2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

5 Magdalena Schmidt

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool BG BRG Gmunden and Ballsportgymnasium Wien
  • Hometown Gmunden, Austria

Biography

2024-25 (First-Year):
  • Established career high with 14 points, including four three-pointers, vs. Fordham Dec. 4
  • Made Yale debut, and scored the first points of her career, at Michigan State Nov. 8
  • Made first career start Dec. 7 at FIU
  • Appeared in 22 games, starting three

Basketball Austria: Part of U18 and U20 national teams; participated in European Championships Division B… Part of 3x3 U21 and U23 national teams; participated in World Cup, Nations League and Women’s Series … Led first women’s league in Austria in three-point percentage in 2021-22.

BG BRG Gmunden and Ballsportgymnasium Wien: U19 State Champions… 3x3 U18 State Champions… Two-time U19 National Champions in Vienna/Upper Austria… Earned third place at State Championships twice… Also competed in gymnastics… Helped team win three national championships… Two-time national champion individually.

Notes: Accepted into Goldman Sachs Possibilities Summit, and  Virtual Insight Series, for 2025... From fifth through eighth grade, in addition to basketball and gymnastics, also participated/competed in dancing, figure skating, rowing, swimming, tennis and track and field … Has been to 39 different countries in four different continents; loves to expand her horizons through seeing new places… She and her family hosted an exchange student from Argentina for one year and two exchange students from Spain for three months because her father is in Rotary Club Gmunden… Was part of “GoOn” social project in which children between 13 and 18 years old volunteer during summer break… Played violin for five years and was part of concert in Gmunden… Was in theater group and was main character in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”… Former teammate graduated from Yale and played basketball… One relative is an Ivy Leaguer; graduated from Harvard and earned MBA at INSEAD.

Why Yale? “It has always been a dream for me to study and play basketball at an Ivy League University. I chose Yale University because in addition to the very prestigious academic program and the incredibly professional athletic environment of the Yale Bulldogs, Yale has a unique community. All of the coaches, professors, students and teammates are extremely collaborative and incredibly interesting and caring people. Coming from a small country like Austria to study at Yale University is more than just a dream come true and I am really excited to be part of the Bulldogs family soon.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2024-25First Year

    Guard
    5'11"
    5
  • 5

    2025-26Sophomore

    Guard
    5'11"
    5