Grace Yaunches has been named the new assistant women’s basketball coach at Millikin University under Head Coach Olivia Lett.
Yaunches spent the 2021-22 season as a graduate assistant coach at Edgewood College in Wisconsin. Prior to that, Yaunches served as an assistant coach at her alma mater Illinois College.
Yaunches was a four-year player for the Lady Blues serving as team captain as a senior. She was named to the Midwest Conference All-Conference Second Team in 2019-20 when she ranked ninth in NCAA Division III in three-point field goal percentage. She was named Illinois College’s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year as a senior. She was a Midwest Conference All-Academic Team selection four times during her career.
Yaunches earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics/Secondary Education in 2020 at Illinois College. She received a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Change from Edgewood College.
Yaunches played high school basketball at Breese Central.
Yaunches joins a Millikin program that went 23-7 last season winning the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Regular Season Championships. The Big Blue made a strong run in the 2021-22 NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament posting two wins before falling to eventual national champion Hope College in the Sweet 16. Yaunches joins Whitney Getz, Charley Lett and Morgan Hughes on Coach Lett’s staff.
