5-star Norman PG Trae Young announces date for KU visit

By Matt Tait Aug 24, 2016

Trae Young, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard ranked 14th in the 2017 recruiting class announced the dates of four of his official visits on Twitter on Wednesday.

Young will visit Kansas the weekend of Oct. 21-23 and his trip to Lawrence will follow visits to Oklahoma (Sept. 16-18), Texas Tech (Sept. 29-Oct. 1) and Kentucky (Oct. 14-16).

Young, who lists KU among his six finalists, did not include visit dates for Washington and Oklahoma State. Provided he fulfills the four other dates, NCAA rules dictate that Young only will be able to make an official visit to either Washington or Oklahoma State but not both.

The five-star point guard from Norman, Okla., has long been a target of the Jayhawks and has kept Kansas in the mix because of KU’s tradition and reputation.

“To have the chance to play somewhere like Allen Fieldhouse is a great opportunity,” Young told Rivals.com in late July. “Coach Self uses and develops guards really well and gets them ready for the league.”

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.