THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

Matt Young lettered three times in basketball at UW-Whitewater.  During the 1977-78 season he averaged 9.3 points and 2.1 assists; and his junior year Young upped those marks to 10.5 and 3.1.  As a senior, in 1979-80, Young scored 13.0 points per game and averaged a league-best 5.1 assists, while also shooting 52% from the field.  The 79-80 team went 20-7 overall, including a 12-4 record in WSUC play.  He was an all-conference pick in 1974 and 1975.  In '75 he repeated the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Honorable Mention All-District 14 recognition he had earning his junior year, while also serving as UW-W's captain and earning the team's Best Defensive Player Award.  Young ended his career as the school's career assist leader, and his total of 271 is still sixth on the all-time list.  Young is also third on the single season assist list (150 in 79-80), and third on the single game chart (14 on two occasions).  He is also among the top thirty in the books for career scoring average (29^th, 11.0) and field goals made (25^th, 360). Young graduated from Central High School in Flint, Michigan.  From 1984-96 he was the head basketball coach at Madison Area Technical College, and he has been a claims specialist with American Family Insurance in Madison since 1981.