Grace Yochum

Grace Marie Yochum (born December 29, 1999) is an American soccer coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls. She played five years of college soccer for the Cowgirls, earning second-team All-American honors in 2022, before being selected by the Chicago Red Stars in the first round of the 2023 NWSL Draft.

Early life Yochum grew up in Houston, Texas. She started playing soccer with the YMCA at age 4. She eventually joined ECNL club Albion Hurricanes in third grade and competed with the club through high school, playing across the United States and at events in Europe. Yochum attended Memorial High School, where she played both soccer and basketball. With the soccer team, she was a four-time all-district honoree and set a program record with 45 assists. and final to secure the title. She received All-State MVP and All-USA third team honors for her performances. With the basketball team, Yochum set a program record for steals and received another set of four all-district honors. She was also a McDonald's All-American nominee and a one-time district Offensive Player of the Year. She instead ended up playing college soccer for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, spending five seasons and setting a program record with 41 goals. As a freshman in 2018, she played in all 18 of the Sooners' matches, starting all but one. She scored her first collegiate goal on September 2, 2018, at Loyola Chicago. Despite missing the final 6 games of the season due to a collarbone injury,

Yochum scored 12 goals as a junior, the highest in the Big 12 and the sixth-most in the nation; She became the third Oklahoma State player to be drafted into the National Women's Soccer League. due to recurrent injuries she had suffered in college, playing professionally would no longer be an option for her.

Coaching career Yochum received a minor in coaching science at Oklahoma State University. a role in which she mentored incoming freshmen and first-year players on the team. On February 26, 2024, Yochum became one of Oklahoma State's three assistant coaches under Colin Carmichael.

Honors and awards Oklahoma State Cowgirls

Big 12 Conference: 2019

Individual

Second-team All-American: 2022 First-team All-Big 12: 2019, 2021, 2022 Second-team All-Big 12: 2020 All-Big 12 freshman team: 2018