Alvin Jerome Young (born November 12, 1975) is an American professional basketball player.
Young was raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.[1][2] He learned to play basketball at the church where his mother, Edna, worked.[3] Young tried out for the team every year he was in high school, but in all four years he was cut and did not make the final roster.[2][3] He graduated high school in 1995.
Unsurprisingly, no NCAA Division I colleges recruited him, so Young attended Mitchell College, a junior college located in New London, Connecticut.[3] and played basketball on its team.
During his sophomore season, Young averaged an NJCAA Tournament record 43.6 points per game over five games, including a high of 54.[2][4] His head coach, Rich Conover, who was in his first season at the helm, was instrumental in guiding Young to play at Niagara University.[4] Young viewed Conover as an uncle, so he took that advice and enrolled at Niagara the following fall.[4]
The final two seasons of Young's NCAA eligibility were spent playing at the Division I institution. A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) shooting guard / small forward, he surpassed all expectations, and as a senior in 1998–99, Young led NCAA Division I in scoring at 25.1 points per game.[5] It was the highest scoring average for a player at Niagara since Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy averaged approximately 29 in 1969–70.[3] Young scored a career high 44 points against Siena, and that season he was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year.[2] He finished his two-year Division I career with 1,152 points, 306 rebounds, 151 blocks and 130 assists.[2]
Young was not selected in the 1999 NBA draft, and thus his professional career overseas began.
He played for Strasbourg IG in France.[6]
In 2008–09 and 2009–10, Young played for the Italian club Pallacanestro Reggiana.[7]
As of the 2010–11 basketball season, Young plays for Umana Reyer in Italy.[8] In August 2013, he signed with Scavolini Pesaro.[9]
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