Jene Morris Drafted into WNBA
Morris is the first Aztec drafted into the 14-year-old league.
SDSU women's basketball senior guard Jene Morris was drafted by the WNBA's Indiana Fever. Morris is the first-ever Aztec drafted by the 14-year-old Women's National Basketball Association.
Coming off a Sweet 16 NCAA women's basketball tournament appearance, Morris was the 11th pick in the first round of the draft. Morris was among 14 women who were invited to attend the draft announcement in Secaucus, N.J.
Morris' Mountain West history
Morris is just the 11th player in Mountain West Conference history to be tabbed in the WNBA Draft and the fourth selected in the first round. She is the league's highest pick overall since 2006, and third highest in MWC history, trailing only Utah's Shona Thorburn (7th overall) and TCU's Sandora Irvin (3rd).
A two-time honorable mention All-American and Mountain West Conference defensive player of the year, Morris is the first Aztec to ever lead the MWC in scoring (17.1 ppg.), is the conference's all-time leader in career steals (293) and ranks third in the SDSU record book in career points with 1,499, despite only playing three seasons in the Red and Black.
Morris is just the second Aztec to earn All-America (honorable mention) honors more than once and is the first SDSU player to be named a two-time first-team all-league selection since Jodi Nowlin-Tres in 1996-97.
From the Aztecs to the Fever
Morris joins an Indiana Fever squad that went 22-12 last season and advanced to the WNBA Finals under head coach Lin Dunn. The 2010 WNBA campaign gets underway Saturday, May 15, with the Fever set to take on Washington at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
San Diego State finished its 2009-10 campaign with a 23-11 record, won the program's first-ever Mountain West Conference Championship, advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 and garnered a final No. 20 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.
