INDIANA, PA – Former IUP men's basketball stars Darryl Webb (Elkridge, Md./Long Reach) and Thomas Young have recently signed professional contracts with teams in Germany, as they both continue their careers in Europe.

Webb, the Division II National Player of the Year last season, will be playing with the Crailsheim Merlins in the Pro A Division, Germany's second division.

Webb averaged a double-double during the 2010-11 season with 17.4 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, ranking in the top 10 in the nation in the latter category, and also paced the Crimson Hawks with 47 blocked shots, shot 49.6 percent from the field and added 29 steals and 52 assists.

He finished his career as the all-time IUP career leader in games played (126), points (1,949), rebounds (1,214), field goals made (708) and attempted (1,418) and blocked shots (162). He is second in free throws made (443) and attempted (686) and ranks fifth in steals (136). Webb had a total of 54 double-doubles in his career.

A year ago as a junior, Webb was selected to the NABC and Division II Bulletin All-America teams, named the MVP of the Atlantic Region tournament and was on the Elite 8 all-tournament team when he helped the Crimson Hawks set a school record with 33 wins and reach the national championship game for the first time in school history.

Young, who helped lead the Crimson Hawks to the Division II national title game as a senior in 2010, has signed on to play for VFL Stade. The Stade compete in the 1.Regionalliga Division, Germany's third division.

Young was named PSAC West Player of the Year as a senior in 2009-10, ranking second in the PSAC West and seventh overall in scoring at 16.7 points per game and averaged a division-best 18.3 points in 14 conference games.

He had six 20-point games versus PSAC West opponents, including a career-high 26 versus Clarion, and added 23 versus East Stroudsburg and 25 versus Kutztown en route to MVP honors at the PSAC tournament.

In addition to leading the Crimson Hawks in scoring, Young was third on the team in rebounds with 5.1 per game, assists with 92 and field goal percentage at 48.1 (193 of 401) while placing fourth in steals with 27. He was 12th in the PSAC with an average of 3.2 assists per game and 11th with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.1.

Webb and Young join Akida McLain as the three former Crimson Hawks players in the last two seasons who have signed contracts to play professionally overseas.