2022年4月4日

Lukas Yurasits 22岁 doesn’t shy away from a challenge.

从纽约来的高级警卫, 纽约, Yurasits has developed from a player who came off the bench his first year to the 男子篮球 team’s leading scorer – hitting 1,在他的最后一个赛季得到了1000分, a feat he was able to pull off in only three years.

而他在美国的成就.W. 豪斯体育馆令人印象深刻, even more impressive is Yurasits’ commitment in the classroom, as noted by his honors as L和mark Men’s Basketball 年度最佳皇冠大全买球运动员 和 CoSIDA学术全美.

A double major in 化学 和 物理 through 萨斯奎哈纳的 3+2工程项目, urasits保持3分.94 grade point average 和 has gained membership into honor societies for 化学, 创业, 数学 和 物理. He is also an active member of 萨斯奎哈纳的 学生 Athlete Advisory Council.

“I think the thing I am most proud of is being an Academic All-American. It really showed the amount of work I have put in 和 the foundation I created for myself before I even came to Susquehanna,尤拉西斯说. “That award really showed all my work was recognized 和 that it paid off in the long run.”

Not that it has always been easy. 萨斯奎哈纳的 3+2工程项目 学术要求高吗?, 和 Yurasits was instrumental in the 男子篮球 team clinching the 2022 具有里程碑意义的冠军. Mastering time management has been key.

“I always felt that athletics has kept me in line with my time management because I know that if I have practice or a game 和 work to do, 我得好好计划我的时间,他说. “I would always have a checklist of my assignments or plans to make sure that I could check them off. Basketball always kept me from procrastinating.”

Yurasits also has a heart for service. During the peak of the p和emic, he volunteered at a kitchen in upstate 纽约 prepping meals 和 delivering food to people struggling to consistently provide for their families, whether it was due to job layoffs or lack of resources as a result of Covid-19 shutdowns.

“I’d say underst和ing my privilege in life is what has motivated me to want to help others,尤拉西斯说. “Growing up in 纽约 City playing basketball 和 going from court to court, I saw a lot of guys who haven’t had it as well as I’ve had.”

教练 弗兰克Marcinek acknowledged the correlation between Yurasits’ character off the court 和 his success on it.

“Lukas is a winner,” Marcinek said. “He’s a winner as a person; he’s a winner in the classroom; he’s a winner on the court.”

Yurasits plans to pursue a degree in engineering at either Columbia University or Washington University of St. 路易斯的秋天. He hopes to parlay his love of sports with his degree in engineering.

“I want to focus on material science engineering. My dream job would be to engineer sneakers for athletes,他说. “I want to help develop or create new materials that not only have more function 和 are supportive, but also are sustainable 和 more environmentally friendly.”