Arinn Young was born in
St. Albert, Alberta, on July 10, 1996. She started playing
basketball when she was five years old, She continued playing basketball with the
Morinville Community High School Lady Wolves until 2013, when she severely injured her good knee in the opening game at the North Central Zone Tournament. Young was introduced to
wheelchair basketball by Max MacMillan, a friend of her father's and a wheelchair basketball coach whose daughter played the sport. She joined the U25 national team in 2013, She won silver at the
2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015. ==Notes==