Morgan Yaeger

Morgan Yaeger (born 18 April 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Morgan Yaeger
No. 24 – Townsville Fire
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998
Ashford, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High schoolSt John's Grammar
(Adelaide Hills, South Australia)
CollegeOregon (2016–2020)
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016Adelaide Lightning
2020–2021Adelaide Lightning
2021-2022Sydney Uni Flames
2022-CurrentTownsville Fire
2021-CurrentSouthern Tigers
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball
FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place2013 Australia Team

College

Yaeger played college basketball at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon for the Ducks in NCAA Division I. Yaeger began her career in 2016 as part of a highly touted recruiting class that included future two-time national college player of the year and #1 WNBA draft pick Sabrina Ionescu and another future first-round draft pick in Ruthy Hebard.[1] After missing the 2017–18 season due to a back injury, she was scheduled to complete her college career in 2021. However, in June 2020, Yaeger announced her medical retirement and that she would forgo her fifth year of eligibility in 2020–21.[2]

Oregon statistics

Source[3]

Ratios
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
2016-17 Oregon 33 33.8% 18.8% 60.0% 0.55 0.73 - 0.15 2.12
2017-18 Oregon Medical redshirt[4]
2018-19 Oregon 25 34.0% 30.4% - 0.80 0.60 - 0.36 1.56
2019-20 Oregon 18 29.6% 21.4% - 0.72 0.22 0.06 0.11 1.06
Career 76 33.1% 23.2% 54.5% 0.67 0.57 0.01 0.21 1.68
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
2016-17 Oregon 33 26 77 6 32 12 20 18 24 0 5 70
2017-18 Oregon Medical redshirt[4]
2018-19 Oregon 25 16 47 7 23 0 2 20 15 0 9 39
2019-20 Oregon 18 8 27 3 14 0 0 13 4 1 2 19
Career 76 50 151 16 69 12 22 51 43 1 16 128

Career

WNBL

Yaeger began her WNBL career at a young age, as a development player with the Adelaide Lightning. She would since depart to pursue her college basketball career in the United States. In 2020, it was announced Yaeger would return to the Adelaide Lightning for her second season in the WNBL.[5] In 2022 she played for the Sydney Uni Flames before moving to Townsville fire at the beginning of the 2022/23 season. Amongst that she has played for the southern tigers in the NBL1 Central league; Winning the championship in 2021.

National Team

Youth Level

Yaeger first represented Australia in 2013, at the FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Melbourne. She would then go on to represent Australia, at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic.[6]

References
  1. "Morgan Yaeger commits to the University of Oregon". pickandroll.com.au.
  2. "Oregon WBB guard Morgan Yaeger medically retires from basketball RSN". nbcsports.com.
  3. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. "Oregon WBB guard Morgan Yaeger medically retires from basketball". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. "ROSTERS FOR 2020 WNBL SEASON". wnbl.basketball.
  6. "Morgan YAEGER". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
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