Sammie Yeanay Transfers To Cal

BERKELEY – Sammie Yeanay has signed to play for the California men’s basketball program in the 2025-26 season. Yeanay, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound forward from Gainesville, Florida, spent his freshman season at Grand Canyon in 2024-25.

Yeanay was a consensus top-100 high school prospect out of AZ Compass Prep School in Chandler, Arizona, before signing with Grand Canyon. He played five games for the Antelopes between Nov. 4-Dec. 19 before missing the remainder of 2024-25 with an injury.

“Sammie plays the game with an electricity that Cal fans are going to love and respect,” Cal head coach Mark Madsen said. “His physicality and relentlessness will create mismatches for us and he’s just scratching the surface of how versatile he can be on both ends of the court. Sammie rebounds and passes at a high level, defends multiple positions with his strong frame and can attack the rim by getting downhill in a hurry. It’s great to have Sammie as a Golden Bear.”

Yeanay averaged 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in 5.4 minutes played per game in his limited action with the Lopes. He tallied season highs of 11 points and four rebounds in a win over LIFE Pacific on Dec. 7.

Yeanay led AZ Compass to a No. 8 national finish in ESPN’s prep rankings as a senior in 2023-24. He previously played for The Rock School in Gainesville, winning a state championship as a sophomore in 2022. He scored 38 points and grabbed 16 rebounds on the way to being named the championship game MVP.

Yeanay was born to Liberian parents and grew up in North Dakota.

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