# Sophia Young

Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young-Malcolm (born December 15, 1983) is a Vincentian-American former professional women's basketball player. She played with the San Antonio Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Young-Malcolm has since been inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

## High school years

She was born on Saint Vincent, West Indies. Young attended the Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

## College career

Young was an All-American at Baylor University and helped lead the team, nicknamed the Lady Bears, to their first national championship during the 2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, defeating Michigan State University. She is one of only four women in NCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds, collect 300 steals, as well as dish out 300 assists.
* Big 12 10th Anniversary Team (only active player named to the five person squad)
* Big 12 Player of the Year
* Kodak All-American (second straight year)
* AP All-American (first team)
* USBWA All-American (second straight year)
* All-Tournament team Albuquerque Regional
* Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team (third straight year)
* Wooden Award Finalist
* Wade Trophy Finalist
* Naismith Trophy Watch List
* All-Big 12 first team (third straight year)
* All-Big 12 Defensive team
* Bayer Senior CLASS Award Finalist
* Big 12 Player of the Week (three-time)
* Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (4.0 GPA)

## College statistics

Source
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2002–03 | Baylor | 35 | 497 | 56.3 | - | 54.0 | 10.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 14.2 |
| 2003–04 | Baylor | 35 | 586 | 55.5 | - | 60.7 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 16.7 |
| 2004–05 | Baylor | 36 | 661 | 52.6 | - | 70.5 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 18.4 |
| 2005–06 | Baylor | 33 | 736 | 54.6 | - | 70.5 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 22.3° |
| Career | Baylor | 139 | 2480 | 54.6 | 0.0 | 65.3 | 9.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 17.8 |

## WNBA career

Young was selected as the fourth overall pick in the 2006 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. During her nine-year career, all with the Stars, she was named to the Western Conference WNBA All-Star team three times.

## USA Basketball

Young was one of 21 finalists for the U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster for the 2010-2012 cycle. The 20 professional women's basketball players, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the US at the 2012 Olympics in London. Young was named to the National team training pool again for the 2014-2016 cycle on 13 January 2014.

## WNBA career statistics
### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2006 | San Antonio | 34 | 34 | 31.1 | .416 | .000 | .730 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.32 | 12.0 |
| 2007 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 33.5 | .478 | .000 | .749 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.85 | 16.8 |
| 2008 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 31.9 | .478 | .000 | .786 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.73 | 17.5 |
| 2009 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 33.7 | .454 | .309 | .767 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.88 | 18.2 |
| 2010 | San Antonio | 34 | 34 | 31.8 | .501 | .263 | .658 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.06 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 31.6 | .429 | .000 | .592 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.55 | 13.2 |
| 2012 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 31.8 | .521 | .000 | .706 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.70 | 16.3 |
| 2014 | San Antonio | 34 | 20 | 24.3 | .469 | .000 | .658 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.76 | 8.2 |
| 2015 | San Antonio | 34 | 29 | 27.4 | .458 | .000 | .738 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.62 | 11.5 |
| Career | 9 years, 1 team | 301 | 282 | 30.8 | .468 | .223 | .718 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.61 | 14.3 |

### Postseason

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2007 | San Antonio | 5 | 5 | 34.4 | .507 | .000 | .844 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.60 | 20.2 |
| 2008 | San Antonio | 9 | 9 | 36.1 | .456 | .000 | .750 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.11 | 17.7 |
| 2009 | San Antonio | 3 | 3 | 32.0 | .458 | .500 | .684 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.67 | 19.3 |
| 2010 | San Antonio | 2 | 2 | 33.0 | .406 | .000 | .556 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.50 | 15.5 |
| 2011 | San Antonio | 3 | 3 | 34.0 | .633 | .000 | .667 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.33 | 16.7 |
| 2012 | San Antonio | 2 | 2 | 35.5 | .533 | .000 | .889 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 2.00 | 20.0 |
| 2014 | San Antonio | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | .500 | .000 | .429 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.00 | 8.5 |
| Career | 7 years, 1 team | 26 | 24 | 34.1 | .486 | .333 | .734 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.88 | 17.5 |

## Personal life

She is married to Jermaine Malcolm and the mother of two children, Skye and Sevyn.
Young-Malcolm holds a Bachelors Degree in Education from Baylor University. Along with a master's degree in education from the University of Phoenix and another master's degree in Christian ministries from the Liberty Theological Seminary.
In August 2013, Young said that she was against same-sex marriage on Twitter, in response to San Antonio – where she was playing at the time – proposing legislature adding gender identity and sexual orientation to the city’s non-discrimination laws. Her comments were decried by LGBT advocacy groups and fans, as well as Laurel J. Richie, then-president of the WNBA, and four-time league MVP Lauren Jackson.

## Awards and achievements

* 2008–2009 FIBA Eurocup Winner with Galatasaray
* 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection