Morgan Yaeger (born 18 April 1998) is an

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professional basketball player.

College

Yaeger played college basketball at the

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for the

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. 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

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and another future first-round draft pick in

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. After

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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.

Oregon statistics

Source

Career

WNBL

Yaeger began her WNBL career at a young age, as a development player with the

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. She would since depart to pursue her college basketball career in the United States. In

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, it was announced Yaeger would return to the Adelaide Lightning for her second season in the WNBL. 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

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. She would then go on to represent Australia, at the

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in the

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References

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