Cornell Yarde II

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-4
Weight:
184
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Reading, Pa.
High School:
Schuylkill Valley

2016-17 (Game-by-Game): Only player to start all 26 games…Played 911 minutes…One of three players to score in each game…Best game in win against No. 5 Shippensburg, scoring a career-high 27 points with 10 field goals and 7 three-pointers…Led the team in assists (64), tied for most field goals made on the team with 133…Second on the team in points (341) and Third in three-pointers (39)… Reached double digits in 20 games…Scored 20 or more points in four games…Named Eastern Divison Co-Athlete of the Week in week 11…Ranked eighth in the PSAC for minutes played and 22^nd in field goal percentage (.402).

2015-16 (Game-by-Game): Productive season from the scoring guard...Appeared in 15 games for the Marauders starting 13...Struggled with a lower body injury during the middle of the season missing 10 games...Breakout performance in the early season win over Mansfield that saw Yarde II score a career-high 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field...Played 48 minutes and scored 10 points in the Marauders 75-66 3OT win in November...Led the team in free throw percentage at 85% (34-of-40)...Finished the season scoring in double figures in two-straight...Averaged 10.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game...Recorded a season-high three steals two times...Scored at least one basket in every game he appeared in...Finished the season shooting 33.7% (55-of-163) from the field and 27.0% (17-of-63) from 3-point range.

2012-2015 (IUP): Played in 29 games at IUP, starting two as a redshirt freshman...Named the PSAC West Freshman of the Week twice his redshirt freshman season (11/25 and 2/10)…Averaged 3.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game…Also averaged 15.5 minutes per game as one of top bench players…Shot 40.8 percent from the field (31-of-76) and 76.9 percent from the foul line (30-of-39)...Had career-highs of 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists against Clarion (2/1)…Had six points against West Chester (3/15) and five rebounds against West Liberty (3/16) in NCAA Division II Atlantic Region tournament...Member of the PSAC and Regional Championship winning Crimson Hawk squad his redshirt sophomore season.

High School: Averaged 15 points, five rebounds and four steals per game for Schuylkill Valley High School...Averaged 17.1 points per game as a junior and 21.7 senior year...Highest scoring game of his career against Reading High (40 points)...Two-time All-Berks County Team...All-state third team in 2012 and 2012 Berks County Scoring Champion.

Personal: Son of Cornell and Sherry Yarde...Has one older sister, Corielle...Majoring in business management and accounting at Millersville University.