Cameron Young (basketball)

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Cameron Young
Cameron Young (cropped).jpg
Young with Cantù in October 2019
Runa Basket Moscow
Position Shooting guard
League Israeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born (1996-03-24) March 24, 1996 (age 28)
Inglewood, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Westchester
(Los Angeles, California)
College
NBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020 Cantù
2021 Cherkaski Mavpy
2021–2022 Memphis Hustle
2022 Cleveland Charge
2022–2023 NBA G League Ignite
2023–2024Runa Basket Moscow
2024–present Hapoel Haifa
Career highlights and awards

Cameron Young (born March 24, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa from the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Quinnipiac Bobcats after playing two years at Arizona Western College. Young led the conference in points per game and was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season.

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High school

He played his high school career at Westchester High School in Los Angeles. There, he was a first-team all-conference selection. [1]

College career

Young then moved to junior college Arizona Western College, where he was named first-team Arizona Community College Athletic Conference as a sophomore. He averaged 17.2 points (5th in the conference), 6.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. [1]

Young signed with Quinnipiac as his four-year college. [2] Young's first season at Quinnipiac, as a junior in 2016-17, consisted of only six minutes as he found himself on coach Tom Moore’s bench. [3] He would later be granted another year of eligibility by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [4]

Young's next season was saved as new head coach Baker Dunleavy inserted Young into the starting lineup as a senior in 2017-18. Young responded, averaging 18.8 points (4th in the Men's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)), 6.8 rebounds (5th), and 1.3 steals per game, shooting .422 from the field (8th) and .754 from the free throw line (7th), for the Bobcats and earning second-team All-MAAC honors. [3] [5]

Young at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in April 2019 Cameron Young PIT.jpg
Young at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in April 2019

Following his fifth year of eligibility being reinstated, Young entered the 2018–19 season as a graduate student and as the leading returning scorer in the MAAC and a preseason first-team All-MAAC selection. [6] In a February 18, 2019 game, Young scored 55 points against Siena. The total marked a MAAC and Quinnipiac Division I record and was the most points scored in an NCAA Division I game since North Dakota State’s Ben Woodside scored 60 in 2008. [7] Young led the Bobcats to an 11–7 MAAC record, with 23.5 points (1st in the MAAC), 5.1 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game as well as a .482 field goal percentage (4th), .766 free throw percentage (3rd), and .437 three-point percentage (1st), and at the close of the season was named the MAAC Player of the Year and a first-team All-MAAC pick. [8] [9] [5]

Professional career

Cantù (2019–2020)

After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Young signed his first professional contract with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A. [10] He averaged 9.4 points per game. [11]

Cherkaski Mavpy (2021)

On February 25, 2021, Young signed with Cherkaski Mavpy in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. [12] He scored a season-high 23 points in a 79–88 loss to BC Ternopil. [13] He averaged 13.3 points per game. [11]

South Bay Lakers (2021)

On October 23, 2021, Young signed with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League after a successful tryout. [14] However, he was waived at the end of training camp.

Memphis Hustle (2021–2022)

On December 5, 2021, Young was signed by the Memphis Hustle. [15] He averaged 17.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. [16]

Cleveland Charge (2022)

On February 24, 2022, Young was traded from the Memphis Hustle to the Cleveland Charge in exchange for Dwayne Sutton and the rights to Levi Randolph. [16] He averaged 25.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 0.9 steals per game, shooting 50.4% from the field and 88.1% from the free throw line. [11]

NBA G League Ignite (2022–2023)

On September 28, 2022, Young signed with the NBA G League Ignite. [17] He averaged 10.8 points per game, shooting 86.0% from the free throw line. [11]

Runa Basket Moscow (2024–24)

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Young in April 2024

On August 23, 2023, Young signed with Runa Basket Moscow of the VTB United League. [18] He averaged 11.0 points per game. [11]

Hapoel Haifa (2024–present)

He signed with Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League on October 7, 2024. [11]

Career statistics

Professional

Legend
  GPGames played MPG Minutes per game FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG Points per game Bold Career high  Led the league
YearTeamLeagueGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2019–20 Pallacanestro Cantù Lega Basket Serie A2 2022.2.364.283.7252.61.2.6.29.5
2020–21 Cherkaski Mavpy Ukrainian SuperLeague 2125.3.457.369.7822.31.2.9.713.8
CareerAll Leagues4123.8.417.318.7602.51.2.7.511.7

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  4. ↑ "Cameron Young Granted Extra Year of Eligibility by NCAA, Will Return for QU Men's Basketball in 2018–19" (Press release). Quinnipiac Bobcats. May 31, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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  6. ↑ "Rider Selected as Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite; Canisius' Reese Named Preseason Player of the Year" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. October 23, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ Negley, Cassandra (February 18, 2019). "Quinnipiac's Cameron Young scores most points in D-I game since 2008". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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  9. ↑ "MAAC Men's Basketball Major Award Winners Announced" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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  16. 1 2 "Charge Acquire Young in Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
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