Jesse Young (basketball)

This article is about the Canadian basketball player. For the software engineer and politician, see Jesse Young (politician).

Jesse Young

Personal information
Born	(1980-04-29) 29 April 1980 (age 45) Peterborough, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian/Irish
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Peterborough Collegiate (Peterborough, Ontario)
College	George Mason (1999–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2011
Position	Center
Career history
2003–2004	Drac Inca
2004–2007	DKV Joventut
2007–2008	MMT Estudiantes
2008–2009	CB Murcia
2009–2011	Teramo Basket

Jesse Wade Young (born 29 April 1980) is a Canadian former professional basketball player. He also holds Irish citizenship. ^[1] He played 2008-09 for Spain ACB league club CB Murcia. He signed for Bancatercas Teramo Basket (Italy LegaA) for 2009/2010 season. After being a free-agent for the first part of the season, in January 2011 he signed again for Bancatercas Teramo Basket till the end of the Italian top division season. ^[2] On 14 December 2011 Young announced that he was retiring from basketball. ^[3]

Honours

Clubs Honours

• Catalan League Champion - 2005/2006
• FIBA EuroCup Champion - 2005/2006

Career statistics

Correct as of 12 October 2007

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	PPG
1999-00	George Mason	NCAA (USA)	30	12	2.2	0.6	3.4
2000-01	George Mason	NCAA (USA)	30	23	5.9	0.6	8.2
2001-02	George Mason	NCAA (USA)	29	32	8.4	1.4	14.6
2002-03	George Mason	NCAA (USA)	26	30	8.5	1.2	11.6
2003-04	Inca	LEB (Spain)	37	26	6.9	0.7	11.4
2004-05	Joventut	ACB (Spain)	33	15	3.5	0.5	6.9
2005-06	Joventut	ACB (Spain)	26	17	3.2	0.7	6.8

National career

Young was a member of the Canada national team that participated in the 1999 and 2003 Pan American Games. He also played at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 averaging 6.8 points and 3.4 rebound per game. ^[4]

References

1. "Jesse Young bio". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. Jesse Young in biancorosso (in Italian)
3. End of the game for Jesse Young
4. "Basketball.ca: Jesse Young". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2007.

External links

• ACB Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile ^{[ dead link ]}