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==Bill Allington All-Stars==
Once the league disbanded in 1954, Youngen played one year for a national touring team known as the All-Americans. The team, led by former Daisies [[manager (baseball)|manager]] [[Bill Allington]], included selected AAGPBL players as [[Joan Berger]], [[Gloria Cordes]], [[Gertrude Dunn]], [[Betty Foss]], [[Jean Geissinger]], [[Katie Horstman]], [[Maxine Kline]], [[Dolores Lee]], [[Ruth Richard]], [[Dorothy Schroeder]] and [[Joanne Weaver]], among others. The Allington All-Stars played 100 games between 1954 and 1958, each booked in a different town, against male teams, while traveling over 10,000 miles in the manager's [[station wagon]] and a [[Ford Country Sedan]].<ref name="Baseball 1994">''Women in Baseball: The Forgotten History'' – Gai Ingham Berlage, Charley Gerard. Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. Format: Hardcover, 224pp. Language: English. ISBN
==Teaching career==
Youngen completed her education while playing in the AAGPBL, and later earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[physical education]] from [[Michigan State University]].<ref name=Oregon/>
In 1960 Youngen joined the [[University of Oregon]], where she became an emeritus professor of physical education. An athlete herself, she oversaw the women's [[track and field]] and [[tennis]] teams for brief periods and also taught a variety of recreational activities, including [[badminton]].<ref name=Oregon/><ref>''Baseball and the American Dream – Robert Elias. Publisher: M. E. Sharpe, 2001. Format: Hardcover, 308 pp. Language: English. ISBN
Youngen earned her [[doctorate]] degree from the [[Ohio State University]] in 1971 while maintaining a leadership role on campus. A true competitor, she was always one to take on a challenge, whether it entailed racing one of her male students in the 1970s, or pushing for recreational programs to be open to the community in the 1980s.<ref name=Oregon/>
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