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Athletes of the Week

Kris Young

Kris Young

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/10/2014
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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MUSCLE MLK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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Two-time CIS All-Canadian Kris Young tipped off the 2014-15 Canada West regular season in style leading the UBC Thunderbirds to a pair of wins over their arch rivals from Victoria.

On Friday night, Young scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in UBC’s come from behind 63-60 win over the Vikes. Down 60-55 with three minutes remaining, Young scored the Thunderbirds final eight points to propel her team to victory.

The fifth-year guard didn’t need the same heroics on Saturday night, however she did score 15 points and added six steals, four rebounds, and three assists in UBC’s 71-48 win over Victoria.

Through two games the former Canada West Player of the Year leads the conference in scoring with 19.0 points per game and is tied for fourth in rebounds with 10 boards per game.

UBC will hit the road this weekend to take on the Alberta Pandas for a pair of games in Edmonton.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/22/2016 Kathleen Cahoon Women's Hockey
11/15/2016 Marlee Maracle Women's Soccer
11/15/2016 Riley Jones Football
11/8/2016 Markus Thormeyer Swimming
11/8/2016 Kathleen Cahoon Women's Hockey
11/1/2016 Aman Shergill Women's Soccer
11/1/2016 Anthony Bardaro Men's Hockey
10/25/2016 Evan Horton Football
10/25/2016 Stephanie Norlander Women's Field Hockey
10/18/2016 Mackenzie Lee Women's Rugby
10/11/2016 Cassandra Vilgrain Women's Hockey
10/11/2016 Aaron Lattimer Rowing
10/11/2016 Titouan Chopin Men's Soccer
10/4/2016 Trivel Pinto Football
10/4/2016 Jasmin Dhanda Women's Soccer
9/27/2016 Jasmin Dhanda Women's Soccer
9/27/2016 Marshall Cook Football
9/20/2016 Andrew Harrison Men's Golf
9/20/2016 Madelyn Brunt Cross Country
9/13/2016 Rachel Jones Women's Soccer
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