Aneesah Morrow selected with No. 7 pick in WNBA Draft
Former LSU forward Aneesah Morrow was drafted with the No. 7 pick in the WNBA Draft by the Connecticut Sun on Monday night.
Morrow becomes the sixth LSU Tiger to be drafted in the WNBA since Kim Mulkey took over in 2021. She joins Angel Reese as the only other first-round pick from LSU since LaSondra Barrett in 2012.
Morrow had one of the most accomplished careers in NCAA Women’s basketball history earning All-America honors all four seasons. She finished with the second most double-doubles in NCAA DI history with 104, scored 2,852 points, grabbed 1,714 rebounds, leading the nation in rebounding twice.
Morrow shined in two seasons at DePaul, near her hometown of Chicago, then transferred to LSU to further blossom into the star she is now.
“I would just say, honestly, I’m just grateful for the opportunity,” Morrow said after the loss to UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. “A lot of people don’t get the opportunity that I get and that I receive just to be able to come to LSU. I feel like they help helped me not only mature on the basketball floor, but as a person. And Coach Mulkey, thank you for everything. Seriously.
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Coach Mulkey challenged me to be a better person, to be a better player, and she challenged me to be able to make it in the real world. She keep it real with you, she show you how it is, and honestly, I’m just grateful for that. I said that I wanted to leave DePaul and find my second family, and I did that. They have had my back through it all. They have encouraged me throughout the process, and I know that it was hard being away from your family and, honestly, experiencing a culture shock.
I had to grow up a lot. I put a lot on my shoulders to come out and do what I did every night. Nobody in the country did what I did every night. Nobody in the country have done what I did over the four years, and I’m honestly just proud of myself for overcoming as much as I’ve overcame and being able to do it at the biggest level.”
Morrow will use her tenacious rebounding and defensive prowess to make an immediate impact int he WNBA. At 6-foot-1, her ability to face up and shoot the ball and take defenders off the dribble are also key weapons for her moving forward. Regardless, head coach Kim Mulkey saw the fight Morrow had on a daily basis and loved coaching her.
“You wish you had Aneesah every time you walked on a court every day because you knew what you were getting from her and her effort. It didn’t matter how banged up she was, how hurt she felt,” Mulkey said. “Nees only knows how to play, and that’s hard. And she will take this loss extremely hard because that’s how she was raised. And give me the Aneesah Morrows of the world every day.”
