By: Jacob Pumphrey
We hope you enjoy the second installment of our five-part Virtual Homecoming Week Zoom Series where we sit down with former Mulerider Student-Athletes to discuss their time at Southern Arkansas and what they are up to now. SAU Director of Athletic Communications Jacob Pumphrey sits down with former two-sport Riderette standout who as an NAIA All-American on the court holds the women's basketball program record for career scoring, single season scoring, single game scoring and career rebounds in addition to winning back-to-back high point awards at the 1993 and 1994 AIC Track & Field Championships. Ms. Rachel Young is a 2007 inductee of the SAU Sports Hall of Fame and she shares with us her journey from Rosston, Arkansas, to becoming a Riderette.
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Young's 2007 SAU Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Introduction:
Rachel Young played basketball and ran track at Southern Arkansas from 1992-96. She came to SAU from Nevada County High School, and played for coaches Judy Bourne and Sam Biley at SAU.
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Moore is the all-time career scoring leader in Lady Mulerider history with 1,920 points. She played in 96 games over her four-year career, averaging 20.0 points a game. Moore twice led the 500-Point Club with 563 points, a 24.5 average, her junior season, and 529 points, a 21.2 average, her senior year in 1995-96. She was also a member of the 400-Point Club as a sophomore with 435 points, a 17.4 average. Moore is third in the 300-Point Club with 393 points her freshman season, a 17.1 average. She was the season scoring leader all four years at SAU.
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Moore was NAIA Honorable Mention All-America in her final season of 1995-96, and was First Team All-Gulf South Conference (GSC) and NAIA All-Southwest Region during that first season of Southern Arkansas' move to NCAA Division II and the GSC. She was All-AIC in 1993-94 and 1994-95, the final two years of the AIC.Â
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Moore still holds the school records for points scored in a game (47), season scoring average (24.4), career two-point field goals (792), and career rebounds (1,019).
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In track, Moore ran for Lady Mulerider teams that captured consecutive AIC championships in 1993, '94, and '95, the final year of the conference. She won consecutive high-point honors at the conference championship meets in 1993 and 1994. Moore was a member of the 1600-meter relay team that placed fourth in the NAIA national meet.Â
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In the 1995 AIC meet, Moore was first in the long jump, second in the shot put, first in the 100-meter hurdles, second in the 100-meter dash, first in the 400-meter hurdles, ran a leg on the winning 1600-meter relay team, and scored an individual 22.25 points.
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Currently, Young currently works for Summit Community Care based in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the Care Coordinator for the Southwest Region 7 area. She is a proud mother of two wonderful children, a 21 year old son Kenyan Moore, and a 17 year old daughter Aja Moore. Young remarked, "They both bring me bundles of joy, whom I love and adore. I also appreciate the gratitude of SAU Athletics and the University for presenting me with the opportunity to share my experiences."
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