Galesburg Reporter

Monmouth College senior Josie Morgan (Washington, Illinois) has been named D3hoops.com Second Team All-Region for Region 9. She is the third player in Monmouth history to make a D3hoops.com All-Region team and the first to be above Third Team.

Morgan was joined on the Region 9 Second Team by players from Simpson, UW-Platteville, Augsburg and UW-Whitewater. The Region 9 guards on the First Team from UW-Oshkosh and UW-Eau Claire both made the D3 NCAA Tournament. Morgan is the only Midwest Conference player selected to an All-Region team.

Players were nominated for All-Region teams by Sports Information Directors and 746 players were nominated nationwide. The nominations were then voted on by a panel of SID's to form All-Region teams. This is the 21st season D3hoops.com has named

All-Region teams and this year Division III includes 10 regions after reorganization.

Morgan is the third Fighting Scots player to earn an All-Region honor from D3hoops.com. Becca Gallis was named All-Central Third Team under the old format in 2019-20 and Melissa Gorski was All-Central Third Team in 2008-09.

In helping the Scots to a runner-up finish in the Midwest Conference Tournament, Morgan was also named the MWC Player of the Year and a First Team All-Conference selection. The Scots, picked fifth in the pre-season poll, went 10-6 in the MWC regular season before beating Knox in the semifinals and losing a close game to host Ripon in the tournament finals.

Morgan led the Scots in scoring at 15.1 points per game while also leading the team in FGM (120), 3PM (55), 3PA (160), 3pt% (34.4), FTM (67), FTA (86) and assists (91). She averaged 4.4 rebounds per game and grabbed 26 steals in 24 starts. She led the MWC in minutes played with 869, playing in 90.5% of the Scots minutes this season.

Morgan ranked fourth in the MWC in points, fifth in FG% (39.6), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.3), first in assists per game (3.8) and first in assist/turnover ratio (1.9).

Morgan finished the season with the sixth-most 3-pointers made in a season in program history with 55. Her 160 attempts from deep rank third and her 362 points rank in a tie for 13th. Morgan dished out 91 assists, 12th most in a season in school history, and she also scored in double figures 19 times, tied for the sixth-most double-digit games in a season.