Morgan Bertsch
Morgan Bertsch is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. She was drafted by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNBA draft. She played college basketball at UC Davis.
Early life
Bertsch attended Santa Rosa [High School (Santa Rosa, California)|Santa Rosa High School] in Santa Rosa, California, where she was a four-year letterwinner on the basketball team. As a junior, she averaged 13.2 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, earning first-team all-North Bay League honors. As a senior, Bertsch averaged 17.3 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks per game and led the Panthers to a 28–5 record. She set school single-season records for points, rebounds and blocks. Bertsch was named the North Bay League MVP and The Press Democrat All-Empire Player of the Year. She was also an all-state high jumper on the track and field team. Coming out of high school, Bertsch did not play any AAU basketball and UC Davis was the only Division I school to offer her.College career
Bertsch played college basketball for the UC Davis Aggies. During her freshman season, she redshirted from the basketball team, but competed for the UC Davis Aggies women's track and field team as a high jumper. Bertsch finished in a tie for fourth at the Big West Conference Championship with a jump of 1.71m. She also competed as a high jumper during her sophomore and junior seasons, finishing fourth and third, respectively at the Big West Championships.During her redshirt-freshman basketball season, Bertsch made an immediate impact for the Aggies. She broke the program record at the Division I level for points as a freshman and ranked second all-time for freshman at UC Davis. She led the team in scoring and became the 6th ever Aggie to be name to the Big West All-Freshman team. She was also named to the All-Big West Second Team during that season.
Bertsch continued her dominance at UC Davis and in the Big West for the next three years. She was named to the Big West First Team for the next three years. During her senior season, Bertsch became the all-timer scorer at UC Davis for men or women with 2,422 points and had her name all over the records books. Bertsch tied a conference single-season record in March 2019 for earning a sixth Big West Player of the Week award. She was also named the Big West Player of the Year in 2019.