. 5, 1981 in Visalia, CA...parents are Chris and Paula Young...has a twin brother, Dustin...selected Cal over Pepperdine, UC Irvine, Fresno State, Pacific and Texas A&M...uncle, Michael Young, was an outstanding two-sport (football, baseball) athlete at UCLA (1981-84) and went on to play professional football for Denver, Kansas City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles...grandfather, Gene Smith, played professional basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers...majoring in sociology.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 19 vs. Santa Clara, 10/23/01
Attempts: 47 vs. Santa Clara, 10/23/01
Service Aces: 3 vs. Auburn, 11/24/01
Digs: 14 vs. Arizona State, 11/24/01
Block Solos: 2 vs. Minnesota, 9/2/00
Block Assists: 6 vs. Washington State, 10/7/00
Total Blocks: 6 vs. Washington State, 10/7/00
YOUNG'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year M G K E TA PCT AST SA DIG BS BA TB
1999 28 97 172 93 500 .158 30 0 27 2 58 60
2000 28 97 201 92 587 .186 32 0 54 4 47 51
2001 28 96 251 95 749 .208 43 14 124 2 40 42
TOTAL 84 290 624 280 1836 .187 105 14 205 8 145 153
