MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Top International prospect, Yu Han (Catherine) Lin, has signed with the Middle Tennessee women's basketball team, head coach Rick Insell announced Wednesday morning.

"We are excited to welcome Catherine to the Blue Raider family," Insell said. "With all her International play, she will bring great experience to our basketball program. Catherine is not your typical freshman and will bring immediate production to our backcourt. We could not be more excited for her join the Blue Raider family and we can't wait for her to get here. Again… Here at Middle Tennessee, we don't rebuild, we reload, and the addition of Catherine is another prime example of that."

A 5-9 guard from Hualien, Taiwan, Lin played in all five games for Chinese Taipei in the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup. She averaged 10.6 points per game on 46.2 percent shooting while playing 23.1 minutes per game. Lin also averaged 4.0 rebounds per game and 2.2 steals per game on the tournament. She also played in all seven games for Chinese Taipei at the 2024 FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup, where she logged 10.6 points per game on 41.7 percent shooting, and added 4.1 rebounds per game, 2.6 steals per game and 2.1 assists per game. 

Lin will join Washington State women's basketball player Jean Chiu, Alabama A&M men's basketball player Warren Yeh and Utah men's basketball player Jerry Huang as the only active Taiwanese basketball players at the NCAA Division I basketball level.