Emily Young Season 2019

Career Accolades

• Three-time All-Pac-12 third team (2019, 2021, 2023)
• All-Pac-12 Defensive Team (2022)
• All-Pac-12 Freshman Team (2019)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (March 5, 2019)
• Two-time CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America second team (2022, 2023)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America third team (2021)
• Three-time CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Two-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2021)
• Four-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

As a Fifth Year (2023)

• All-Pac-12 third team
• CSC Academic All-America second team
• CSC Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• One of five players to start all 62 games
• Fifth on the team with a .270 batting average
• Led the Pac-12 with seven sac bunts
• Second in the Pac-12 with 64 assists

As a Senior (2022)

• All-Pac-12 Defensive Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• One of two players to start all 61 games of the season, all at shortstop
• Was second on the team with a .329 batting average and 39 RBI, also adding three triples and two home runs
• Led the team with 12 doubles
• Led the Pac-12 with 161 assists – fifth most in school history – while turning 12 double plays on the season
• Became the first player in program history to be named a two-time Academic All-American
• Hit the game-winning home run in extra innings in the season opener against Middle Tennessee State, batting in all three runs on the day
• Was a home run away from hitting for the cycle with a double and a triple against Cal Poly
• Doubled twice in the win over UIC
• Batted in four runs with a home run in two at-bats against Fresno State, hitting the walk-off in the fifth inning to preserve Alana Vawter’s perfect game
• Went 1-for-4 with four RBI in the win at UC Davis
• Drove in three runs in the win against Minnesota
• Hit the walk-off RBI in the upset over No. 2 UCLA
• Went 2-for-5 with a double and a RBI at California
• Batted in a run with a double while going 2-for-3 in the win over Arizona State
• Turned two double plays in the win at Arizona
• Batted in three runs in the NCAA Tournament win at Alabama
• Made eight assists in the Super Regional game against Oregon State – tied for fifth on the school record book

As a Junior (2021)

• All-Pac-12 third team 
• CoSIDA Academic All-America third team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 
• NFCA Scholar-Athlete
• Started all 55 games as Stanford's every-day shortstop 
• Was second on the team with a .316/.443/.411 slash line
• Had 11 doubles and three home runs
• Batted in 32 runs, good for second on the team
• One of three players in the Pac-12 with 10 doubles and nine stolen bases during the regular season
• Her 11 doubles ranked tied for sixth in the conference
• Homered to bat in three runs against Saint Mary's (March 11)
• Batted in a pair of runs off a home run at Arizona State (April 11)
• Doubled in three-straight games against Cal Poly and Loyola Marymount (March 14-20)
• Batted in three runs against Cal Poly (March 14)
• Was 2-for-3 with and a RBI against Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament (May 23)

As a Sophomore (2020) 

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 26 games at shortstop
• Batted .290 with 11 runs scored, four doubles, three triples and 13 RBIs
• Drew 11 walks and struck out just five times in 69 at bats
• Finished a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts
• Slugged .435 and reached base at a .388 clip
• Hit .455 with five runs scored, a double, a triple and three RBIs during the DeMarini Invitational (Feb. 28 - March 1)
• Three-RBI triple in the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie and push Stanford to a victory at Tennessee (March 6)

As a Freshman (2019) 

• Pac-12 All-Conference third team 
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (March 5)
• NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Started all 53 games at shortstop
• Hit .284 with 35 runs scored, eight doubles, five triples, three home runs and 18 RBIs
• Posted .350 on-base percentage while slugging .475 and stealing four bases in as many attempts
• Reached in 11 straight games from March 27 - April 14
• Connected for a two-out inside-the-park grand slam against Seattle University (Feb. 9) - her first career home run
• Ranked second in the Pac-12 in triples (5)
• Collected 10 multi-hit games
• Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a double against Cal Poly (March 3)
• 2-for-2 with a double, a triple, a run scored and three RBI vs. Montana (March 2)
• Notched three RBIs and two runs scored as part of 2-for-3 day that included a home run against Oregon (March 31)
• First collegiate hit came as part of 2-for-4 day on Opening Day vs. Bradley (Feb. 8)
• Reached base safely in her first six collegiate games, including hitting safely in four of her first five

Club Competition

• Competed for OFC Heat Orange (2011-18)
• 2018 ASA/USA 18U national runner-up
• 2018 PFG Central All-American

Prior to Stanford

• A 2018 graduate of Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Two-time Conference Player of the Year (2016-17)
• Four-time NFCA Academic All-American (2015-18)
• Three-time all-conference first team (2016-18)
• Three-time All-Southwest Ohio District first team (2016-18)
• Two-time NFCA all-region (2016-17)
• Two-time All-Ohio second team (2016-17)
• 2018 All-Ohio first team
• Led team to two conference championships
• Set school single-season records with .627 batting average and .645 OPS in 2018
• Set school career records with 107 runs, 153 hits, 89 RBIs and 67 stolen bases in 82 games
• Also competed in ice hockey and was runner-up at the 2015 and 2017 USA National Championship

Personal

• Daughter of Karen and Douglas Young
• Has three siblings, Brandon, Megan and Luke