Erika (Lane) Yoder returned to Washburn in the fall of 2023 as the Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations and Fan Experience after spending the the last year as the training and development specialist at Mammoth Sports Construction.
Yoder spent three seasons as a member of the Ichabod coaching staff joining the Ichabod basketball program after spending one season as a teacher in the Topeka Seaman school district. Yoder spent the 2017-18 season as a student assistant coach after spending three seasons playing for head coach Ron McHenry.
During her playing career, Yoder started 69 of 79 games for Washburn and averaged 29.8 minutes a game. The Topeka native shot 40.3 percent from the field and 33.7 percent from the 3-point distance and averaged 9.2 points a game.
She finished as the program's all-time leader in free throw percentage (.840) while earning top 25 spots all-time in assists per game (13th, 2.8), 3-point percentage (18th), total assists (23rd, 225) and defensive rebounds per game (24th, 2.9). Yoder is a two-time All-MIAA selection, was a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and was named team MVP following the 2016-17 season.
Yoder and husband Luke, a former Ichabod football player, live in Topeka with their daughter, Maye. She has two fur babies, Brooks and Bella. Yoder graduated from Washburn in 2022 with her master's of arts degree in communication and leadership and her bachelor's of science degree secondary education with an emphasis in history in 2018.
