Sophia Young-Malcolm (San Antonio 2006-15)

WNBA	USA Basketball	Overseas	College	High School	Personal
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NO: 33
POS: Forward
HGT: 6-1
DOB: December 15, 1983
SCHOOL: Baylor ‘06

*WHERE IS YOUNG-MALCOLM NOW?

In her third year (2021-22 to present) as an assistant coach/director of player development for Baylor women’s basketball..

(*As of February 2024)

WNBA TRANSACTIONS

April 5, 2006	Selected No. 4 by San Antonio in the 2006 WNBA Draft.
January 9, 2009	Signed a contract extension with San Antonio.
October 14, 2015	Announced her retirement.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009)
All-WNBA First Team (2008)
WNBA Stars at the Sun Showcase (2010)
All-WNBA Second Team (2007, 2009, 2012)
WNBA All-Defensive Team (first—2008, second—2012)
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2006)
Through the 2023 season, ranked No. 1 among all-time franchise leaders for points (4,300), double-digit scoring games (225), offensive rebounds (549), total rebounds (1,807), steals (477), field goals made (1,659), 2-point field goals made (1,632); second for free throws made (955); third for defensive rebounds (1,258) and fourth for double-doubles (33).
Sidelined in 2013 due to an ACL tear in her right knee suffered while playing for China’s Beijing Great Wall during the 2012-13 offseason.
In 2009 Became the third player from the 2006 draft class to score 2,000 points on Aug. 21 (Seimone Augustus, 2,230; Cappie Pondexter, 2,483)
Inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TM	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/AVG
2006	SAS	34	34	1057	154	370	.416	0	4	.000	100	137	.730	85	172	257/7.6	50	57	13	45	70	408/12.0
2007	SAS	33	33	1106	214	448	.478	0	5	.000	125	167	.749	72	121	193/5.8	51	49	12	61	100	553/16.8
2008	SAS	33	33	1054	207	433	.478	0	3	.000	162	206	.786	52	134	186/5.6	75	53	17	57	86	576/17.5
2009	SAS	33	33	1113	219	482	.454	17	55	.309	145	189	.767	69	146	215/6.5	54	44	16	62	67	600/18.2
2010	SAS	34	34	1082	216	431	.501	10	38	.263	79	120	.658	44	134	178/5.2	81	54	9	70	89	521/15.3
2011	SAS	33	33	1043	171	399	.429	0	6	.000	93	157	.592	48	164	212/6.4	76	67	16	51	78	435/13.2
2012	SAS	33	33	1049	212	407	.521	0	3	.000	113	160	.706	68	170	238/7.2	69	74	13	55	77	537/16.3
2014	SAS	34	20	823	115	245	.469	0	4	.000	48	73	.658	62	96	158/4.6	52	37	6	26	56	278/8.2
2015	SAS	34	29	931	151	330	.458	0	3	.000	90	122	.738	49	121	170/5.0	46	42	9	55	64	392/11.5
Career		301	282	9258	1659	3545	.468	27	121	.223	955	1331	.718	549	1258	1807/6.0	554	477	111	482	687	4300/14.3

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Helped lead San Antonio to the playoffs seven times, highlighted by a trip to the 2008 WNBA Finals and the 2007 Western Conference Finals.
Averaged 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game over 26 playoff contests.
Heading into the 2024 season, Young-Malcolm ranks 4th among the all-time franchise athletes for playoff points (456) and defensive rebounds (110); 2nd for rebounds (169), offensive rebounds (59), steals (37) and 2-point field goals made (170); tied for 2nd for double-digit scoring games (25); 3rd for field goals made (171) and field goal percentage (.486, minimum 100 FGM); and tied for 4th for postseason games played (26) and double-doubles (3).

WNBA POSTSEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TM	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/AVG
2007	SAS	5	5	172	37	73	.507	0	0	.—	27	32	.844	20	25	45/9.0	8	4	2	8	12	101/20.2
2008	SAS	9	9	325	57	125	.456	0	1	.000	45	60	.750	16	37	53/5.9	15	14	1	19	17	159/17.7
2009	SAS	3	3	96	22	48	.458	1	2	.500	13	19	.684	6	10	16/5.3	6	6	2	5	9	58/19.3
2010	SAS	2	2	66	13	32	.406	0	0	.—	5	9	.556	4	14	18/9.0	5	2	1	7	6	31/15.5
2011	SAS	3	3	102	19	30	.633	0	0	.—	12	18	.667	4	13	17/5.7	9	4	2	4	9	50/16.7
2012	SAS	2	2	71	16	30	.533	0	0	.—	8	9	.889	5	5	10/5.0	1	5	1	4	7	40/20.0
2014	SAS	2	0	54	7	14	.500	0	0	.—	3	7	.429	4	6	10/5.0	3	2	1	2	2	17/8.5
Career		26	24	886	171	352	.486	1	3	.333	113	154	.734	59	110	169/6.5	47	37	10	49	62	456/17.5

USA BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS

Member of the 2011 USA National Team for its European Tour; averaged 8.6 ppg and 6-4 rpg as the team finished with a 3-2 record against national and professional teams in Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Spain.
Listed among the 2009-12 and 2013-16 USA National Team pool, but aside from the 2011 European Tour, only participated in the 2013 minicamp in Las Vegas.

USA BASKETBALL STATISTICS

TEAM

G/S

MIN/AVG

FGM-FGA

PCT

3PM-3PA

PCT

FTM-FTA

PCT

OFF

DEF

REB/AVG

BLK

STL

PTS/AVG

2011 WNT ET

5/5

131/26.2

16-30

.533

0-1

.000

11-16

.688

32/6.4

43/8.6

OVERSEAS HIGHLIGHTS

Competed five seasons in Europe, three in the EuroLeague and two in the EuroCup, also played in 2012-13 for Beijing Great Wall in China.
Averaged 19.5 ppg and 10.2 rpg, while posting 13 double-doubles in China.
Played for Cras Basket Taranto (Italy) in 2010-11 and helped Cras Basket advance to the Italian league finals and EuroLeague quarterfinals; Averaged 12.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 2.3 spg in 24 Italian league games and12.9 ppg with 4.6 rpg, 1.6 apg and 1.7 spg in seven EuroLeague games.
Competed three seasons (2007-08 through 2009-10) for Galatasaray (Turkey), where she helped guide Gala into the EuroLeague for the first time since 2000-01 by winning the 2009 EuroCup; and in 2009-10 helped Gala advance to the EuroLeague playoffs.
Spent her first season in Europe competing for Gambrinus Brno (Czech Republic) as Brno advanced to the 2007 EuroLeague playoffs.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS

During her four years (2003-06) at Baylor, the Lady Bears compiled a 109-30 (.784) record, won the 2005 Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament titles, advanced to the 2003 WNIT Finals, advanced as far as the 2004 and 2006 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteens and captured the 2005 NCAA crown with a 33-3 record.
National Player of the Year finalist: Honda Award for women’s basketball, Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy and Senior CLASS Award (2006).
Kodak/WBCA and U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-American (2005, 2006).
Associated Press All-America first team (2006).
Big 12 Player of the Year (2006), Big 12 All-Defensive team (2006).
Left Baylor owning four Big 12 all-time careeer records for points (2,480), rebounds (1,316), double-doubles (61) and rebounding average (9.5).
One of only four players who have tallied 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 steals and 300 assists in their NCAA Division I careers. (Tamika Catchings, Chamique Holdsclaw, Cheryl Miller) and finished her career with 2,480 points, 1,316 rebounds, 315 steals and 303 assists.

COLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR	G/S	FGM-FGA	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	REB/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	BLK	STL
2006	33/ 33	301- 551	.546	0- 1	.000	134- 190	.705	329/ 10.0	736/ 22.3	70	33	71
2005	36/ 36	266- 506	.526	0- 0	.—	129- 183	.705	334/ 9.3	661/ 18.4	103	26	70
2004	35/ 35	249- 449	.555	0- 1	.000	88- 145	.607	302/ 8.6	587/ 16.7	75	29	87
2003	35/ 22	218- 387	.563	0- 0	.—	61- 113	.540	351/ 10.0	497/ 14.2	55	43	87
Totals	139/126	876-1628	.546	0- 2	.000	412- 631	.653	1316/ 9.5	2480/ 17.8	303	131	315

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Was a member of her school’s Honor Society and student council.

PERSONAL

Daughter of Denniston Young of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Annie Christopher of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Born in Saint Vincent, West Indies; Moved to the U.S. as an exchange student at age 15.
Sworn in as a U.S. Citizen on September 2, 2011.
Graduated from Baylor in 2006 with her teaching credential.
Earned her master’s degree in psychology from the University of Phoenix in 2011.
In her third year (2021-22 to present) as an assistant coach/director of player development for Baylor women’s basketball.