Kennedy Yost

Photo by: Dean Hare/Washington State Unive

McKenzie Warren, Kennedy Yost, Ellie Otteson

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Photo by: John Sieber

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
F
Hometown:
Pocatello, Idaho
Previous School:
1L

2018 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference ... Started all 22 matches ... Averaged more than 78 minutes per match ... Tied for second on the team with 11 points ... Scored five goals and added an assist ... Took 45 shots, putting a team-high 24 of them on goal ... Scored against Northern Colorado in league opener, added second goal on a penalty kick in 88th minute to give Montana a 1-1 home draw with Idaho ... Scored the game-winner in 3-1 road win at Sacramento State that clinched a Big Sky tournament spot for the Grizzlies ... Added a goal in late-season nonconference road match at California Baptist and scored Montana’s lone goal in NCAA tournament match at Washington State, the Grizzlies’ first NCAA tournament goal since 2000 and only third ever ... Lone assist came on Alexa Coyle’s second-half goal in regular-season matchup against Washington State ... Took a shot in all but two matches, put a shot on goal in all but four ... Took a season-high six shots against Idaho and Southern Utah ... Put three on goal in 1-0 home win over Vermont ... Eleven times played 90 or more minutes in a match ... On the field all 110 minutes in home draw with Southern Utah.

2017 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 21 matches, getting four starts ... Played more than 38 minutes per game ... One of six players to have both a goal and an assist ... Had one of each to rank seventh on the team with three points ... Scored first collegiate goal, the game-winner in the 67th minute, in 2-0 home win over Air Force ... Assisted on Charlene Burger’s game-winning goal in 42nd minute in 2-1 home win over North Dakota ... Took 13 shots on the season, putting eight on goal for a team-leading .615 shots-on-goal percentage ... Took four shots, all on goal, in home win over North Dakota, three in home win over Air Force ... Thirteen times played 40 or more minutes, a season-high 61 in 1-0 loss at Oregon.

Prior to UM: Spent the 2016 fall semester at Colorado ... Was on the soccer team but did not play in any matches for the Buffaloes.

Career Highs (entering the 2019 season)
Goals: 1, six times
Assists: 1, two times
Points: 2, six times
Shots: 6, two times
Shots on goal: 4, North Dakota (10.22.17)
Minutes: 110 (Southern Utah, 10.12.18)

Personal: A 2016 graduate of Century High ... The daughter of Gentry and Laura Yost ... Has an older sister, Chandler, a younger sister, Burkleigh, and a younger brother, Evan ... Chandler played soccer at Southern Utah … A biology major.