Yana Valerievna Shcherban is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and participated at the 2011 Summer Universiade in China, the 2014 Montreux Volley Masters, the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy, the 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.

The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted by Netherlands and Belgium from 26 September to 4 October 2015. The championship managers were the Dutch Olympic gold volleyball medalist Peter Blange and the former Belgian volleyball player Virginie De Carne. Russia defeated Netherlands 3–0 in the final to capture their 19th title, while Tatiana Kosheleva was elected most valuable player back to back.