Morgan Yaeger (born 18 April 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player.
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Position | Guard | |||||||||||||
League | Oregon Ducks | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 24) 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–present | Adelaide Lightning | |||||||||||||
Medals
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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]
Source[3]
YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
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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 |
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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 |
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]
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]
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