Will Yanakeff Class: Sophomore Hometown: Jerome, Mich. Height / Weight: 6-3 / 200 Position: G Birthdate: 04/30/1992 Last Team: Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)

2010-11 (Freshman) Named the team's Outstanding Rookie at the annual team banquet at the end of the season ... Recorded his first collegiate start at Notre Dame (11/20)... Allowed three goals while stopping 19 shots including a penalty shot against the Fighting Irish in a tough 4-2 loss (11/20)... Stopped 12 out of 13 shots in his first collegiate action, against Notre Dame (11/19) ... Came into the Great Lakes Invitational semifinal game in relief, playing 28 minutes, making eight saves ... Got his first career collegiate victory against Michigan Tech, stopping 22 shots in a 5-3 victory ... Earned back-to-back wins for the first time with a dramatic 4-3 overtime victory over Michigan in his first home start, a career-best 37-save performance ... Earned CCHA Goaltender of the Week honors for his first career shutout with 27 saves at Lake Superior (1/14), and made 34 in a 2-2 deadlock the next night ... Made 34 saves and stopped a Kevin Lynch penalty-shot attempt in a 2-1 victory over Michigan at Joe Louis Arena (1/29) ... Had a 32-save shutout at Ohio State (2/4), preserving a 1-0 lead until the final 62 seconds, when MSU came up with an empty-netter to win 2-0 ... Made 35 saves and allowed three goals in a tough 4-2 loss against the Buckeyes (2/5) ... Stopped 22 shots in a 4-2 loss to Northern Michigan (2/11) to lose back-to-back starts for the first time in his career ... Made 28 saves in a 4-1 loss at Alaska in a third straight loss ... Made 16 saves in a 2-1 victory over Bowling Green (2/25) ... Made 30 saves in a double-overtime loss to Alaska in the CCHA First Round game two (3/5).

Prior to MSU: Had his 2009-10 season shortened by injury, and was also the subject of a mid-season USHL trade from Sioux City to the Waterloo Blackhawks. In his 10 games in Waterloo, he posted a 5-5-0 record and 3.41 GAA for the Blackhawks, who finished fourth in the East Division ... Played in 2008-09 for the US National Team Development Program U-17 team in Ann Arbor, playing in 17 games with a 2.10 GAA and .916 save percentage ... Played the 2007-08 season with Detroit Honeybaked, and the season prior to that with Victory Honda.

Personal: Born April 30, 1992 in Jackson, Mich. ... Sone of Rosemary and David Yanakeff ... Has an older sister, Caitlin, who attends Eastern Michigan ... A graduate of Addison High School ... Detroit Red Wings are his favorite team ... Favorite NHL player is former MSU standout and current Buffalo Sabre Ryan MIller... Considers his parents his heroes, because "they have sacrificed so much for me and my hockey career."