{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Toni Young | image = | width = | caption = | team = | number = | league = | position = [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = 160 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|1|11}} | birth_place = [[Del City, Oklahoma]] | nationality = American | high_school = [[Del City High School|Del City]] (Del City, Oklahoma) | college = [[Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball|Oklahoma State]] (2009–2013) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2013 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 7 | draft_team = [[New York Liberty]] | career_start = 2013 | career_end = | years1 = 2013–2014 | team1 = [[New York Liberty]] | years2 = | team2 = | highlights = * First-team All-[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] (2013) | wnba_profile = toni_young | bbr_wnba = youngto01w | letter = y
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'''Toni Young''' (born January 11, 1991) is an American professional [[basketball]] player who last played for the [[New York Liberty]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]].
==College== While Young was in college she was motivated by her head coach [[Kurt Budke]] and assistant coach Miranda Serna of [[Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball]] team Young's first two years. They would tell Young that if she uses all of her potential she can make it into the WNBA.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/9176475/wnba-new-york-liberty-pick-toni-young-motivated-late-coaches-message|title=Fagan: Liberty's Young motivated by late coaches' message|work=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-08-30}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===WNBA=== {{WNBA player statistics legend}}
====Regular season==== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]] | align="left" | [[2013 New York Liberty season|New York]] |'''31'''||'''10'''||'''11.1'''||'''47.5'''||0.0||'''66.7'''||'''1.9'''||'''0.5'''||'''0.3'''||0.3||0.8||'''4.1''' |- | align="left" | [[2014 WNBA season|2014]] | align="left" | [[2014 New York Liberty season|New York]] |8||0||4.8||30.0||0.0||60.0||0.8||0.1||0.1||0.3||'''0.0'''||1.1 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 2 years, 1 team |39||10||9.8||46.2||0.0||65.2||1.6||0.4||0.3||0.3||0.7||3.5 {{S-end}}
===College=== Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|title=NCAA® Career Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>{{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2009-10 |Oklahoma State |'''35''' |246 |'''52.1''' | - |'''62.5''' |6.3 |0.4 |0.6 |0.7 |7.0 |- |2010-11 |Oklahoma State |31 |479 |47.1 | - |57.8 |9.1 |'''1.0''' |'''1.7''' |1.6 |15.5 |- |2011-12 |Oklahoma State |33 |395 |51.4 | - |59.1 |7.0 |0.4 |1.0 |1.0 |12.0 |- |2012-13 |Oklahoma State |33 |'''529''' |51.4 | - |59.5 |'''10.1''' |0.7 |1.6 |'''1.9''' |'''16.0''' |- |Career |Oklahoma State |132 |1649 |50.1 |0.0 |59.6 |8.1 |0.6 |1.2 |1.3 |12.5 |}
==WNBA== Young was selected seventh by the [[New York Liberty]] in the [[2013 WNBA draft]]. She became the second women's player from Oklahoma State to get picked in an [[WNBA draft]].<ref>[http://www.okstate.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041513aaa.html Toni Young Selected Seventh In WNBA Draft - Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site]</ref>
On March 2, 2015 Young signed with the [[San Antonio Stars]].<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/stars/san_antonio_stars_sign_toni_yo_2015_03_02.html San Antonio Stars signed Toni Young, Ashley Paris and Brittany Chambers]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150215021230/http://www.okstate.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/young_toni00.html Oklahoma State Cowgirls bio]
{{2013 WNBA draft}} {{Authority control}}
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