Oklahoma State University Athletics
2012-13 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Toni Young
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Del City
- Hometown:
- Del City, OKlahoma
High Jump - 1.93m/6-04.00
All-American,br> 2012 Outdoor High Jump (First Team; Fifth place)
Oklahoma State School Record Holder
Outdoor High Jump - 1.87m/6-01.50
All-Big 12 (Scored at Conference Meet),br> 2012 Outdoor High Jump
2012 Outdoors: Earned first-team All-America recognition after placing fifth in the high jump at the NCAA Championships ... Her best jump of 1.87 meters/6-01.50 set a new OSU school record and met the US Olympic Trials "A" Standard ... Placed 17th at the U.S. Olympic Trials with a 1.79 meter/5-10.5 mark ... Punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships in the high jump after tying for the NCAA West Regional title with a leap of 1.80 meters/5-10.75 ... Joined the Oklahoma State track and field team for the first time and made an immediate impact with a then-school-record high jump mark of 1.86 meters/6-01.25 at the Big 12 Championships to place second at the conference meet ... Her mark was good for fourth on the national list and was first in the Midwest Region ... The previous school-record mark of 1.81m/5-11.25 stood since 1987.
2012 Indoors: Did not compete.
2011 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2011 Indoors: Did not compete.
2010 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2010 Indoors: Did not compete.
As a member of the Oklahoma State basketball team: In her first three years on the basketball team, she has already broken into the top 10 in six statistical categories all-time at OSU ... In 99 career games, she has 110 blocks, which ranks third ... Her rebound total of 735 is fifth all-time, and she is sixth in double-doubles as well ... She is 10th all-time in field goals made and ninth in field goal percentage ... She currently ranks 13th in total points with 1,120 ... In her career, she averages 11.3 points per game, 7.4 rebounds per game and 1.1 blocks per game.
High School: Attended Del City HS in Del City, Okla., where she was a three-sport star, earning all-state honors in track and field, basketball and volleyball ... Tied the national high jump record with a jump of 1.93 meters/6-04.00 previously set by Amy Acuff in 1993 ... Won three consecutive state titles in the high jump ... Averaged 14.7 points and 8.0 rebounds as a senior playing basketball and led the Eagles to a 24-5 record and the Class 6A state championship in 2009 ...Was named a first-team all-state selection and named The Oklahoman's Big All-City Player of the Year as a senior ... Was the lone female to compete in the 2009 Big All-City slam dunk contest, an event she won ...Also helped Del City to state tournament berths as a sophomore and a junior.
Personal: Born Jan. 11, 1991 in Del City, Oklahoma ... Daughter of Veronica Young and Geane Johnson ...Has nine siblings; Michael, Laurel, Virgil, Angela, Ashley, Shaun, Money Ja'quori, Omarri ...Contemplating a major in education.
