[2] On April 19, 2008, Yan was snowboarding at Whistler, British Columbia, when the edge of her snowboard became caught on a cat track, causing her to slide off the Crystal Road run — rated a beginner's run[3] — and fall 30 metres (98 ft) off a cliff.

[1] In March 2014, Yan was named the BC Wheelchair Basketball Society's Female Athlete of the Year.

She also received a True Sport award, which is given annually to an elite athlete with a commitment to fair play and inclusion by Wheelchair Basketball Canada.

The following month the BC Breakers again won the CWBL Women's National Championship before a home-town crowd in Richmond, British Columbia, with Yan again being named an All Star.

In July 2014, she was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.