- Finished her career as the 14th highest scorer in Division I history with 3,029 career points
- Finished as the highest ever Division I scorer in the state of Kentucky
- 2025 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year semifinalist
- Named All-MVC First Team
- Named USBWA National Player of the Week on Jan. 28th
- Finished as the programs all-time leading scorer and rebounder
- Finished the season with 21.7 ppg and 6.4 rbg
- Earned All-Conference honors five times in her career
- Scored more than 30 points on 16 different occasions in her career
- Became the program's all-time leading scorer
- Became just the second Murray State student-athlete with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds (Popeye Jones)
- Named All-MVC First Team
- Included in the 2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watchlist
- Led the team with 19.5 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per game
- Scored a season-high 38 points vs. UIC (2/22/24)
- Ranked 28th nationally in scoring
2022-23
- Included in the Her Hoops Stats 2023Â Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watchlist
- Named Pre-Season All-MVC First Team
- Led the MVC in scoring with 21.35 per game
- Named to the 2022-23 All-MVC First Team
- Third most points in a single game (43) in Murray State history at Drake (1/8/23)
- Posted a career-high of 662 points through the season
- Ended the season at 10th nationally in points per game (21.35)
- World Exposure Report Mid-Major All-American Honorable Mention
- Earned 2022-23 MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence
- 2022-23 MVC Academic Honor Roll
- Led the OVC in scoring and rebounding at 20.1 and 8.1 respectively
- Named 2021-22 OVC Player of the Year
- Named to 2021-22 All-OVC first team
- Shot third most consecutive free throws in a single game at SEMO with 13
- From 1/13/22 to 2/3/22, shot third most consecutive free throws in school history with 33
- Made most consecutive field goals in school history in a single game by going 10-for-10 at Evansville
- Named to 2021-22 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Named OVC Player of the Week a record eight times
- Named to 2022 OVC All-Tournament team
- Semi-finalist for Becky Hammond Mid-Major Player of the Year
- First AP All-American in school history
- Second-fastest player in school history to 1,000 points and is 18th all-time with 1,025 career points in two seasons
2020-21
- Ranked seventh in the OVC with a scoring average of 12.7 points per game
- Led the OVC in rebounding with 251 total and with an average of 9.3 per game
- Was named All-OVC First Team and to the All-OVC Newcomer Team
- Was OVC Freshman of the Week seven times and OVC Player of the Week once
- Named to 2021-22 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
Before MSU
- Four-time AP Class 2A All-State selection, honorable mention in 2017 and 2018 and first team in 2019 and 2020
- Four-time Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State selection, third-team nod in 2017, second-team in 2018 and first-team in 2019 and 2020
- Named to three different all-area/conference teams for the 2020 season by the Vermillion Valley Conference, the Danville Commercial News and the News-Gazette
- Finished career with 2,361 points
- Averaged a double-double of 22.7 points and 10.9 rebounds her senior season
- Averaged 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as a junior
- Played four years of volleyball, two years of track and field and one year of softball
- Was an All-County selection at least once in all three sports
- Finished fifth in the shot put at the 2018 state meet, followed by a third-place finish last year
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- Born Katelyn Marie Young on April 29, 2002 in Oakwood, Illinois
- Daughter of David and Connie Young
- Has two brothers, Josh and Nathan
