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Codee Yeske (pronounced Cody YES-key) enters her fifth season as the head coach of USCB's softball program in 2026. 

In 2025 season Yeske helped lead the Sand Sharks to 29 wins the most since 2019. The Sand Sharks had four players reach all-conference accolades including one first team player, two second team players, and the conference Elite 18 Award.

Following a three-year stint at NCAA Division I and Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) member Austin Peay, Yeske was named USCB’s next head softball coach on Monday, July 26, 2021. Yeske is the fourth Sand Shark head coach in program history. 

She concluded her third season as the Austin Peay assistant coach at the end of 2021 where she oversaw hitters and outfielders.

At APSU, she helped the Governors to a 71-50 overall record and a 38-17 OVC mark. She guided the Governors to several offensive improvements including, batting average, hits, runs, RBIs, doubles, home runs and slugging percentage (while decreasing total team strikeouts). In 2019, APSU set single-season team records in home runs, slugging percentage, hits, doubles and on-base percentage. 

While on the coaching staff at Austin Peay, Yeske coached seven All-OVC, one NFCA Central Region First Team, Four NFCA Central Region Third Team and seven OVC Player of the Week honorees. 

Yeske came to Austin Peay after serving on the coaching staff of Kristy Norton at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, following a year as associate head coach for the Carolina Mojo 14U club team. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Yeske completed administrative tasks, including travel, budget and fundraising.

Prior to her time with the club team, Yeske spent eight months as associate head coach for the Carolina Elite 14U club squad and worked with the team’s outfielders and hitters.

Yeske competed on the USA Baseball Women’s National Team as part of the 36-member Trial Team in 2015 and 2016. She earned a gold medal at the Pan-American Qualifying Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Collegiately, she played her sophomore through senior years at the University of South Carolina, after beginning her college career at Presbyterian.

In her three seasons with the Gamecocks, the team posted an overall record of 93-79, which included back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Regionals (Austin Regional, 2013), (Tallahassee Regional, 2014).

Yeske earned Southeastern Conference Player of the Week honors (5/5/14), SEC Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2014), and she holds the distinction of scoring the first South Carolina run and hitting the first USC home run at Carolina Stadium at Beckham Field (3/15/13). She also hit the first grand slam by a South Carolina player at the stadium (4/24/13).

At Presbyterian in 2011, she helped lead the Blue Hose to a 28-20-1 overall record. She was selected Big South Conference Player of the Week on May 9 and named First Team All-Big South Conference.

Yeske graduated from South Carolina with a bachelor’s Hospitality Management with a focus in Hotel and Resort Tourism and most recently earned her master’s in leadership and organizational administration (concentration in strategic leadership).

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

* Denotes Peach Belt Conference record during first year of transition from NAIA to NCAA DII. Competed in Continental Athletic Conference Postseason tournament.