Burnsville Kindergarten Teacher Is This Seasons' 'Bachelorette'

BURNSVILLE, MN — Michelle Young, a Minnesota native who teaches kindergarten at Echo Park Elementary in Burnsville, is the next star of "The Bachelorette."

Young was chosen as the next star of the franchise after fans fell in love with her during "The Bachelor" season with Matt James. She is only the third Black woman to be chosen for the Bachelorette, which first premiered in 2002.

Young — a Woodbury High School graduate — made the Star Tribune's all-metro first team for basketball in 2011. She went on to play Division I basketball at Bradley University in Illinois.

"I was never the girl invited to cute dates at the apple orchard in the fall," she says in the trailer, which features shots of downtown Minneapolis and CHS Field in St. Paul. "I was the girl picked last for prom but the first for basketball."

Much of the upcoming season will indeed take place in Minnesota, notes the Star Tribune.

"Michelle has big dreams for the future and says she wants a man by her side that is supportive and driven to make the world a better place," reads her Bachelorette bio. "She is looking for the Superman to her Superwoman and is ready to find a love with whom she can start a family of her own."

The new season staring Young will premiere on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Central.

Editor's Note: William Bornhoft contributed to this report.