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Princeton University Athletics
Chris Young A Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy League Selection
March 09, 2000 | Men's Basketball
March 9, 2000
Chris Young joined an elite fraternity of Princeton basketball when he was named a first-team All-Ivy League selection in voting of the league's head coaches.
Penn's Michael Jordan was named the league Player of the Year, ending a three-year hold on the award by Princeton, and Penn's Ugonna Onyekwe was named the league Rookie of the Year, an honor won by Young last year.
Young, Princeton's 6' 11" center, becomes the sixth player in the history of the program to be named first-team All-Ivy as a sophomore, joining Pete Campbell '62, Bill Bradley '65, Brian Taylor '83, Kit Mueller '91 and Steve Goodrich '98. Young, a second-team All-Ivy pick as a freshman in basketball, was also a first-team All-Ivy baseball pitcher last spring. He will join the baseball team at the conclusion of the basketball season.
The only other Princeton player honored by the league was freshman guard Spencer Gloger, an honorable mention selection. Princeton finished its regular season 19-10 overall and second in the league at 11-3. The Tigers will learn Sunday night about a berth in the NIT. "It's a great honor," Young said. "It's especially nice when you know if comes from the coaches. But I'd trade any individual honors to be part of a championship team."
Young was joined on the first team by Penn seniors Jordan and Matt Langel, who were also unanimous selections, as well as Columbia's Craig Austin and Harvard's Dan Clemente.
Penn's Onyekwe and Geoff Owens, Dartmouth's Shaun Gee and Greg Buth and Yale's Onaje Woodbine were named to the second team. Joining Gloger as honorable mention picks were Cornell's Ray Mercedes, Brown's Earl Hunt and Harvard's Damian Long.
Young leads Princeton in scoring (13.7 points per game), rebounding (6.2 per game, the most by a Princeton player since 1978), blocked shots (a school record 88) and steals (36, tied with Gloger) and is second in assists (101, the 13th player in school history to reach 100). He has started every game of his career to date and currently sits in 42nd place at Princeton in scoring (785 points), 31st in rebounding (339), 17th in assists (187) and second in blocked shots (143).
Gloger set a Princeton freshman record with 64 three-pointers and has averaged 12.1 points per game, second on the team to Young.