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  • Tamera Young
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  • Forward - Atlanta Dream
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2008 Statistics

PPG
7.3
RPG
4.20
APG
1.2
EFF
+ 6.39
Born: Oct 30, 1986
Height: 6-2 /  1,88
Weight:  lbs. /   kg.
College: James Madison
Years Pro: R








Background

COLLEGE CAREER

2007-08:

Associated Press All-America honorable mention… Richmond Times-Dispatch All-State first team… CAA Player of the Year… All-CAA fi rst team… Leading scorer (20.4) and rebounder (10.4) in the CAA… CAA and school career scoring record (2,121)… Second on JMU and CAA career rebounding list (1,127) and only the second player in school history with more than 1,000 rebounds… School-record 38 points in a game (38) March 20 vs. Radford… School-record season points (693) and season scoring average (20.4)… School record career scoring average (16.7)… School-record career steals (275)… School-record career starts (125)… School-record 44 consecutive games in double figures.

2006-07:

Richmond Times-Dispatch all-state first team… All-CAA first team… All-state (VaSID) first team… Ninth on JMU’s career scoring list (1,428 points)… School record 1,428 career points by a junior… Scored her 1,000th career point Dec. 18 vs. Savannah State… Preseason All-CAA first team…Team’s Hustle Award recipient.

2005-06:

USA Under-20 National Women’s Basketball Team Trials, May 2006… All-CAA fi rst team… Richmond Times-Dispatch all-state first team… VaSID all-state first team… CAA all-tournament… CAA all-defensive team… Team leader in steals and second in scoring, rebounding and assists… 16 career double-doubles, which ranks eighth on JMU’s career list… CAA Player of the Week four times, more than any other player in the league… Team’s co-MVP and team’s Hustle Award recipient.

2004-05:

CAA all-rookie team… Team leader in steals and three-point fi eld goals… Second on team in scoring and rebounding… School freshman record for steals… Team’s Newcomer of the Year and Hustle Award recipient.


Personal

  • First player from James Madison to play in the WNBA.
  • Majored in Kinesiology with a concentration in sports management and a minor in business.
  • Daughter of Greg Young and Lynda Nichols-Brown and John Brown.
  • Has a brother, A.J., and two sisters, Nikia and Valerie.
  • Her cousin, Willie Williams, was a cornerback for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers and a 13-year NFL veteran (Steelers 1993-96, 2005; Seattle Seahawks 1997-2003).
  • Another Laney High School basketball alumnus is Michael Jordan.

  • Career Transactions

  • Drafted by the Atlanta Dream in the first-round (8th overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.

  • created:10/6/2008 6:28:50 AM
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