Morgan Yaeger
Australian basketball player
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| Born | (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26) Ashford, South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | St John's Grammar (Adelaide Hills, South Australia) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Oregon (2016–2020) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2020: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Forestville Eagles | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Adelaide Lightning | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Adelaide Lightning | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Southern Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Sydney Uni Flames | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Rockhampton Cyclones | ||||||||||||||
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Morgan Yaeger (born 18 April 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player.
Playing career
WNBL
Yaeger debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) with the Adelaide Lightning during the 2015–16 season.[1] She re-joined the Lightning for the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland.[2]
During the 2021–22 WNBL season, Yaeger played 14 games for the Sydney Uni Flames.[1] She joined the Townsville Fire for the 2022–23 WNBL season but an injury saw her sit out the majority of the championship-winning campaign.[3]
College
Yaeger played college basketball at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, for the Ducks in the NCAA Division I.[4] She played 32 games in 2016–17[1] but then missed the entire 2017–18 season, redshirting due to a back injury. She returned to play 25 games in 2018–19 and 18 games in 2019–20.[1][5]
State Leagues
Between 2014 and 2016, Yaeger played in the Premier League for the Forestville Eagles. Between 2021 and 2023, she played for the Southern Tigers in the same league, now known as NBL1 Central. In 2024, she joined the Rockhampton Cyclones of the NBL1 North.[1]
National team
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]
Career statistics
College
Source[7]
| 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[8] | ||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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[8] | |||||||||||
| 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 | |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Morgan Yaeger". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "ROSTERS FOR 2020 WNBL SEASON". wnbl.basketball.
- ^ Yaeger overcomes adversity to triumph
- ^ "Morgan Yaeger commits to the University of Oregon". pickandroll.com.au.
- ^ "Oregon WBB guard Morgan Yaeger medically retires from basketball RSN". nbcsports.com.
- ^ "Morgan YAEGER". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Oregon WBB guard Morgan Yaeger medically retires from basketball". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
