McKenna Young
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Previous School:
- Stewarts Creek HS
Bio
2024 (Junior): Young competed in all 22 matches on the year, finishing 4-16 overall with a 3-7 mark in OVC play… went 2-11 in the No. 4 slot and 2-5 as the No. 5 duo… competed with Ava Schubert (4-13, 3-7 OVC) and Katie DiRaimondo (0-3) during the year… picked up one of the team's two wins at the OVC Tournament with a decisive, 2-0 win over Lindenwood (Apr. 26).
2023 (Sophomore): Young took part in all 20 matches of Tech’s inaugural beach campaign, finishing with team-best records of 10-10 overall and 6-4 in OVC play… ended the year 0-1 at No. 3, 9-9 at the No. 4 position, and 1-0 as the No. 5… teamed with Morgan Gish (6-7, 4-3), Bella Powell (2-1, 2-1 OVC), and Brooke Amann (2-2) during the year… competed for Tech in the No. 4 slot with Gish over the final 13 matches of the year, including all four match-ups in the OVC Tournament… made her collegiate debut in the No. 3 position with Amann against Spartanburg Methodist (Feb. 24)… picked up her first career win with Amann in the No. 4 spot with a 2-0 decision at Berry College (Feb. 25)… won the longest marathon set in program history with Gish at the No. 4 slot to help Tech capture its first-ever win in the OVC Tournament, defeating Lindenwood (Apr. 27) 30-28 in the first set before clinching a 2-0 victory with a 21-16 decision in set two.
High School: Young was a four-year letterwinner as a libero for head coach Mary Dayton at Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna, Tenn.… named All-District Defensive MVP as a senior… collected All-Conference and All-Region accolades as a junior, leading her team to its first-ever Region Tournament appearance… earned All-Tournament Team honors twice… took home All-Region Honorable Mention honors in 2016… finished her career as a member of the 2,000-dig club, racking up 2,147 in four seasons… as a senior, tallied 477 digs and 57 service aces with a 91.2 serve percentage… produced a career-high 676 digs as a junior… ripped off 506 digs and 82 aces as a sophomore and 488 digs and 32 aces as a freshman… honored as Rutherford County Athlete of the Week as a senior.
Personal: Daughter of William and Kelly Young... born in Nashville, Tenn. on May 15, 2002… full name is McKenna Shea Young... mother, Kelly, played volleyball at Green Bay for one season… father, William, played baseball at Lipscomb for two seasons.
Academic: Majoring in psychology… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll nine times and to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll four times… received the OVC Academic Medal of Honor four times.
Honors & Awards:
- 2023 President’s Award
News mentions
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The 2025 season officially came to a close for the Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team on Friday at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship in Chattanooga, but not without a fight from the Cookeville crew. The No. 5 purple and gold split a pair of tilts at the UTC Beach Volleyball Courts, topping No. 6-seeded Eastern Illinois before falling in a rematch with No. 4 Lindenwood.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team embarks on its third Ohio Valley Conference Championship on Thursday, traveling south to Chattanooga for day one of competition at the league's annual postseason event.
MOREHEAD, Ky. – It was a strong finish to the regular season for the Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team on Saturday, as the Golden Eagles split a pair of 3-2 decisions to conclude action at the second Ohio Valley Conference weekend of competition at Breadstick Beach in Morehead, Ky.
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Noted improvement wasn't enough for the Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team to muscle out a win on the first day of the Ohio Valley Conference's second weekend of competition, as the Golden Eagles fell in a pair of duels at Breadstick Beach in Morehead, Ky., on Friday morning.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team completes the 2025 regular season with a trip to Morehead, Ky., for the second weekend of Ohio Valley Conference action on the campus of Morehead State on Friday and Saturday.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team wrapped up action at its final non-conference event of the season on Saturday, completing two duels at the Blazer Beach Bash at the UAB Beach Volleyball Courts in Birmingham, Ala.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team competes in its final non-conference action of the 2025 campaign this weekend, treking south to Birmingham, Ala. for UAB's Blazer Beach Bash on Friday and Saturday.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A down-to-the-wire finish on the sand ended in favor of the visitors from Morehead State as the Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to the visiting Eagles on Saturday afternoon at the Tech Beach Courts in Cookeville.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team dropped its first of two match-ups with Ohio Valley Conference rival Morehead State for the weekend, falling to the visiting Eagles Friday afternoon in a 5-0 decision at the Tech Beach Courts.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team will play host to Ohio Valley Conference rival Morehead State in the team's two lone home duals of the 2025 campaign this weekend, starting with a 3:00 p.m. CT tilt with the visiting Eagles on Friday afternoon at the Tech Beach Volleyball Courts.
MARTIN, Tenn. – It was a tough opening day of Ohio Valley Conference action for the Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team, as the Golden Eagles fell in a pair of duals with league foes Lindenwood and Chattanooga at the Skyhawk Beach Volleyball Complex in Martin, Tenn. on Friday.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team will head west for the first of two Ohio Valley Conference weekends of competition, visiting Martin, Tenn. for four sets of duals across Friday and Saturday.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team continues the 2025 campaign with a unique opportunity on Wednesday, competing three times as part of the Georgia State Day of Duals in Atlanta, Ga.
LOVELAND, Ohio – It was a successful first day of the 2025 season for the Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team, as the Golden Eagles opened action at the Cincy Clash in Loveland, Ohio with a 1-1 mark in two matches.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team officially kicks off the 2025 campaign with a trip north for the Cincy Clash on Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22. Hosted by Eastern Kentucky, the event will be held at the Grand Sands facility in Loveland, Ohio.