Prince George baseball product Jared Young cashed in on a dream season with the NCAA’s Old Dominion Monarchs.
Young was named to the 2017 Conference USA Baseball All-Academic Team on Monday.
He held a 3.78 Grade Point Average in Sport Management and was one of two Old Dominion baseball players to earn the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal.Â
?: It's awards time here in Biloxi!
Announcing our #CUSABASE Individual Awards & All-Conference selections! ? pic.twitter.com/bZRUkcX004
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) May 23, 2017
Young was also named to the region’s 1st-team, as well as the Newcomer of the Year.
The local baseball star transferred from Oklahoma-based Connor State Community College to lead the Monarchs in average (.374), home runs (7), on-base percentage (.448) and slugging (.589) this season.
Newcomer Of The Year: Jared Young.
Young hit .374 with 7 HR and a 1.037 OPS, also hit a scorching .433 in C-USA play. #ODUBaseball pic.twitter.com/kWnglfcGyA
— ODU Baseball (@ODUBaseball) May 23, 2017
He was also twice named the C-USA Hitter of the Week and was once hailed as the National Player of the Week.
Young and Old Dominion begin the 2017 Conference USA Baseball Championship at MGM Park in Mississippi on Wednesday.
They enter the tournament as the second seed and will play seventh-ranked Florida International University.