Prior to Western Carolina: Played prep baseball at Panther Creek HS for head coach David Hall ... Was the first-ever Panther Creek High baseball player to commit to a Division I baseball program ... Hit .382 as a junior, striking out just four times in 68 at bats ... Played with the Cary Independent baseball team that finished runner-up in the Central Carolina Scholastic Summer Baseball League during the summerm prior to his senior season.
Personal: Is the son of Charlie and Becky Young ... Has two siblings - Chick and Tricia Young ... His father, Charlie, played collegiate baseball at the Univ. of Alabama.
