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Virtual Homecoming Week Zoom Series: An Interview with 2007 SAU Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Rachel Young

10/20/2020 2:13:00 PM

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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. 
 
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).
 
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. 
 
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.
 
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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