Biography
Career Highs
Points: 39 at Rowan (11/16/2019)
Assists: 3 (8 times)
Rebounds: 10 vs. Catholic (01/25/2020)
Steals: 4 (3 times)
Blocks: 2 at Misericordia (11/23/2019)
Awards: Male Student-Athlete of the Year Award at the Susky's (2022) ... All-Landmark Second Team (2019-2020) ... Landmark Championship MVP (2019-2020) ... Landmark Winter All-Sportsmanship Team (2019-2020) ... Landmark Winter Academic Honor Roll (2019-2020) ... Susquehanna Trailways Tip-Off Tournament MVP (2019-2020) ... 1st Team All-Landmark (2021-2022)... D3hoops.com All-Region Third Team (2021-22)...CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team (2021-22)... CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2021-22).
2021-22: 1st Team All-Landmark ... Landmark Athlete of the Week (Dec. 26) ... Started in 26 of 29 games played ... First with 455 points ... Second in the Landmark with 159-308 in field goals, 87-108 in free throws, and 24.4 points per 40 mins ... Third with 15.7 points per game ... Fourth with .806 from the free-throw line ... Sixth in three point with 50-120 and a .417 percentage ... Seventh with .516 from the field ... Totaled 30 steals, five blocks, 34 assists, 97 rebounds, and .417 from beyond the arch ... Nine games with 20+ points this season ... 14 games shooting perfect from beyond the three-throw line ... Posted a career-high game of 29 points and added three steals, two assists, and six rebounds in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Rowan (March 4) ... Became a part of the 1,000 point club in his final game as a River Hawk at Christopher Newport (March 5).
2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20: All-Landmark Second Team ... Landmark Championship MVP ... Landmark Winter All-Sportsmanship Team ... Landmark Winter Academic Honor Roll ... Susquehanna Trailways Tip-Off Tournament MVP ... River Hawk of the Week (Nov. 18, Mar. 2) ... Third in Landmark with team-best 408 points ... Fourth in league with team second-best 62 three-point field goals made ... Fifth in LC with team-bests .388 three-point field goal percentage and 80 free throws made ... Seventh in Landmark with team-best 133 field goals made ... Tied for ninth in league with team fifth-best 32 steals ... 10th in LC with team-best 14.1 points per game and team third-best .748 free throw percentage ... Second for SU with 127 rebounds ... Third on team with 4.4 rebounds per game ... Fourth for SU with 37 assists ... Tied for fifth on team with three blocks ... Shot .433 (133-307) from the field ... Scored in double digits 19 times, including five 20-point games and one 30-point effort ... Recorded one double-double ... Career-bests of 39 points, 16 free throws made, and 10 field goals made vs. Rowan (Nov. 16) ... Career-high 10 rebounds vs. Catholic (Jan. 25) ... Career-high five 3-point field goals three times (Nov. 15, Dec. 29, Jan. 11) ... Career-high four steals twice (Nov. 14, Feb. 19) ... Career-high three assists six times (Nov. 16, Nov. 23, Dec. 1, Dec. 30, Jan. 22, Jan. 29) ... Career-best two blocks at Misericorida (Nov. 23).
2018-19: Appeared in 20 games with six starts ... Made collegiate debut vs. Vassar (Dec. 8) ... Fifth for SU with 25 three-point field goals made ... Shot .394 (50-127) from the field, including .329 (25-76) from the 3-point line ... Shot .720 (18-25) from the free throw line ... Tallied 143 points for a 7.2 average ... Grabbed 60 rebounds for a 3.0 average ... Added 15 steals, 12 assists, and one block ... Scored in double digits six times ... Season-best 13 points three times (Feb. 6, Feb. 13, Feb. 16) ... Season-high nine rebounds and career-best four steals at Elizabethtown (Feb. 2) ... Season-best five goals made twice (Jan. 2, Feb. 13) ... Season-high five free throws made vs. Gwynedd Mercy (Dec. 15) ... Season-high three 3-point field goals made three times (Jan. 5, Feb. 6, Feb. 16) ... Career-best three assists vs. Elizabethtown (Jan. 12).
Berkeley Carroll School: 2018 graduate ... Played for Carmine Giovino ... BCS won state title ... Two-time All-State ... Three-time All-ACIS ... Scored 1,500 career points ... ACIS MVP.
Personal: Lukas Killian Yurasits ... Dean's List (Fall '18, '19; Spring '19, '20) ... Physics Club ... SAAC representative ... Born January 7 ... Son of Peter and Andrea.
Future Aspirations: To become a 1,000-point scorer, earn All-Landmark First Team honors, and make an Elite 8 appearance in Division III Tournament. After SU, to engineer and design sneakers for athletes.
Best SU Sports Moments: Winning the Landmark regular season and the Landmark championship for the first time in school history. Buzzer-beater in comeback OT win over Neumann. Losing to nationally-ranked Wittenberg by 2 in the round of 32 (2020) ... Behind-the-back transition bucket. First start against Elizabethtown. Senior Night win against Moravian (2019).
