Academic Notes: Majoring in strategic communications.

2014-15: Ranked No. 1 in the nation in free throws made…Named to the All-Big Sky First Team…Earned All-Tournament Team honors during the Big Sky Championship and CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament…Earned Big Sky Player of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 23…Started 29 of 37 games…Tied for fourth all-time on the NAU games played chart with 37 appearances…Registered new school season records in free throws made (230) and free throw attempts (289)…Also, set the Big Sky single season made free throws record previously held by NBA star Damian Lillard…Increased his career free throws made to 354 for No. 2 on the NAU records chart (five shy of the school record)…His 510 points ranks seventh all-time in a season…Dished out 189 assists for the third-most in school history in season… Dished out for or more assists 24 times…Collected 43 steals on the season…His 16 made free throws at North Dakota was the fourth-most in a game by an NAU player and making 16-of-16 gave him the highest made percentage in school history…Six 20-point scoring games…Led the team with 30 double figure scoring games…Three double-doubles on the season (Portland State, Montana State and North Dakota)…Was two rebounds shy of a triple-double at Montana State…Had a 15-game double digit scoring streak…Finished second in the league in overall games in assists, eighth in assist/turnover ratio, 10^th in free throw percentage and 15^th in steals…In league play, Yanku ranked first in assists, seventh in assist/turnover ratio, eighth in scoring, 10^th in steals and 11^th in free throw percentage… Set NAU postseason game records for assists (8) and free throws made (9 tied for first). 

2013-14: Appeared in all 32 games and started the last seven contests of the season…Averaged 9.7 points, 2.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.7 rebounds per game…Shot 38.5 percent from the floor…Shot a team team-high 82.7 percent from the free throw line – where he led all Big Sky freshmen…Had 14 double-figure scoring games, including three 20-point performances…Netted a career-high 30 points on the road at Eastern Washington (2/15)…Made a career-high eight field goals twice…Dished out a career-high five assists six times…Made a career-high 13 free throws at Eastern Washington… Recorded a perfect 100 percent free throw line performance 14 times, including a career-best 9-for-9 at Northern Colorado…Finished fourth on the team in scoring with 309 points…Led the team with 91 assists…Tied with multiple players on the individual season games played chart with 32.

High School: Competed at Taft High School for Coach C.J. Williams…Was a two-year captain for the Toreadors…Finished his high school craeer with 1,285 career points…Averaged 24.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game…Helped Taft High School win back-to-back city titles, earning all-league and all-city honors…Named the John Wooden City Player of the Year…Also named First Team All-State and First Team Daily News All-Area...Was a McDonald’s All-American nominee…Played in the Ball-Is-Life All-American game…Played against the top AAU talent in the Nike EYBL circuit over the summer with California Supreme...Was starter on the volleyball team.

Personal: Born to Oskiyan and Madlen Yanku on July 20, 1994… Was born in Istanbul, Turkey...Has an older brother, Minas…Enjoys playing video games and listening to music…Played summer ball for the second-ranked California Supreme.