In Young's high school career, the PCHS Tigers posted a 97-9 (.915) record. She finished as the leading scorer (girls' or boys' basketball) in Indiana high school history with 3,268 points, eclipsing the 26-year-old record set by Damon Bailey. Overall, Young averaged 30.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game, while shooting .583 from the field, .382 from beyond the arc and .858 from the free-throw line. She led Princeton to 53 consecutive wins and the 2015 Indiana Class 3A state championship. She scored 36 points in state title game, setting the record for most points in a Class 3A final, as well as the most points by one player in any Indiana girls' basketball state title game since 1980.
Young led her team to a 27–1 record in her senior season, ranking third in the state and ninth in the nation in scoring with 34.9 PPG. She also achieved 9.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.8 steals. She shot .605 as a senior with a .429 mark from three-point range and an .861 free-throw percentage. All told, she compiled 20 30-point games, 10 40-point games and a season high 53 points on Nov 20 vs. county rival Gibson Southern. She was the recipient of the 2016 Indiana Miss Basketball award.
Young set the Indiana high school girls' basketball single season scoring record as a junior, recording 1,003 points. She was the fifth player of either sex in state history to score 1,000 points in a season. She was ranked in the top-10 by nearly all major national recruiting services, including a No. 5 rank by Prospects Nation.
Young had the option to remain at Notre Dame for the 2019–20 college season, but opted to enter the 2019 WNBA draft where she was selected with the first overall pick by the Las Vegas Aces, coached by Bill Laimbeer.[5] She later signed a multi-year deal with Puma.[6] She played the 2019 WNBA season as a point guard for the first time, having played as a shooting guard in college.[7] Young finished eighth in the WNBA with 153 total assists, and her 2.89 assist/turnover ranked sixth overall. She averaged 6.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game[7] and was subsequently named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.[8]
In the 2020 WNBA season, Young averaged 10.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assist in 40 games with the Aces.[4]
In the 2021 WNBA season, Young emerged as an early candidate for Most Improved Player after being shifted to that of a play finisher rather than a playmaker but eventually lost out to Brionna Jones as Dallas went out at the semi-final stage of the 2021 WNBA Playoffs.[9][10][11] Following her further improvements during the 2022 season, she was selected as most improved player throughout the WNBA in 2022.[12] She was also announced to her first WNBA All-Star team as a starter in July.[13] She was also a part of the championship winning Las Vegas Aces.[1]
Turkey and Israel
In February 2020, Young joined Turkish side Elazığ,[14] but her time there lasted only two games due to the coronavirus-induced cancellation of the league.[15] In the 2020–21 season, Young played in Israel for A.S. Ramat Hasharon from Israeli League.[4]
Australia
Young with the Perth Lynx in December 2021
On August 3, 2021, Young signed with the Perth Lynx in Australia for the 2021–22 WNBL season.[16] Her performances grew steadily and in particular her scoring improved from an average of 10 points per game in the first ten games to average over twenty five in her subsequent six games including 30, 36 and 26 points in consecutive matches to help Lynx finish the regular season second in the WNBL.[17][18][19] Jackie contributed 21, 12 and 18 respectively in the three-match final series which Melbourne Boomers won by two matches to one.[20][21][22][23] Young was made 2021–22 season MVP for Perth Lynx[24] and was runner-up overall league MVP.[25][26]
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