Katie Morse

Morse's Honors | Career Stats

• First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2002, 2004)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003; Spring 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
• NU Game Record for Blocked Shots (7 vs. Texas A&M, Jan. 17, 2004)
• Tied for No. 3 at Nebraska in Season Blocked Shots (54, 2003-04)
• Ranks No. 5 at Nebraska in Career Blocked Shots (101)
• Husker Teammate Award (2003-04)
• Husker Power Lifter of the Year for Women's Basketball (2001-02, 2002-03)
• First-Team All-State, Des Moines Register (2000)
• MVP Southwest Iowa All-Star Game (2000)
• First-Team All-Southwest Iowa, Omaha World-Herald (2000)
• Four-Time Tri-Center High School Team MVP

2003-04 (Senior)

The Personal Side
Full name: Kathryn Jo Morse
Major: Secondary Education
Family:
Parents, Darrell and Roberta Morse
Sister, Amy, 25
Brothers, Jim, 27, Andy, 19
Hometown: Minden, Iowa
High School: Tri-Center
Date of Birth: Feb. 24, 1982
Place of Birth: Council Bluffs, Iowa

One of the best shot blockers in Nebraska history, Katie Morse set the school record with seven blocks in a win over Texas A&M on Jan. 17, 2004. She finished in a tie for fourth on NU's season block chart with 54 as a senior to close her career ranked No. 5 at NU with 101 blocked shots.

After missing Nebraska's final 21 games with a knee injury in 2002-03, Morse averaged 8.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and a team-leading 1.8 blocks per game, which ranked fifth in the Big 12.

Morse opened her senior season by scoring 16 points and grabbing a career-high 15 rebounds in the win over Wofford. She hit for a season-high 18 points at Missouri, where she added eight boards and three blocked shots.

Over Morse's final two seasons, the Huskers were 23-14 with her in the lineup, including a 5-2 record in 2002-03 and an 18-12 mark in 2003-04. The Huskers were 3-18 with Morse out of the lineup in 2002-03, after she had a promising junior season come to an end with a knee injury suffered in the second half of NU’s 65-55 win over No. 25 Cincinnati on Dec. 15, 2002.

2002-03 (Junior)
The Huskers lost Morse for the season with a knee injury midway through the second half of a 65-55 win over No. 25 Cincinnati on Dec. 15.

Nebraska’s tallest, most physical and hardest working player, according to Yori, Morse’s absence depleted the Husker roster to five active scholarship players for games against New Orleans, San Diego and No. 15 Penn State. The timing of Morse’s injury was especially damaging because the game against Cincinnati marked the Huskers’ seventh game of the season and surpassed the NCAA minimum of 20 percent of games played to receive a medical hardship. She underwent surgery on Jan. 6, 2003.

Before the injury againt the Bearcats, Morse was coming off the best two games of her career. She poured in a career-high 25 points, while tying her career high with 10 rebounds in a 71-48 win over Texas Southern on Dec. 9. She added an 18-point, 10-rebound and career-high five-blocked shot effort in a 78-60 win over Cal State Fullerton. It was her third double-double of the season.

Morse averaged 12.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, while leading the team with 15 blocked shots before the injury. She was ranked among the top 10 players in the Big 12 in both rebounding and blocks through seven games.

Morse scored 12 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds to post her first career double-double in a win over Grambling State on Nov. 22. She added her second double-figure scoring effort of the season with 11 points and six rebounds to go along with two blocked shots in the loss at Creighton.

Morse averaged 34.1 minutes per game, while playing all 40 minutes against Creighton and Drake.

2001-02 (Sophomore)
Morse earned a part-time starting role in Nebraska’s lineup early in the season. She averaged 3.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game, while ranking second on the team with one blocked shot per game to rank among the top 15 players in the Big 12.

After playing only 92 minutes in 22 appearances as a true freshman, Morse played in 29 games for the Huskers as a sophomore with 12 starts. She did not play against Oklahoma State.

Morse's playing time gradually decreased as the season progressed after bolting out of the gate at the start of the season. She nearly produced a double-double in her first career start, scoring a season-high 10 points, while adding a season-best nine rebounds in NU’s season-opening win over Southern Illinois on Nov. 16.

Morse shot 35.9 percent (37-103) from the field, including 50.0 percent (2-4) from three-point range. She also knocked down 66.7 percent (16-24) of her free throw attempts.

She produced multiple blocked shots seven times, including a season high with three blocks against Creighton, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Chicago State and Oklahoma.

With 28 blocks, Morse ranked second on the team in that category, while helping the Huskers average a school-record 3.87 blocks per game. NU’s 116 blocked shots were the third-best block total in school history.

2000-01 (Freshman)
Morse averaged 0.8 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, while blocking four shots as a true freshman in 2000-01. She appeared in 22 games, playing in a team-low 4.2 minutes per game.

Morse produced her best game with season highs of four points and four rebounds in a season-best 11 minutes at Washington. She also pulled down four rebounds in the season opener against Oakland, while blocking a season-high two shots. She grabbed a season-best five boards at Iowa State.

Morse was an outstanding performer in the classroom, earning spots on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.

High School
Morse averaged 22 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots per game as a senior at Tri-Center Community High School in 1999-2000. She earned first-team All-Iowa honors from the Des Moines Register and second-team all-state accolades from the Iowa Coaches Association and the Iowa Newspaper Association.

Morse was a first-team All-Southwest Iowa pick by the Omaha World-Herald and the MVP of the Southwest Iowa All-Star game. She was also a member of the Iowa Maroons AAU team that finished among the top 16 teams at the AAU National Tournament in 2000.

Morse was named the most valuable player at Tri-Center all four years she played varsity, including her senior season under Head Coach Brett Nanninga. Along with her accomplishments on the court, Morse was a member of Tri-Center's 4.0 Club, the Gold Honor Roll, National Honor Society, Student Council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and 4-H.

She earned four letters in basketball, four in track and field and three letters in volleyball.

Personal
The daughter of Darrell and Roberta Morse, Katie was born on Feb. 24, 1982, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Katie has one older sister, Amy, and two brothers, Jim, and Andy.  Katie recieved her degree in secondary education. She chose Nebraska over Drake and Creighton.

Morse's Career Stats

Year

G-GS

FG-FGA

Pct.

3P-3PA

Pct.

FT-FTA

Pct.

TRB-Avg.

PF-D

A

TO

Blk

ST

Pts-Avg.

2000-01

22-0

6-20

.300

0-0

.000

5-9

.556

26-1.2

14-0

1

16

4

1

17-0.8

2001-02

29-12

37-103

.359

2-4

.500

16-24

.667

74-2.6

50-0

15

34

28

8

92-3.2

2002-03

7-7

28-73

.384

2-7

.286

26-33

.788

55-7.9

16-1

7

22

15

6

84-12.0

2003-04 30-30 89-212 .420 7-21 .333 72-93 .774 187-6.2 83-0 26 54 54 17 257-8.6

Career

88-49

160-408

.392

11-32

.344

119-159

.748

342-3.9

163-1

49

126

101

32

450-5.1