photo by: Dylan Lysen

Skyler Yee, left, stands with his attorney in Douglas County District Court on Friday, July 26, 2019. Yee pleaded no contest to two felony charges of burglary.

A former University of Kansas assistant volleyball coach was convicted of two felonies for entering homes and stealing underclothes and other garments from the athletes he coached.

Skyler N. Yee, 24, pleaded no contest Friday in Douglas County District Court to two felony counts of burglary. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop 13 other charges that Yee was facing.

Judge Peggy Kittel convicted Yee of the two charges, finding his crimes to be “sexually motivated.” As part of his conviction, Yee will be required to register as a sex offender for the next 15 years. He is scheduled to be sentenced at 10 a.m. Sept. 27.

Kittel also granted Yee’s request to have his sentence be served in Oregon, where he now lives. However, Kittel said that before he could be transferred, the state of Oregon must accept him, which may require him to serve part of his sentence in Kansas.

In February, Yee was arrested and charged with 15 counts of burglary, property damage and theft occurring from December 2017 through January 2019, according to the complaint filed in Douglas County District Court. Four of the counts were felonies.

After linking Yee to break-ins at the homes of multiple KU women’s volleyball team members, Lawrence police searched his home, where undergarments of the athletes were found; they had been organized and labeled. Detectives said in an affidavit that they didn’t think Yee stole the items for financial gain but for “his own motivation.”

Until resigning in mid-January, Yee had been the KU women’s volleyball volunteer assistant coach since August 2016. Before that, he was team manager for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 seasons.

While KU Athletics spokesman Jim Marchiony wouldn’t share specifics about the case, he told the Journal-World in February following Yee’s arrest: “We have taken precautions to ensure that he is not permitted to be anywhere near the volleyball program.”

Yee also coached for the Lawrence Landsharks league, according to the police affidavit.

The charges against Yee alleged that he broke windows to get inside and steal clothing and shoes from two homes where volleyball players lived.

The first was at Rockland West Apartments, 4301 W. 24th Place, over Christmas break 2017 and again over spring break 2018. The other was in the 1500 block of Fountain Drive on Dec. 31, 2018, and Jan. 1 of this year.