Morgan Yaeger (born 18 April 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player.
| No. 24 – Townsville Fire | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | WNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 18 April 1998 Ashford, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St John's Grammar (Adelaide Hills, South Australia) |
| College | Oregon (2016–2020) |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | Adelaide Lightning |
| 2020–2021 | Adelaide Lightning |
| 2021-2022 | Sydney Uni Flames |
| 2022-Current | Townsville Fire |
| 2021-Current | Southern Tigers |
Medals | |
College edit
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 edit
Source[3]
| 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 | |
| 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 edit
WNBL edit
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 edit
Youth Level edit
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 edit
- ^ "Morgan Yaeger commits to the University of Oregon". pickandroll.com.au.
- ^ "Oregon WBB guard Morgan Yaeger medically retires from basketball RSN". nbcsports.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ROSTERS FOR 2020 WNBL SEASON". wnbl.basketball.
- ^ "Morgan YAEGER". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.