Army West Point Athletics
Senior CLASS Award Names Morrison a Nominee
January 04, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Official Release
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Army West Point men's basketball saw forward Luke Morrison named a candidate for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award® on Thursday.
Morrison is one of thirty NCAA® men's basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court. 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: community, classroom, character and competition.
"Luke has been a consistent contributor on the court since the beginning of his plebe (rookie) year," head coach Jimmy Allen said. "First and foremost he has been an exemplary cadet who has evolved into a terrific leader. He has been able to focus on making everyone around him better by putting them before himself and caring about their success more than his own as true servant leader.
"Luke has been a member of the FCA on campus and a very instrumental in organizing events and meetings for players in our program. While excelling on the court throughout his time at West Point he has also had great success in the classroom as well."
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 for 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.
Last season, Morrison saw action in 30 of Army's 32 games, missing two due to injury. He averaged 8.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. The Charlotte, N.C., native went 96-for-240 (.400) from the floor and 70-for-193 (team-high) (.363) from long range. Morrison was second on the team in defensive rebounds with 114, while finishing third in overall rebounds (139) and blocks (8).
He closed out the year third in the Patriot League with 2.3 3-point field goals made per game. Morrison posted 14 double-digit scoring nights on the year, with a career-best 19 points coming against Central Arkansas and Boston University. He pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds (all on defensive glass) to earn his first career double-double (12 points) in Army's Patriot League opener vs. Lehigh.
In 13 games so far this season for Army, he is averaging 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. He has started in each contest and sits second on the team with 26 made 3-pointers.
Each of the 30 candidate classes will be narrowed to fields of 10 finalists in February, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2018 NCAA Men's Final Four® and NCAA Women's Final Four® this spring. For more information on each of the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
MEN'S BASKETBALL CANDIDATES:
Grayson Allen Duke
Shawn Anderson Navy
Braian Angola Florida State
Joel Berry II North Carolina
Trevon Bluiett Xavier
Vladimir Brodziansky TCU
Jevon Carter West Virginia
Gary Clark Cincinnati
Angel Delgado Seton Hall
Ben Emelogu II SMU
Marcus Foster Creighton
Rob Gray Houston
Rokas Gustys Hofstra
A.J. Jacobson North Dakota
Justin Johnson Western Kentucky
Kodi Justice Arizona State
Marcus Lee Cal
Yante Maten Georgia
Bryant McIntosh Northwestern
Jordan McLaughlin USC
Luke Morrison Army
Cameron Morse Youngstown State
Albert Owens Oral Roberts
Wesley Person Troy
Kahron Ross Lehigh
Gerdarius Troutman Florida Atlantic
Kevin Vannatta UNC Asheville
Mitchell Wilbekin Wake Forest
Thomas Wilder Western Michigan
Jonathan Williams Gonzaga
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Army West Point men's basketball saw forward Luke Morrison named a candidate for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award® on Thursday.
Morrison is one of thirty NCAA® men's basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court. 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: community, classroom, character and competition.
"Luke has been a consistent contributor on the court since the beginning of his plebe (rookie) year," head coach Jimmy Allen said. "First and foremost he has been an exemplary cadet who has evolved into a terrific leader. He has been able to focus on making everyone around him better by putting them before himself and caring about their success more than his own as true servant leader.
"Luke has been a member of the FCA on campus and a very instrumental in organizing events and meetings for players in our program. While excelling on the court throughout his time at West Point he has also had great success in the classroom as well."
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 for 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.
Last season, Morrison saw action in 30 of Army's 32 games, missing two due to injury. He averaged 8.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. The Charlotte, N.C., native went 96-for-240 (.400) from the floor and 70-for-193 (team-high) (.363) from long range. Morrison was second on the team in defensive rebounds with 114, while finishing third in overall rebounds (139) and blocks (8).
He closed out the year third in the Patriot League with 2.3 3-point field goals made per game. Morrison posted 14 double-digit scoring nights on the year, with a career-best 19 points coming against Central Arkansas and Boston University. He pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds (all on defensive glass) to earn his first career double-double (12 points) in Army's Patriot League opener vs. Lehigh.
In 13 games so far this season for Army, he is averaging 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. He has started in each contest and sits second on the team with 26 made 3-pointers.
Each of the 30 candidate classes will be narrowed to fields of 10 finalists in February, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2018 NCAA Men's Final Four® and NCAA Women's Final Four® this spring. For more information on each of the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
MEN'S BASKETBALL CANDIDATES:
Grayson Allen Duke
Shawn Anderson Navy
Braian Angola Florida State
Joel Berry II North Carolina
Trevon Bluiett Xavier
Vladimir Brodziansky TCU
Jevon Carter West Virginia
Gary Clark Cincinnati
Angel Delgado Seton Hall
Ben Emelogu II SMU
Marcus Foster Creighton
Rob Gray Houston
Rokas Gustys Hofstra
A.J. Jacobson North Dakota
Justin Johnson Western Kentucky
Kodi Justice Arizona State
Marcus Lee Cal
Yante Maten Georgia
Bryant McIntosh Northwestern
Jordan McLaughlin USC
Luke Morrison Army
Cameron Morse Youngstown State
Albert Owens Oral Roberts
Wesley Person Troy
Kahron Ross Lehigh
Gerdarius Troutman Florida Atlantic
Kevin Vannatta UNC Asheville
Mitchell Wilbekin Wake Forest
Thomas Wilder Western Michigan
Jonathan Williams Gonzaga
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