At West Virginia in 2011-12
- Finished the season with a 24-8 ledger
- Was recognized as a team captain
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third time in his career
- Posted a 1-2 mark at the national tournament, earning his first NCAA Championships win with a 7-5 decision over Maryland’s Shane Gentry
- Ranked as high as No. 16 throughout the season
- Led the team with 30 takedowns during the dual meet season
- Accrued 81 dual points for and allowed 34 dual points against
- Included in his 24 wins were two wins against ranked opponents
- Tied for third on the team with six wins by fall in addition to having one win by technical fall and one win by major decision
- Placed second at the EWL Championships for the third consecutive season, falling only to Pitt’s Anthony Zanetta by way of a 3-2 decision
- Placed first at the Navy Classic and the Washington & Jefferson Tournament
- Had a 10-3 overall record in dual meets, including a 4-2 mark in EWL dual meets
- Defeated No. 20 Shane Gentry of Maryland in a dual meet, 10-3
- Pinned Kory Mines in the team’s upset victory over No. 10 Edinboro
At West Virginia in 2010-11
- Earned the most victories on the team with 28, finishing with a 28-10 record
- Ranked as high as No. 18 in the country
- Earned a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships, where he lost his two matches to No. 18 Matthew Snyder of Virginia and No. 27 Steven Keith of Harvard
- Came in fourth at the Reno Tournament of Champions, where he lost to Wyoming’s Tyler Cox by a 5-3 decision after wrestling in eight prior bouts for the day
- Came in second place at the EWL Championships, falling to rival Anthony Zanetta of Pitt by a 3-0 decision
- Arrived in first place at the Washington & Jefferson College Open after going 5-0 at the tourney
- Tied for first on team with most takedowns (75)
- Defeated No. 17 Aaron Kalil of Navy at the Reno tournament by a 10-2 major decision, having lost to him two weeks earlier in Las Vegas by a 3-2 decision
- Went 2-2 at the Las Vegas Invitational, including a loss to No. 3-ranked and eventual national champion Anthony Robles of Arizona State
- Went 2-1 at the Sprawl & Brawl with wins over opponents from Rutgers and Sacred Heart
- Beat Ohio’s No. 31-ranked Gabe Ramos by a 4-3 decision and Lock Haven’s No. 33 Nick Hyatt by an 18-2 technical fall
- Won eight consecutive bouts early in the season
- Tied for second on the team with best EWL record (7-2), had the most decision victories (12), was second with major decision wins (8) and tied for second in technical falls (2)
- Earned seven pins for the season
- Had three wins over ranked opponents and was second on the team in near-fall points (53)
- Went 12-3 in dual meets for the year, earning 47 dual points to his opponents’ nine
- Started every dual match for the team at 125 pounds
At West Virginia in 2009-10
- Started every dual meet at 125 pounds except the Sprawl and Brawl
- Earned an impressive 16-10 overall record
- Went 5-1 in the EWL and 7-4 overall in dual matches
- Doubled his opponents’ points in dual matches, 26-13
- Had an incredible 41 takedowns for the year, second-best for the team
- Earned three victories by pin
- Came in second place at the Washington & Jefferson College Open, falling only to Ryan Link of Pitt-Johnstown
- Pinned Duquesne’s Taylor Wilde in 47 seconds
- Achieved a second-place finish at the EWL Championships, defeating Ronald Butler of Cleveland State and No. 8 Eric Morrill of Edinboro for the second time of the season
- Participated at the NCAA Championships, falling to Frank Lomas of Cal-State Bakersfield and Garrett Frey of Princeton
Prep
- Four-year letterwinner at Penn Trafford High under coach Larry Hohman
- Three-time state champion
- Three-time WPIAL champion
- 2009 Tribune-Review Wrestler of the Year
- Two-time captain
- Went 44-0 as a junior at the 112-pound division
- 2008 Junior Nationals Freestyle All-American
- Named to the 2008 ASICS Honorable Mention All-America Wrestling Team for the second time and earned the Greensburg Tribune-Review Wrestler of the Year award
- Finished runner-up at the USA Northeast Regional in 2008
- Won the Eastern Area Invitational and Westmoreland County Tournament
- Tabbed the 14th-best recruit nationally by InterMat
- Registered a 46-0 overall mark as a sophomore at 103 pounds
- Placed first in sectionals, regionals and at states
- Won five tournaments, including King of the Mountain, the POWERade Tournament and the Westmoreland County Tournament
- Was selected to the 2007 ASICS Honorable Mention All-America Wrestling Team
- Finished the season ranked third among all weight classes and second among all sophomores by InterMat
Personal
- Son of Mike and Denise Young
- Birthday is Sept. 11
- Has one brother
- Majoring in physical education teacher education
Young’s Career Statistics
Year W L Dual EWL Falls EWLs NCAA
2010 16 10 7-4 5-1 3 2-1 0-2
2011 28 10 12-3 7-2 7 2-1 0-2
2012 24 8 10-3 4-2 6 2-1 1-2
Totals 68 28 29-10 16-5 16 6-3 1-6
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