Natasha Yeates returns to the Oswego State women's ice hockey staff as a volunteer assistant coach for her third season in 2012-13. Yeates played 72 games at Elmira along the blue line where she recorded 19 points on ten goals and nine assists from 2005-2009. While with the Soaring Eagles, she was a member of the 2009 NCAA Division III Championship Finalist squad and the 2008 NCAA Division III Semifinalist team. In 2005, Yeates was named to the ECAC West All-Rookie Team. Before playing for Elmira, Yeates earned a gold medal after winning the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association Provincial Championship in 2005.
Yeates has also served as an instructor for the Skate Canada National Skating Programs including advanced power-skating. During her time at Elmira, she also worked with the community's youth hockey programs at various ages and levels. Yeates also worked with Kent Valley Youth Hockey in Seattle, Washington.
The Collingwood, Ontario native is a registered nurse working in the Pediatric Surgery Unit at Upstate Medical University Hospital in Syracuse.
