2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Morrow, Aneesah
Jersey Number 24
Aneesah Morrow
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Simeon
Bio
Morrow Career Stats (PDF)
Career:
2021-22 (Freshman):
High School:
Personal:
Career:
- 2021-22 All-American Second Team by Associated Press (AP), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), Sports Illustrated, The Athletic
- WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
- USBWA, WBCA and The Athletic National Freshman of the Year
- ESPN Top Freshman in the Country
- Naismith Trophy and World Exposure Report National Player of the Week
- USBWA National Freshman of the Week a record five times
- BIG EAST Player of the Week three times
- BIG EAST Freshman of the Week a record 13 times
- Set DePaul single-season record for rebounds (457) and rebounding average 13.8)
- Set BIG EAST single-game rebounding record with 27 at Seton Hall
- John Wooden Player of the Year finalist
- Naismith Trophy Player of the Year finalist
- Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year Award finalist
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Top 10 finalist
- Led the nation in rebounds per game
- BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, All-BIG EAST First Team and BIG EAST All-Freshmen Team (all unanimous by coaches voting)
- Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team
- DePaul Female Athlete of the Year (all sports)
- DePaul Newcomer of the Year (all sports)
- DePaul women's basketball MVP
- Shirley Becker Academic Award.
2021-22 (Freshman):
- Started all 33 games averaging 30.4 minutes a game
- Led team in scoring (21.9 points per game), rebounding (13.8), steals (89) and blocks (60)
- Led the country in rebounds per game and offensive rebounds per game
- Second in the country in total rebounds (457) and double-doubles (27) including a nation's best streak of 23 in a row
- No. 3 in the nation in field goals, No. 6 in points (722), No. 9 in steals, No. 11 in points per game and defensive rebounds per game
- Scored in double figures 32 of 33 games including a career-high 41 at Creighton (along with 18 rebounds)
- Her streak of three-straight 30-point games and double-digit rebounds is the first since Middle Tennessee's Alysha Clark (Washington Mystics) did it in 2010
- Morrow is only the fourth player in history to record 30 points and 10 rebounds against Connecticut
- The other three were all WNBA overall No. 1 picks---Tennessee's Candace Parker, Louisville's Angel McCoughtry and Notre Dame's Jackie Young
- Took college hoops world by storm in her NCAA debut with 31 points and nine rebounds against Texas Southern
- First DePaul player to accomplish that in 36 years
- 33 points and 15 rebounds at Butler, 32 and 15 at Xavier and 30 points and 14 boards at UConn in consecutive games
- 29 points and 14 rebounds at St. John's
- Had 28 points, 15 rebounds and five steals against Vanderbilt
- 29 points vs. Marquette and 28 points and 18 boards at Georgetown
- Finished with 28 points and 17 rebounds in NCAA tournament opener against Dayton
- Put up 24 points and 19 boards vs. Xavier and had a monster game of 22 points and 27 rebounds at Seton Hall.
High School:
- Led Simeon to a 35-2 record and the girls basketball program’s first state championship (Class 3A) in 2020
- Averaged 28.4 points, 14.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and nearly three steals a game last season
- All-State First Team selection by the Associated Press, Champaign News-Gazette and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA)
- After eclipsing the 1,000-point career mark as a junior, MaxPreps ranked her as the No. 1 recruit in the state and No. 20 in the nation
- Prospects Nation ranked her at No. 45
- MaxPreps/WBCA Player of the Week
- Finished with 41 points, 13 rebounds and six assists against Maine South
- Racked up 38 points and 25 rebounds versus Morgan Park
- Had 32 points, 15 rebounds, five steals and five blocks vs. Butler
- Put up 31 points and 19 rebounds against Evanston
- Led Wolverines to Public League title in 2018.
Personal:
- Daughter of Edward and Nafeesah Morrow
- Edward played linebacker at Nebraska and Nafeesah was an all-conference forward with the Cornhuskers
- Brother Ed starred at Simeon and went on to play at Nebraska and Marquette
- Older sister Nazlah starred at Miami Dade junior college before joining Aneesah in Lincoln Park
- Planning to major in Computing and Digital Media.
Demon Docs: Welcome Head Coach Jill M. Pizzotti
Tuesday, April 29
Episode 19: Jill M. Pizzotti, Women's Basketball Head Coach
Wednesday, April 16
Jill M. Pizzotti Introductory Press Conference
Tuesday, April 15
DePaul Women's Basketball: Jill Pizzotti Introductory Press Conference
Thursday, April 10
