Grace Yaunches

Grace Yaunches joined the Millikin Athletics staff in July 2022 serving as a full-time assistant coach for the Big Blue women’s basketball program.
 
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 is from Breese, Illinois and played high school basketball at Breese Central.