Erika Yost

Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley

Photo by: Ty Russell

Position:
Forward/Midfielder
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Fountain Hills HS
Hometown:
Fountain Hills, Ariz.

FALL 2021
Appeared in 20 games, starting in 19 of them … Played a total of 1686, 110 of those minutes were played against North Texas (Sept. 5) … Took a total of three shots, two of them being on goal.

2020-21
Played in 14 games for the Sooners, starting in each match ... 14 starts were second-most on the team ... One of six Sooners to tally over 1,000 minutes on the pitch ... Took eight shots on the season with three on goal ... Assisted the go-ahead goal versus Iowa State (3/13) to get the Sooners a point ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team for third year in a row.

2019
Appeared in all 20 games for the Sooners … Tallied her lone goal of the season against Houston (Sept. 22) … Recorded 16 shots on the year … Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2018
Appeared in 18 games starting eight … Tallied her first career goal against Illinois State (Aug. 24) … Recorded the game-winner at Kansas State on Sept. 23 just 46 seconds into the match, the fifth-fastest goal in program history … Tallied one assist … Notched 24 shots with six on goal … First-Team Academic All-Big 12.

2017
Appeared in 20 games as a true freshman…Made 14 starts…Recorded 10 shots on the season with three on goal.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named 2016-17 Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year … Four-time letterwinner at Fountain Hills High School … In 22 games her senior season, Yost scored 54 goals and recorded 20 assists as a forward and midfielder … Led her team to three state championships (2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17) and a runner-up finish (2014-15) … Set school records for most goals scored in one season (54) and most career goals (104) … Honors include First-Team All-Division III (2013-14, 2015-16), All-Section Honorable Mention Division III (2014-15, missed most of season due to injury) and two-time Team Captain (2015-16, 2016-17) … Named to the 2016-17 Arizona Soccer Showcase Best XI, AZ Central High School Sports Awards – Small Schools Player of the Year and a finalist for the AZ Central High School Sports Awards Athlete of the Year … Also named the AZ Central Player of the Week, the AZ Central Runner-Up Player of the Month, the AZ Central High School Sports Awards – Best Championship Performance after scoring nine goals over the course of four games at the state tournament (all 2015-16) … Helped her SC del Sol ECNL club team to a ECNL Southwest Conference Championship and the Quarterfinals of the ECNL Nationals Champions League in the 2015-16 season … Earned a PDP Invitation in 2014-15 … Also competed in cross country and track and field, holding multiple school records in track and aiding her team to back-to-back track and field state championships.

PERSONAL
Comes to Norman from Fountain Hills, Ariz. … Daughter of Scott and DeAnn Yost … Has one sister named Brooke … Majoring in interior design at Oklahoma.