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      Amanda Young
    Amanda Young

    Player Profile
    Class:
    Junior

    Hometown:
    Fountain Valley, Calif.

    High School:
    Fountain Valley HS

    Height:
    5-10

    Position:
    Attacker

    05/08/2012

    Water Polo Celebrates Historical Year With Postseason Banquet

    Brightwell named team's Most Valuable Player, captain for 2013 season.

    05/02/2012

    Sun Devil Athletics Proudly Announces 72 Spring/Summer Graduates

    Class includes 16 football student-athletes

    03/20/2012

    #4 ASU Water Polo Adds Another Pair of Routs in Doubleheader

    The Sun Devils outscored #18 Princeton and Azusa Pacific, 36-14, in Walnut, Calif., on Tuesday afternoon

    02/04/2012

    #6 ASU Water Polo Improves to Best Start in Program History

    Sun Devils sweep second tournament in a row to improve to 8-0 after Cal Baptist Mini Lancer Invite.

    02/04/2012

    #6 Water Polo Routs CSU San Bernardino in Cap Baptist Finale

    Pardi nets five while Hutchinson adds 15 more saves for career day.

    2011: Converted to a field player for the 2011 season, but saw limited time as a goalie as well... played in 21 games, scoring seven goals and adding seven assists off the bench... was forced to move back to her original goalie position in a game against #9 San Jose State due to an injury to starter Ianetta Hutchinson... scored a career single game high of three goals against Fresno Pacific... was named the team's Most Improved Player by Todd Clapper at the annual awards banquet...2010 Season: Made 123 saves in 22 games while splitting time in front of the net...posted her only shutout of the season and made eight saves March 6 against Whittier...recorded a season-high 12 saves while playing the entire match in an 11-6 win over No. 5 Michigan Feb. 28...made 11 saves in four quarters as ASU defeated No. 10 CS Northridge March 6...collected eight saves on two different occasions, against Whittier March 6 and vs. Cal Baptist March 26...played in two games at the MPSF Championships and made four saves against both No. 1 Stanford and No. 6 Hawaii...earned ACWPC All-Academic individual honors.

    High School: A 2009 graduate of Fountain Valley High School (Fountain Valley, CA)...set school record for career goals saved and goals saved in a single season and is top-10 in career steals...won 2009 Cornet Award...earned 2009 Ray Bray Award in both water polo and swimming...2009 Fountain Valley HS water polo MVP...2008 water polo Coaches Award...lettered three times in water polo and twice in swimming and diving...member of SOPAC B-Team in 2008 and SOPAC A-Team in 2007...2006 JV Coaches Award-swim team.

    Personal: Majoring in Anthropology...born in Orange, CA...mother is Joylynn Wasielewski...younger sister Marisa...full name is Amanda Rose Young.

    Young's's Career Statistics
    Year Goals Assists Points Steals
    2011 7 7 14 1
    TOTALS 7 7 14 1

    Young's Career Statistics

    Year Saves Saves per game Goals against Goals against average

    2010

    123 5.59 118 5.36
    TOTALS 123 5.59 118 5.36

    Single Game Superlatives:
    Saves: 12 vs. No. 5 Michigan (2/28/10)
    Goals against: 0 vs. Whittier (3/6/10)

    __________________

    Goals 3 vs. Fresno Pacific (4/3/11)

    Assists 2 (2x) last vs. Fresno Pacific (4/3/11)

    Points 5 vs. Fresno Pacific (4/3/11)

    Steals 1 vs. #1 Stanford (4/29/11)

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