Bleacher Report · Mar 6, 2016
How Pitt Star Michael Young Escaped His Nightmarish Past
PITTSBURGH — Michael Young leans forward in his chair and makes direct eye contact as he speaks, not showing any sign of uneasiness at the somber line of questioning. You can tell this is a topic he thinks about a lot.
"Everything a little kid shouldn't get into or shouldn't see," he says, "I basically have seen."
As he speaks, the star University of Pittsburgh junior sits in a room adjacent to the basketball court at the school's Petersen Events Center. Outside Petersen, ambitious-looking students hustle to grab lunch or get to class. It's an idyllic college scene. Everyone is in a hurry to get someplace—a pace that suits Young. He fits in here. His ambition fits in.