 Young with Las Vegas in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 0 – Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 16, 1997 Princeton, Indiana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Princeton Community (Princeton, Indiana) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Notre Dame (2016–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2019: 1st round, 1st overall pick | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2019–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Las Vegas Aces | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | A.S. Ramat Hasharon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Perth Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacquelyn Young (born September 16, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted first overall by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2019 WNBA draft. A graduate of Princeton Community High School, she played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, reaching two NCAA finals and winning one in 2018. She won a gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a national WNBA championship in 2022.[1] In 2024, she won the gold medal in 5x5 basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.