Garrett Young

Class:
Junior
Position:
OF
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height:
6-3
Weight:
225
Prev School:
Edison HS (Cypress JC)
Hometown:
Fountain Valley, Calif.

2007: 2008 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Preseason Watch List ... 2007 MLB Draft selection by the Boston Red Sox ... 2007 Big South All-Conference second team … 2007 VaSID All-State first team … played in 50 games, all starts … ranked 62nd nationally with a .389 batting average … 88th toughest batter in the nation to strike out (one/12.4 AB) … finished 2007, third in the conference in batting average, seventh with a .591 slugging pct., sixth with a .452 on base pct., seventh in runs with 53, fifth with 77 hits, seventh with 46 RBIs and eighth with 117 total bases … team-high 18-game hitting streak … led Flames with 15 multi-RBI games … 20 multiple-hit games, 11 games with 3 or more hits … went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs scored in a 6-2 victory at East Carolina (2/9) … 4-for-5 with a double and a home run, plating four runs and scoring four others … was 4-for-5 with three doubles, three RBIs and scored a run in an 8-2 win at VCU (2/27) … went 3-for-4 with a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in 8-2 victory at Old Dominion (3/6) … had two hits, a solo home run and a two-run triple, in a 9-3 win over George Washington (3/9) … 3-for-5 with double, three RBIs and a run scored … named Big South Player of the Week for March 5-11… home run versus Virginia Tech (3/13) … two hits, a home run and a RBI double, scoring two runs in an 11-6 triumph over Monmouth (4/1) … two hits, a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in an 8-4 victory over Charleston Southern (4/14) … went 4-for-5 with a RBI in 13-5 win over George Mason (4/24) … three hits including a double, driving in two runs and scoring two others at Coastal Carolina (4/29) …was 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored in a 10-9 victory at VMI (5/23) …2-for-2 with three walks and a RBI against Winthrop at Big South Championship (5/24) … was 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored in a 12-8 win over UNC Asheville at Big South Championship (5/25) … named to 2007 Big South All-Tournament team.
Previous School: Played one season at Cypress Community College … hit .305 in 35 starts in center field … in 2005, played one season at Orange Coast College where he played in 26 games and batted .259
Prep: Graduate of Edison High School … a three-time letterwinner in baseball … first team All-Sunset League selection and captained team to California Interscholastic Federation championship as a senior … played shortstop and third base in high school … also lettered in football … member of honor roll.
Personal: Son of Jeff and Kathy Young … majoring in criminal justice … birthday is Sept. 9.