2017-18 Basketball - W Roster
Roster
Morgan Yaeger
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- St. John's Grammar School
- Hometown:
- Adelaide, Australia
PRONUNCIATION - Morgan YAY-ger
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR | 2019-20
Appeared in 18 games as a redshirt junior for the Pac-12 regular-season and tournament champion Ducks ... Scored 19 total points with 13 rebounds, four assists and two steals ... Scored 14 of her 19 points in the first three games of the season, including five against Utah State (11/13/19) and a season-high six against Texas Southern (11/16/19) ... Made a three-pointer in three different games.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE | 2018-19
Played in 25 of the Ducks 38 games after returning from a back injury the season prior...Averaged 1.6 points in 9.9 minutes per game...Had a season-high nine points on 3-of-5 three-point shooting in an overtime win over UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals...Grabbed four rebounds in a win at Arizona.
AS A SOPHOMORE | 2017-18
Sat out the season due to a back injury...Redshirt year.
AS A FRESHMAN | 2016-17
Averaged 2.1 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.7 assists while playing just under 10 minutes per game as a freshman for the Ducks...Appeared in 33 games...Scored a season-high 11 points at No. 23 Arizona State on Feb. 5...Went 5-of-7 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range...Scored 10 points in Oregon's upset win over No. 24 Michigan State on Nov. 22...Dished out a season-high three assists at No. 17 UCLA on Jan. 15...Grabbed a season-high three rebounds in three different games...Made her collegiate debut in the season-opener against Lamar on Nov. 13 and scored five points in 10 minutes.
| Points: 11, at Arizona State -- 2/05/17 |
| Rebounds: 4, at Arizona -- 3/01/19 |
| Assists: 3, 2x, last at Alaska Fairbanks -- 11/06/18 |
| Steals: 2, 2x, last vs. UC Riverside -- 11/23/18 |
| FG made: 5, at Arizona State -- 2/05/17 |
| FG attempts: 8, vs. San Jose State -- 11/27/16 |
| 3FG made: 3, vs. UCLA -- 3/09/19 |
| 3FG attempts: 6, vs. San Jose State -- 11/27/16 |
| FT made: 4, vs. Portland State -- 12/17/16 |
| FT attempts: 6, vs. Portland State -- 12/17/16 |
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
Played extensively with the Australian National program…Was on the Australian U19 Basketball Squad in 2015 and played on the U17 Basketball Team that took fifth at the 2014 World Championships in the Czech Republic…Competing for Australia, she won Gold medals at the 2013 Oceania Championships and the 2012 Pacific Youth Games…In the championship game vs. New Zealand, was named MVP.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked the No. 92 recruit in the 2016 class by ESPNW...Part of Oregon's seven-player recruiting class ranked No. 3 in the nation...Played for head coach Tracy York and the Adelaide Lightning of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) after finishing at St. John’s Grammar School in Belair, South Australia…Often competing as the youngest player, played on the South Australian Metro State Team (Australian National Junior Championships) in the U18s and U16s…Named MVP of her Forestville Basketball Club four times and in 2015 earned the Premier League (senior women’s) club team Coaches Award…One of the top international prospects in the class by Prospects Nation.
