Career: Played in 122 games and started 118 as a three-year starter at first base …. All-Sun Belt first-team pick in 2021 … Finished career with 56 RBIs, six homers, 15 doubles, 102 hits and 57 runs.
2021: All-Sun Belt first team as a first baseman … Led Sun Belt first basemen in several offensive and defensive categories during a season in which he batted .287 with three homers, 28 RBIs, seven doubles, 24 runs scored and 52 hits … Defense at first helped App State set a school record for the best full-season fielding percentage in program history … Had a .995 fielding percentage overall, including a perfect 1.000 against Sun Belt teams while ranking among the Sun Belt leaders with 186 chances during the regular season … Nominated for an all-region Golden Glove award … Led Sun Belt first basemen during the regular season in overall batting (.299), batting in league play (.338, good for 12th in the Sun Belt) and RBIs in league play (20, good for sixth in the Sun Belt) … Home runs against Arkansas State and at Georgia Southern helped propel App State to key conference wins ... A 2020 senior who was able to maintain a season of eligibility because of coronavirus protocols.
2020 (no eligibility used due to COVID-19): Played and started in all 17 games at first base … Ranked third on the team with 12 RBIs … Had the second-most at-bats (70) … Finished the season with 12 RBIs, 14 hits, nine runs scored, three doubles and a .200 batting average … Concluded the season with an RBI in four straight games … Notched four two-hit games … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in a 10-1 win at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 16 … Sent two games (Feb. 23 at Kentucky and March 1 at UNCG) into extra innings with two-out RBI hits … Went 2-for-7 with two RBIs and a double at Kentucky on Feb. 23 … Scored twice in both games of App State’s home sweep over Siena … Knocked in a run in App State’s 11-9 win at No. 24 Wake Forest on Feb. 26 … Sported a .993 fielding percentage to help the Mountaineers finish with a .981 fielding percentage, which ranked third amongst Sun Belt Conference opponents at the season’s conclusion … Season was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2019: Played in a team-high 53 games and made 49 starts at first base … Batted .232 with three homers, 16 RBIs, five doubles, 24 runs scored and 36 hits … Hit .333 with runners in scoring position (11-for-33) … Three homers came in a span of five games (at Troy on April 20, vs. Radford in the next game and vs. UTA to close out a three-game sweep on April 28) … Went 4-for-4 with four runs scored in a 24-3 rout of Gardner-Webb … Talented, left-handed defender had 25 assists at first base and finished the year with a .986 fielding percentage … Scored from second base on a two-run sacrifice fly in a win against Georgia State.
Previous College (Garden City CC): Batted .356 with eight homers, 57 RBIs, 72 hits, 58 runs scored, 14 doubles, 35 walks, four triples and a .474 on-base percentage in 55 games last season for Garden City Community College. A left-handed hitter, Young had 25 multi-hit games, including five games with three hits. Early in the season, had a 3-for-5 game with seven RBIs.
2016 (Maryville): Before redshirting at Garden City in 2017, batted .245 with 12 hits and eight RBIs in 31 games for Maryville (Tenn.) College.
High School: Under Armour Preseason All-American, all-region pick, all-district selection and a member of the Tennessee all-star team as a high school senior at Davidson Academy in Nashville, Tenn … Honors society member at Davidson Academy, where he was coached by Dennis Winn … Member of the Tennessee Dores travel team coached by Jonathon Douillard, as he was the defensive player of the year in 2014 and a leadership award winner in 2015.
Personal: Full name is Robert James Young III … Born June 20, 1996 … Son of Robert and Michelle Young … Has one sibling: Karlie.
