KANSAS CITY, MO - Quinnipiac men's basketball guard
Cameron Young has earned a spot on The Associated Press All-America list, garnering Honorable Mention honors after receiving votes in the poll. Young is the first student-athlete in program history to recieve votes in the AP All-America poll.
Young finished his Quinnipiac career with 1,350 total points in 70 games for the Bobcats – setting a new career program record by averaging 19.3 points per game. The MAAC Player of the Year posted a Quinnipiac Division I single-season program record 728 points in 2018-19, also good for the third-most points in a season across all levels. He recorded 23.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest in 2018-19.
The graduate student scored a MAAC-record 55 total points, leading Quinnipiac men's basketball past Siena, 107-100, in triple overtime on Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Times Union Center. Young's 55 points are the most of any student-athlete in the NCAA so far in 2018-19, and also sets a Quinnipiac Division I program record. The graduate guard shot 15-for-24 from the floor, grabbing 10 rebounds in 53+ minutes played.
He scored 25 points in Quinnipiac's road win over Monmouth on Feb. 24, breaking his own Division I single-season scoring record (622) – which was set in 2017-18. Young now has 624 career points. Young also broke the program's Division I single-season record for 3-pointers, surpassing James Johnson's total of 84 shots from distance in 2010-11. Young made 85 3-point field goals this season.