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Alisha Young
# 55
Outside Hitter/Right Side - OH/RS
Height: 6-2 
Junior
Previous Affiliations
   American Fork HS
Previous Experience
  2L
Hometown
   American Fork, Utah
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Courtesy: Boise State Sports Information
Release: 08/10/2007

Formerly Alisha King, she married former Boise State basketball player Tyler Young in July 2009.

Junior (2009) - Started 28 of the 30 matches on the season...saw time in 107 sets...led the team in kills with 291...had 2.72 kills per set and a .228 average...garnered 72.0 total blocks, including eight solo...was second on the team in total points with 344.0...tallied 13 service aces...added 62 digs and one assist on the season...twice earned career match-highs of 20 kills...had a career match-high hitting percentage of .536 against Nevada (Oct. 24)...tallied seven assisted blocks for a career match-high against Fresno State (Oct. 1)...earned a career match-high of 22.5 points at Utah State (Oct. 3)...currently No. 5 in all-time career points scored at Boise State with 772.0...earned the No. 7 spot on the all-time season points chart with 344.0 points...named to the Northwest Challenge All-Tournament Team...was the Boise State Athlete of the Week for Oct. 26...named to the All-WAC Second Team.

Sophomore (2008) - Started 22 of the 28 total matches on the season...played in 97 total sets...added 211 kills for a 2.18 kills per set average...tied for the team-high in total aces with 24...had 155 digs on the season...totaled 61 blocks, including six solo...was second on the team in points with 268.5...added 24 set assists...had a game high of 13 digs against Cal State Northridge (Aug. 30)...twice recorded a season-high of four ace serves in a match against Seattle University (Aug. 29) and Nevada (Nov. 15)...had a season-high of seven total blocks against Central Michigan (Sept. 13)...twice added four assists against Washington State (Aug. 30) and Louisiana Tech (Nov. 8)...had a season-high of 16 kills with a season high hitting percentage of .452 against Louisiana Tech (Nov. 8)...named a 2008 WAC All-Academic honoree.  

Freshman (2007) - Played in 61 games in her first season...tallied 139 kills for a 2.28 per-game average...recorded 31 digs and 31 blocks for a 0.51 average for both categories...was fourth on the team in kills...reached a career-high of 20 kills at Fresno State (Oct. 4)...recorded a career-high five blocks at Idaho State (Oct. 15)...reached a career-high five digs against San Francisco (Sept. 8).

High School/Club - Four-year member of the varsity team at American Fork High School...led  head coach Chad Murray's squad to a fifth-place finish in the state tournament as a senior...named to the all-region team both her junior and senior seasons and to the all-state team her sophomore, junior and seniors years...team MVP and team captain both her junior and senior seasons...named to the academic all-state team all four years...competed for Kim Norman's High Country Volleyball Club...the team finished first in the regional tournament in each of her four seasons...right-handed.

Major - General Health / Health Science Studies