 Young attended Highland Park High School , where he played basketball and baseball . He lettered three times in basketball , in a career in which he scored over 1 @,@ 000 points , and accumulated 500 rebounds and 200 blocks . He was a two @-@ year letterman in baseball , compiling a 14 – 3 record with 180 strikeouts . In basketball he averaged 16 points , 12 rebounds , and 3 blocked shots a game , and in baseball he had an 8 – 3 record with a 1 @.@ 70 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 80 innings pitched . 
