21 McKenna Young
21 - McKenna Young
Height: 5-4
Year: So.
Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Position: L
Previous School: Stewarts Creek HS
Club Team: MidTN
m 31
k/s 0.02
h % -.042
a/s 0.86
b/s 0.00
sa/s 0.29
d/s 3.65

2021 (Freshman*): Young competed in all 30 of the team’s matches, taking part in all 114 sets of play… led the team and ranked third in the OVC with 36 service aces and 0.32 service aces per set… tied for the fifth-most single-season service aces in the rally-scoring era for Tech… paced Tech and finished fifth in the league with 448 digs… topped the purple and gold while ranking sixth in the OVC with 3.93 digs per set… tallied 86 assists, 38.5 points, and a pair of kills as well… fired a season-high five service aces against UNC Asheville (Sept. 4)… compiled a season-high 27 digs in just four sets against Morehead State (Oct. 6)… racked up 26 more digs in four sets at Morehead State (Oct. 27)… registered her first career block assists at Murray State (Oct. 15)… posted season-highs of seven assists against Austin Peay (Oct. 8) and again at Belmont (Nov. 12)… averaged 5.00 digs per set in five matches… posted 20 or more digs five times, including back-to-back tilts against Morehead State (Oct. 6) and Austin Peay (Oct. 8)… secured double figures in digs in 26 matches, including 21-straight tilts from Sept. 17 to Nov. 13… delivered multiple service aces 10 times.

2020-21 (Freshman): Young played in all 16 of Tech’s matches, appearing in all 61 sets overall… led the Golden Eagles and ranked sixth in the OVC with 243 digs… paced Tech and ranked ninth in the league with 3.98 digs per set… finished second on the purple and gold with 32 assists and fourth with 16 service aces… made her collegiate debut with 15 digs and a pair of assists at Austin Peay (Feb. 7)… ripped off a season-high 34 digs at Murray State (Mar. 22)… racked up season-highs of four service aces and five assists against Belmont (Mar. 28)… averaged 5.00 digs per set in four matches… tallied 20 or more digs four times, including back-to-back matches at Murray State (Mar. 22) and against Belmont (Mar. 28)… totaled double-digit digs in 13 matches… compiled multiple service aces five times.

High School: Young was a four-year letterwinner as a libero for head coach Mary Dayton at Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna, Tenn.… named All-District Defensive MVP as a senior… collected All-Conference and All-Region accolades as a junior, leading her team to its first-ever Region Tournament appearance… earned All-Tournament Team honors twice… took home All-Region Honorable Mention honors in 2016… finished her career as a member of the 2,000-dig club, racking up 2,147 in four seasons… as a senior, tallied 477 digs and 57 service aces with a 91.2 serve percentage… produced a career-high 676 digs as a junior… ripped off 506 digs and 82 aces as a sophomore and 488 digs and 32 aces as a freshman… honored as Rutherford County Athlete of the Week as a senior.

Personal: Daughter of William and Kelly Young... born in Nashville, Tenn. on May 15, 2002… full name is McKenna Shea Young... mother, Kelly, played volleyball at Green Bay for one season… father, William, played baseball at Lipscomb for two seasons.

Academic: Majoring in psychology… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll four times and to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll twice… received the OVC Academic Medal of Honor twice.

*Indicates extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19.

Recent Games
Oct 29 Little Rock W, 3-0
Nov 4 at Eastern Illinois W, 3-1
Nov 5 at Eastern Illinois W, 3-2
Nov 11 UT Martin L, 3-1
Nov 12 UT Martin W, 3-2
Nov 17 vs. Lindenwood L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 31 18
Sets 118 69
Kills 2 2
Kills per set 0.02 0.03
Errors 3 2
Total Attacks 24 18
Hitting Percentage -.042 .000
Assists 101 59
Assists per set 0.86 0.86
Service Aces 34 21
Service Errors 51 31
Service Aces per set 0.29 0.30
Receptions 684 365
Reception Errors 39 17
Digs 431 270
Digs per set 3.65 3.91
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 36.0 23.0
Points per set 0.3 0.3
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Central Arkansas L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 2 3 0 21 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Aug 26 at Missouri State L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 3 1 23 2 21 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Aug 27 vs. Oral Roberts L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 23 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 Northwestern L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 2 3 28 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 2 Western Carolina L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 24 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 3 Evansville W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 1 2 29 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 vs. Loyola Maryland W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 1 2 3 12 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 10 vs. Bradley L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 4 0 3 23 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 at Ohio W, 3-1 - 4 0 1 2 -.500 6 0 1 21 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 16 at #21 WKU L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 9 0 2 30 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 16 vs. Indiana L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 0 1 28 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 17 vs. Texas A&M L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 38 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 23 Southern Indiana W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 24 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 Southern Indiana W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 3 2 1 25 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 29 at Tennessee State L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 1 15 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 30 at Tennessee State L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 1 1 20 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 7 at Lindenwood W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 4 .000 2 2 0 24 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 8 at Lindenwood L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 4 .000 4 0 3 21 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 12 Morehead State W, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 5 2 3 11 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 14 SIUE W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 1 4 17 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 15 SIUE W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 3 1 12 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 21 at Southeast Missouri W, 3-1 - 4 1 0 2 .500 4 1 0 27 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 22 at Southeast Missouri W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 3 1 2 33 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 26 at Morehead State W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 4 1 1 12 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 28 Little Rock W, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 2 1 2 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 29 Little Rock W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 5 2 3 13 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 4 at Eastern Illinois W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 1 1 3 30 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 5 at Eastern Illinois W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 6 2 3 31 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 11 UT Martin L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 7 0 0 17 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 12 UT Martin W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 4 1 2 17 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 17 vs. Lindenwood L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 2 19 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2020-21 16 61 3 0.05 1 9 .222 32 0.52 16 0.26 368 14 243 3.98 0 0 0 0.00 19.0 0.3
2021-22 30 114 2 0.02 1 7 .143 86 0.75 36 0.32 615 19 448 3.93 0 1 1 0.01 38.5 0.3
2022-23 31 118 2 0.02 3 24 -.042 101 0.86 34 0.29 684 39 431 3.65 0 0 0 0.00 36.0 0.3
2023-24 30 114 5 0.04 2 20 .150 85 0.75 26 0.23 549 28 437 3.83 0 0 0 0.00 31.0 0.3
Total 107 407 12 0.03 7 60 .083 304 0.75 112 0.28 2216 100 1559 3.83 0 1 1 0.00 124.5 0.3
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 31 118 2 0.02 3 24 -.042 101 0.86 34 0.29 684 39 431 3.65 0 0 0 0.00 36.0 0.3
Conference 18 69 2 0.03 2 18 .000 59 0.86 21 0.30 365 17 270 3.91 0 0 0 0.00 23.0 0.3
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Home 12 44 1 0.02 2 4 -.250 38 0.86 15 0.34 233 4 194 4.41 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.4
Away 12 49 1 0.02 1 16 .000 46 0.94 12 0.24 287 20 167 3.41 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.3
Neutral 7 25 0 0.00 0 4 .000 17 0.68 7 0.28 164 15 70 2.80 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.3
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Wins 17 65 2 0.03 3 17 -.059 52 0.80 23 0.35 354 11 255 3.92 0 0 0 0.00 25.0 0.4
Losses 14 53 0 0.00 0 7 .000 49 0.92 11 0.21 330 28 176 3.32 0 0 0 0.00 11.0 0.2
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August 3 12 0 0.00 0 1 .000 6 0.50 6 0.50 67 5 45 3.75 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.5
September 13 47 1 0.02 1 6 .000 43 0.91 10 0.21 317 18 162 3.45 0 0 0 0.00 11.0 0.2
October 10 38 1 0.03 2 15 -.067 32 0.84 14 0.37 186 10 160 4.21 0 0 0 0.00 15.0 0.4
November 5 21 0 0.00 0 2 .000 20 0.95 4 0.19 114 6 64 3.05 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.2