Kip Young (1981) - Hall of Fame - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Kip Young

Induction:
1981
Class:
1976

A native of Georgetown, Ohio, Kip Young held virtually every season and career pitching record at Bowling Green for many years. A 1972 graduate of Whiteoak High School, he was a regular in the Bowling Green pitching rotation for four years. For his BGSU career, he had a 37-6 record with a 2.11 ERA and 232 strikeouts in 295 innings. The wins, strikeouts, ERA, and innings pitched are all Falcon records.

After compiling a 5-2 record as a freshman, Young was 10-1 with a 1.02 ERA, the fifth best in the country, as a sophomore. Yet he was overlooked by the league's coaches who regulated him to a second team All-MAC as they chose three players with records of 8-3, 6-4, and 6-3 ahead of him.

Young corrected the oversight as a junior and senior as he earned first team All-MAC after compiling records of 11-1 in 1975 and 11-2 in 1976.

When he was not pitching for the Falcons, Young played in the outfield part of the time. He also played junior varsity basketball at BGSU.

After his senior season, Young was drafted by the Detroit Tigers. He played for their farm teams in Lakeland, Montgomery, and Evansville before being called up by the Tigers in 1978. He won his first four major league starts, but was traded to Seattle prior to the 1979 season. He was later traded to the Cincinnati Reds.

Kip Young was inducted to the BGSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.