Indiana city to honor hometown player on WNBA champion team
UNCASVILLE, Jackie Young #0 of the Las Vegas Aces dribbles in the first half against the Connecticut Sun during Game 4 of the 2022 WNBA Finals at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sept. 18, 2022, in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
PRINCETON, Ind. (WISH) — Princeton in Gibson County in southwest Indiana will hold a parade Saturday to honor its hometown WNBA hero Jackie Young.
Young, the 2016 Indiana Miss Basketball and a star at the University of Notre Dame, played high school basketball in Princeton.
Young is a member of the 2022 WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces.
The parade is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. CDT.
The city of 8,315 residents is about a 2-hour, 3-minute drive southwest of downtown Indianapolis.