AN ATHLETE WHOSE NAME REMAINS SYNONYMOUS WITH TOUGHNESS, VERSATILITY, AND LEADERSHIP, BRUCE YOUNG, MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1977. 

BRUCE YOUNG’S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MULTI-SPORT RESUMES IN MCCUTCHEON HISTORY. OVER FOUR YEARS, HE EARNED AN ASTOUNDING 11 VARSITY LETTERS—FOUR EACH IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL, AND THREE IN TRACK—WHILE ALSO EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM AS A NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBER AND GRADUATING 11TH IN A CLASS OF 230.

ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BRUCE WAS A CORNERSTONE OF THE LEGENDARY 1976 HOOSIER CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, WHICH FINISHED 11–2 AND ADVANCED TO THE REGIONAL PLAYOFFS, LOSING ONLY TO THE EVENTUAL STATE CHAMPION. THAT TEAM DOMINATED OPPONENTS, OUTSCORING THEM 344–53 DURING THE REGULAR SEASON—A TESTAMENT TO BOTH OFFENSIVE POWER AND DEFENSIVE EXCELLENCE.

A TRUE TWO-WAY FORCE, BRUCE PLAYED BOTH TIGHT END AND DEFENSIVE END, COMPILING REMARKABLE DEFENSIVE STATISTICS HIS SENIOR YEAR, INCLUDING SIX SACKS, A BLOCKED PUNT, AND A FUMBLE RECOVERY, WHILE ALSO SETTING A SCHOOL RECORD WITH A 49-YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH IN THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. HIS PERFORMANCE EARNED HIM ALL-HOOSIER CONFERENCE HONORS, AP AND UPI ALL-STATE RECOGNITION, AND SELECTION TO THE PRESTIGIOUS INDIANA NORTH–SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME, WHERE HE HELPED SHUT DOWN FUTURE BIG TEN STANDOUTS IN A NORTH VICTORY.

BRUCE CONTINUED HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY, PLAYING UNDER HEAD COACH JIM YOUNG DURING A SEASON THAT CULMINATED IN A PEACH BOWL APPEARANCE, AND LATER GAVE BACK TO HIS ALMA MATER BY SERVING AS A MCCUTCHEON FOOTBALL COACH UNDER MIKE MCCARTHY.

ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, BRUCE WAS EQUALLY ACCOMPLISHED—EARNING ALL-HOOSIER CONFERENCE HONORS, TEAM DEFENSIVE AND REBOUNDING AWARDS, AND ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION, WHILE AVERAGING 14.6 POINTS PER GAME AND SHOOTING AN ELITE 89% FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE HIS SENIOR SEASON.

BRUCE YOUNG REPRESENTS EVERYTHING THE MCCUTCHEON ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME STANDS FOR: EXCELLENCE IN COMPETITION, COMMITMENT TO TEAM, AND CHARACTER BEYOND THE FIELD OF PLAY. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS CONTINUE TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF MAVERICKS.