Erika Lane Yoder enters her third season as a full-time member of the Ichabod coaching staff in 2021-22. Prior to rejoining her alma mater in the summer of 2019, she spent one season as a teacher and coach in the Topeka Seaman school district. Yoder spent the 2017-18 season as a Washburn student assistant coach after spending three seasons playing for head coach Ron McHenry. Yoder will also direct the Ichabod junior varsity program.
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 her husband Luke, a former Ichabod football player, live in Topeka.
