Born June 1, 1985 in Clinton, Md… Full name is Samuel David Young… Son of Marquet Craig… Has a brother, Michael Spriggs, who serves as Young’s inspiration and motivation… Spriggs, who is blind, won the gold medal in judo at the 2007 International Blind Sports Federation World Youth and Student Games and qualified for the 189-pound weight class for the Maryland state wrestling tournament… Moved nine times prior to starting college… Led Friendly High School (Md.) to the 2003 Class 3A State Championship… Born in the same Maryland county (Prince George) that produced the Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, Miami’s Michael Beasley, former University of Maryland star Len Bias and boxing champions Sugar Ray Leonard and Riddick Bowe… Was an AAU teammate of current Grizzlies teammate Rudy Gay… Before the start of his senior season at Pittsburgh, slept at the team’s practice facility for one month so he could work out more often… Known as the “Renaissance Man,” played grand piano for his Panther teammates in hotel lobbies on road trips and read his own poetry during open-mike nights in Pittsburgh coffee houses… Started playing piano in the ninth grade… Approached by a publisher about releasing his own book of poetry… Involved in Pittsburgh-area projects for the blind and was a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award honoring players for community service… First love was gymnastics and is still known to do standing back flips and backwards handsprings… Left gymnastics for football in junior high and discovered basketball in the ninth grade… Printed up a paper at Hargrave Military Academy that said, “I can’t let my mother work harder than me,” to motivate him through prep school… As a member of the Pittsburgh basketball team, signed autographs and provided a basketball clinic at the WTAE Healthy 4 Life Expo in an effort to support the efforts associated with combating diabetes… Collaborated with Amachi Pittsburgh, a local Pittsburgh organization designed to help at-risk youth in the Pittsburgh area, to provide a Paw Prints newsletter promoting healthy living and good decision making among middle school students… Made several trips to the Veteran Affairs Hospital in Pittsburgh spending time with veterans and patients… Played a heavy role in Panther P.A.W.S. (Pittsburgh Athletes with Students), putting on instructional sports clinics for youth from the Hill District community in Pittsburgh… Never watched a college basketball game until he played in one… Faced current teammate and former UConn star Hasheem Thabeet in Big East competition several times throughout his college career.