ISU WBB adds a walk-on

[mred]

Iowa State women's basketball adds walk-on Melissa Youngblut | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com

Melissa Youngblut, a 5-11 guard/forward from Davenport

 

[iowast_nate]

Nice pickup here. Welcome aboard Melissa.

QCTimes article
Former Knight Youngblut joins ISU as walk-on

 

[Bipolarcy]

Iowa State women's basketball adds walk-on Melissa Youngblut | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com

Melissa Youngblut, a 5-11 guard/forward from Davenport

I like the 40 percent shooting from 3. Nice pickup for a walk-on.

 

[BenEClone]

I can see her making real contributions. Not only does she shoot the three well, she penetrates and seems to thrive in the closing minutes of close games. As a senior, she also handled herself well in the tv interviews.

http://www.qctimes.tv/p/index.php?section=video&id=40091391

 

[BoxsterCy]

Nice pickup here. Welcome aboard Melissa.

QCTimes article
Former Knight Youngblut joins ISU as walk-on

Pretty cool read to see her parents both were ISU letter winners. Wonder if this is the first mother/daughter to play hoops for ISU?

 

[ISU_REV]

I like the 40 percent shooting from 3. Nice pickup for a walk-on.

40 percent is not really that good for high school.

 

[mred]

40 percent is not really that good for high school.

It''s certainly not bad. I count only three players in all classes last season with over 90 attempts and better than 45%. 40% is pretty good. I'm more impressed with the consensus 1st team 3A all-state honors and 3A tournament captain award.

She's a walk-on, so she's almost certainly not going to be much of an impact in actual games, but she does seem to be a pretty good player for a walk-on.

 

[gizzsdad]

This is really a nice pick-up. I saw her at the state tournament last year and thought she was really clutch.

HS is a long way from the B12, but I would wager she'll contribute.

 

[nodakst]

She has a sister, Mallory, who just completed her eligibility at the University of North Dakota.

 

[cychhosis]

Pretty cool read to see her parents both were ISU letter winners. Wonder if this is the first mother/daughter to play hoops for ISU?

Great pedigree!