Hall of Fame
One of two Creighton women’s basketball student-athletes to have their jersey number retired, Yori received 1983 Women’s Varsity Sports Magazine All-Freshman Second Team honors; 1986 Kodak All-District VIII honors; and was selected for the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992 and Omaha Sports Commission Hall of Fame in 2013.
As a player, Yori led her team in steals each year during her career and topped the team for scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and blocked shots as both a freshman (1982-83) and sophomore (1983-84).
She concluded her career first in school history in scoring (2,010 points), scoring average (20.3 ppg), field goals made (797), field goal percentage (54.2), free throws made (416), free throw attempts (537), steals (292), assists (399) and rebounds (746). Additionally, she completed her career as the school’s single-season leader for points (589), points per game (21.0), field goals made (238), free throws made (129), free throws attempted (164), rebounds (254) and steals (88). Yori still ranks in the CU career top 10 in eight statistical categories and owns the Bluejay scoring average record.
Yori was named National Coach of the Year by five organizations in 2010 while coaching Nebraska to an undefeated regular-season and prior to that she had guided Creighton to seven upper-division finishes in the MVC from 1992-2002, compiling a 170-115 ledger in 10 seasons with two NCAA Tournament berths, plus a league regular-season and tournament title in 2002. She was MVC Coach of the Year in 2002.