Army West Point Athletics
Morrison Earns Senior CLASS Award 2nd Team Praise
March 30, 2018 | Men's Basketball
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – It was announced Friday that Army West Point men's basketball senior Luke Morrison was named to the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award® Second Team.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: classroom, community, character and competition.
Morrison started in every contest during his senior season and averaged 8.6 points per game. The team captain chipped in 3.7 rebounds per outing, which was good enough for third best on the team. The forward was second on the team in 3-pointers with 65, while finishing second in 3-point field goal percentage as well with a mark of .414.
He closed out his four-year career with the Black and Gold eighth all-time in Academy lore with 172 career 3-pointers. Morrison also capped his career finishing tied with Derrick Canada '90 for ninth in program history with a .380 3-point field goal percentage.
Academically, Morrison excels across all pillars at the United States Military Academy and is recognized by not only his teammates, but the academy's leadership, for his accomplishments. He is very involved in his political science major and meets with others in his degree to mentor them throughout the semester. He dons a German Proficiency Badge (GPB), which signifies a person is qualified in several different physical challenges to include swimming, running, handling an M9 handgun and long distance rucking.
Militarily, he has had experience in many leadership development courses including "Officership" through which he learned what it means to be an officer and the work ethic and moral ethics it takes to succeed in leading a platoon on the battlefield. This past summer Morrison served as a platoon leader, where he was directly in charge of the training for 43 sophomores and five juniors over a six-week period. This included military training, physical training and disciplining his subordinates properly.
Morrison also spent three weeks in Barcelona studying at an international business school.
The Charlotte, N.C., native, will branch Air Defense Artillery and be stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas following his graduation as a Political Science major in May.
The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I men's basketball coaches, national basketball media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men's basketball.
For more information on each of the finalists, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
Senior CLASS Award First-Team All-Americans
Shawn Anderson, Navy
Jevon Carter, West Virginia*
A.J. Jacobson, North Dakota State
Justin Johnson, Western Kentucky
Yante Maten, Georgia
*2017-18 Senior CLASS Award® Winner in NCAA® Division I men's basketball
Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-Americans
Vladimir Brodziansky, TCU
Angel Delgado, Seton Hall
Rob Gray, Houston
Luke Morrison, Army West Point
Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: classroom, community, character and competition.
Morrison started in every contest during his senior season and averaged 8.6 points per game. The team captain chipped in 3.7 rebounds per outing, which was good enough for third best on the team. The forward was second on the team in 3-pointers with 65, while finishing second in 3-point field goal percentage as well with a mark of .414.
He closed out his four-year career with the Black and Gold eighth all-time in Academy lore with 172 career 3-pointers. Morrison also capped his career finishing tied with Derrick Canada '90 for ninth in program history with a .380 3-point field goal percentage.
Academically, Morrison excels across all pillars at the United States Military Academy and is recognized by not only his teammates, but the academy's leadership, for his accomplishments. He is very involved in his political science major and meets with others in his degree to mentor them throughout the semester. He dons a German Proficiency Badge (GPB), which signifies a person is qualified in several different physical challenges to include swimming, running, handling an M9 handgun and long distance rucking.
Militarily, he has had experience in many leadership development courses including "Officership" through which he learned what it means to be an officer and the work ethic and moral ethics it takes to succeed in leading a platoon on the battlefield. This past summer Morrison served as a platoon leader, where he was directly in charge of the training for 43 sophomores and five juniors over a six-week period. This included military training, physical training and disciplining his subordinates properly.
Morrison also spent three weeks in Barcelona studying at an international business school.
The Charlotte, N.C., native, will branch Air Defense Artillery and be stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas following his graduation as a Political Science major in May.
The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I men's basketball coaches, national basketball media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men's basketball.
For more information on each of the finalists, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
Senior CLASS Award First-Team All-Americans
Shawn Anderson, Navy
Jevon Carter, West Virginia*
A.J. Jacobson, North Dakota State
Justin Johnson, Western Kentucky
Yante Maten, Georgia
*2017-18 Senior CLASS Award® Winner in NCAA® Division I men's basketball
Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-Americans
Vladimir Brodziansky, TCU
Angel Delgado, Seton Hall
Rob Gray, Houston
Luke Morrison, Army West Point
Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga
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