Young is a bit of an unknown in the Upstate with the Lady Raiders. She’s currently averaging a double-double this season at 13.1 ppg and 10.4 rebounds a game. Young moves very well around the floor and really looks to challenge shots on the defensive end. She is a long and rangy athlete who will only get better with a strong off season on the Grassroots Circuit.

Young is currently 13.1 ppg and 10.4 rebounds this season for Laurens HS (7-12). Zoe moves well around the paint area and plays with her back to the basket posting up. She does a nice job of getting to her spots on the floor and challenging shots on the defensive end. Young will look to manufacture points on putbacks around the bucket.

Young’s 4A Raiders team is already looking much improved from their 2022-23 rendition. The play of the veteran Young is a major reason why. Young led all scorers on Saturday with 24 points as Laurens earned a 56-34 victory to dispatch of Northside Christian. Those who have had the chance to watch the Raiders play know what one will get from young. She converts on many high-percentage opportunity and will gladly play the game on contact. She will also corral plenty of offensive rebounds and works for everything she gets. Her height plus her length make her hard to score on when she is on defense.

Young stands at an imposing 6-foot-1 and she stood tall and talented in Laurens’ first-round contest against Greer Middle College. The Blazers had no answers for the Raiders junior big as she placed 20 points on the scoreboard. Among those 20, 12 were tallied in the first half of play. At the time, the game was close before a second-half scoring outburst by the Raiders turned a close contest into a coronation. Her height not only makes her an efficient high-percentage scorer, but she also wins plenty of battles on the boards. Young is also not afraid to play the game on contact and find her way to the free throw line. Combining the skills of a big with veteran instincts is almost certain to improve the Raiders’ fortunes in 2023-24.

In the 19 matchups that Young played in last season for the 4A Raiders, she nearly averaged a double-double and she proved through her play on Saturday afternoon that she is just getting started. Young presents an imposing frontcourt presence as someone who stands at an even six feet – and listed as a four. She probably wins many opening tips – and she definitely wins plenty of battles on the boards. Her height advantage enables her to put plenty of high-percentage points on the board and she is willing to play the game on contact to find her way to the free throw line. Young led the Raiders with 11 points in what was a hard-fought matchup against Landrum.

The 2022-23 season will be the third that the Raiders have competed in the 4A ranks. Prior to that, Laurens was classified as a 5A school. Young put together a breakout freshman season at Laurens and appears poised to expand on that in the coming months. She proves herself defensively as an asset with her shot blocking ability and her scoring combined with rebounding showcase that she is a double-double possibility on a game-by-game basis. Young will log productive minutes in the frontcourt as either a traditional big or as a power forward. She averaged 8.7 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in the 19 games she played in with the Raiders.

Young’s Raiders will begin its third season as a 4A school since its SCHSL classification was dropped from 5A following the 2019-20 campaign. She can manage good minutes in the frontcourt at either the four or the five. In the 19 games she played last season with Lauren, she proved through her scoring and rebounding that she is a double-double possibility on a game-by-game basis, averaging 8.7 points and 8.8 rebounds. Young is also an asset on defense as a shot blocker, as shown by the 1.4 rejections she averaged for the Raiders in 2021-22. Young is poised to build on her breakout freshman season at Laurens.