Murray State womens basketball player Katelyn Young has been named the MVC Player of the Week for the third time this season. Young is the only MVC player to win the award multiple times this season. In two games last week, Young averaged 30.0 points and 9.0 rebounds, shooting 61.0% from the field (25-41) and 3-for-8 from 3-point range.
Young’s standout performance came against Drake, where she scored a career-high 43 points, the third most points scored by a Racer in program history and the most scored by a Valley player since 2017. She set a season-high for the Racers with 28 points in the first half of the game and ended the first 20 minutes of the game by scoring 28 of her team’s 32 points. In this game, Young also tied the program record for most field goals scored in a game with 19, a feat only achieved by four other players in MVC history.
The Racers will return to action on Wednesday at the CFSB Center, where they will welcome rival Belmont. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will air nationally on ESPN+ as part of the MVC’s “The Valley on ESPN” package.
From Murray State:
2021-22
- Led the OVC in scoring and rebounding at 20.1 and 8.1 respectively
- Named 2021-22 OVC Player of the Year
- Named to 2021-22 All-OVC first team
- Shot third most consecutive free throws in a single game at SEMO with 13
- From 1/13/22 to 2/3/22, shot third most consecutive free throws in school history with 33
- Made most consecutive field goals in school history in a single game by going 10-for-10 at Evansville
- Named to 2021-22 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Named OVC Player of the Week a record eight times
- Named to 2022 OVC All-Tournament team
- Semi-finalist for Becky Hammond Mid-Major Player of the Year
- First AP All-American in school history
- Second-fastest player in school history to 1,000 points and is 18th all-time with 1,025 career points in two seasons
2020-21
- Ranked seventh in the OVC with a scoring average of 12.7 points per game
- Led the OVC in rebounding with 251 total and with an average of 9.3 per game
- Was named All-OVC First Team and to the All-OVC Newcomer Team
- Was OVC Freshman of the Week seven times and OVC Player of the Week once
- Named to 2021-22 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Before MSU
- Four-time AP Class 2A All-State selection, honorable mention in 2017 and 2018 and first team in 2019 and 2020
- Four-time Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State selection, third-team nod in 2017, second-team in 2018 and first-team in 2019 and 2020
- Named to three different all-area/conference teams for the 2020 season by the Vermillion Valley Conference, the Danville Commercial News and the News-Gazette
- Finished career with 2,361 points
- Averaged a double-double of 22.7 points and 10.9 rebounds her senior season
- Averaged 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as a junior
- Played four years of volleyball, two years of track and field and one year of softball
- Was an All-County selection at least once in all three sports
- Finished fifth in the shot put at the 2018 state meet, followed by a third-place finish last year
Personal
- Born Katelyn Marie Young on April 29, 2002 in Oakwood, Illinois
- Daughter of David and Connie Young
- Has two brothers, Josh and Nathan
- Currently undecided on a major
