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Morgan Yaeger
Personal information
Born (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26)
Ashford, South Australia, Australia
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High schoolSt John's Grammar
(Adelaide Hills, South Australia)
CollegeOregon (2016–2020)
WNBA draft2020: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
PositionGuard
Career history
2014–2016Forestville Eagles
2015–2016Adelaide Lightning
2020Adelaide Lightning
2021–2023Southern Tigers
2021–2022Sydney Uni Flames
2022–2023Townsville Fire
2024Rockhampton Cyclones
2024Tauranga Whai
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball
FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Australia Team

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

Playing career

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WNBL

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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

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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 and New Zealand league

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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] Following the NBL1 North season, she played for the Tauranga Whai in the 2024 Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa season.[1]

National team

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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

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College

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Source[7]

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[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
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[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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Morgan Yaeger". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ Maddisonpettit (7 November 2020). "ROSTERS FOR 2020 WNBL SEASON". WNBL. wnbl.basketball.
  3. ^ Yaeger overcomes adversity to triumph
  4. ^ "Morgan Yaeger commits to the University of Oregon". pickandroll.com.au.
  5. ^ "Oregon WBB guard Morgan Yaeger medically retires from basketball RSN". nbcsports.com.
  6. ^ "Morgan YAEGER". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
  7. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Oregon WBB guard Morgan Yaeger medically retires from basketball". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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