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2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Owen Yancher, Davis Enterprise
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Mark Honbo
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics

22 Morgan Bertsch

22 Morgan Bertsch

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Position:
    Forward
  • Major:
    Biomedical Engineering
  • Hometown:
    Santa Rosa, Calif.
  • High School:
    Santa Rosa HS '14

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
• Selected In the 3rd Round (29th overall) of the 2019 WNBA Draft (Dallas Wings)
• 2019 Big West Conference Player of the Year
• 2019 Big West Tournament Most Valuable Player
• 2016, 2018, 2019 Big West Conference All-Tournament Team
• 2017, 2018, 2019 All-Big West Conference First Team
• 2016 All-Big West Conference Second Team
• 2016 Big West Conference All-Freshman Team
• 2019 Big West Conference All-Defensive Team
• 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• Big West Player of the Week (12/26/16, 11/13/17, 2/12/18, 11/19/18, 12/10/18, 1/7/19, 1/21/19, 2/11/19, 3/4/19)


CAREER: Finished as the all-time leading scorer in the history of the men's and women's basketball programs with 2,422 career points... Became the eighth player in the history of the Big West Conference to reach 2,000 career points at UC Riverside, ending the night with 31... Finished her career ranked third in the history of the Big West Conference in career points... Led the team in scoring all four years, joining Carol Rische as the only Aggies to do so... Left UC Davis as the career record holder in games played (132), consecutive games played (132), points, scoring average (18.3), field goals made (963), field goals attempted (1,813), free throws made (469), free throws attempted (616), blocked shots (193), blocks per game (1.46), and 20-point games (61)... Also ranked tied for sixth in rebounds (682), fourth in career field goal percentage (.531), and eighth in career free throw percentage (.761).

2018-19: Started all 32 games... Averaged 23.6 ppg and 6.0 rpg while playing in 27.8 mpg... Finished in double figures in all 32 games, and 67 games overall dating back to the 2017-18 season... Shot .495 from the floor, .479 (23-48) from three-point range, and .832 from the line... Finished the year ranked No. 9 in the NCAA in points, No. 4 in points per game, No. 67 in field goal percentage, No. 65 in free throw percentage, No. 10 in free throw attempts, No. 6 in free throws made, No. 18 in field goal attempts, No. 7 in field goals made... Set or tied school single-game records for points in a game (40 at Sacramento State), field goals made (16 at Sacramento State), and single-game free throw percentage (11-for-11 at UC Irvine)... Set school single-season records for points (754), scoring average (23.6), field goals attempted (554), free throws made (183), most points by a senior, and most 20-point games in a year (32)... Blocked 45 shots on the season and posted 41 steals... Posted her only double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds against UC Santa Barbara (March 9)... Became the first Aggie to lead the Big West in scoring as a senior, posting the highest single-season average for a conference leader since Idaho’s Emily Faurholt (25.4) in 2003-04... Her six player of the week awards in 2018-19 ties a conference single-season record, while her nine career player of the week awards rank tied for seventh on the Big West all-time list at the end of the year.

2017-18: Started all 35 games... Averaged 20.1 points (third on the single-season list) and 4.5 rebounds per game, shooting .560 from the floor (sixth on the single season list) and .781 from the line... Ranked No. 17 in the NCAA in total points, No. 26 in points per game, No. 29 in field goal percentage, No. 21 in field goal attempts, and No. 2 in field goals made... Ranked No. 2 in the Big West in scoring, No. 2 in field goal percentage, No. 4 in free throw percentage, and No. 3 in blocked shots... Became the 17th player -- and only the fourth junior -- to reach 1,000 career points and finished her junior year with 1,668 points to stand just 43 points behind Carol Rische for the women's all-time record... Set the school record for points in a single season with 702, breaking Staci Stevens' mark of 600 points in 1987-88 and setting a new mark for points by a UC Davis junior, breaking Sydnee Fipps' mark of 548 set in 2013-14... Scored in double digits in every game of the season... Broke Sydnee Fipps' mark for career 20-point games (37) and Stevens' mark for 20-point games in a season (19)... Set the school single-season record for field goals made (305), career field goals made (689 and counting), and single-season field goals attempted (545), while setting a new single-game mark with 28 field goal attempts at Oregon State on Dec. 20... Scored a career-high 34 points at Cal State Fullerton on March 1 -- the most by an Aggie since Jessica Campbell in 2005, the third-highest on the all-time single-game list, and a program Division I single-game record... Finished with six of the top 10 single-game scoring totals in the school's Division I history, including 31 points against Kansas State in the third round of the WNIT on March 23 -- which were tied for fifth in a single game in the entire tournament... Set a program single-game Division I record with 15 field goals made against the Wildcats, and had 12 makes in the tournament opener against Idaho -- single-game totals that ranked 1-2 in the tournament... In four WNIT games, ranked third in the entire tournament in total points (97), eighth in scoring average (24.3 ppg), second in field goals made (43), and fourth in field goals attempted (71)... Posted her lone double-double of the year against UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 18, finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

2016-17: Also one of six players named to the preseason All-Big West team... One of four players to appear in all 33 games and one of two to start every game... Led the team in scoring at 15.8 ppg and finished second on the team in rebounding 5.2 rpg... Shot a team-best .505 from the field and .724 from the line... Finished with a school single-season record of 57 blocks, breaking Paige Mintun's mark of 56 set in 2011, and set a career high with six of the team's school single-game record 12 blocked shots in a WNIT first-round win at Utah on March 17... Became the highest-scoring sophomore in the school's history with 520 points -- only the fifth Aggie to score more than 500 points in a season and standing fourth on the school's single-season list... Her 15.8 ppg average is the 10th-best single-season mark in school history, while her 207 makes from the field are the third best... Ranked No. 68 in the NCAA in blocks per game (1.73), No. 61 in field goal percentage (.505), No. 64 in overall blocks (57), and No. 66 in field goals made (207)... Ranked third in the Big West in scoring, fourth in field goal percentage, seventh in free throw percentage, and second in blocked shots... Named Big West Player of the Week on Dec. 26 after helping the Aggies to a road win at San Francisco, scoring a career-high 27 points -- tied for seventh on the school's single-game scoring list in the Division I era... Later tied her career high in scoring in a win at UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 4... Reached double figures in points 29 times, tying Mintun for the program's Division I era record... Opened the year with double figures in each of the team's first 15 games -- extending a streak of 23 consecutive performances when you include the final eight games of the 2015-16 season... Finished with two double-doubles on the year: scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds against Hofstra on Nov. 27 and adding 12 points and 10 rebounds against UC Irvine on Feb. 11.

2015-16: Became only the sixth Aggie to earn a spot on the league's all-freshman team... Appeared in 32 games, making 26 starts in her first season of Division I basketball... Led the team in scoring -- the first freshman to do so since Carol Rische in 1979-80 -- at 13.9 points per game and finished fourth at 5.0 rebounds per game... Ranked fourth in the Big West in scoring and led the league (and finished No. 7 in the NATION) with a .582 field goal percentage... Ranked fifth in the league in overall blocks (36) and blocks per game (1.1 bpg)... Her 446 points rank just outside the top 10 on the school's single-season list and stand second all-time among UC Davis freshmen behind only Rische, who had 459 points in 1979-80... Her point total is a Division I program freshman record, breaking the previous mark held by Kasey Riecks and her 256 points in 2008-09... Her 36 blocks rank eighth on the school's all-time single-season list while her .582 field goal percentage is a school single-season record (minimum 100 attempts)... Ranks among the program's Division I best in seven different categories... Reached double figures in points in 21 of her 32 appearances, including 10 games with 20-or-more points... Scored in double figures in each of her last eight games to close out the season... Finished with a career-high 26 points in a Big West Tournament quarterfinal win over UC Santa Barbara, tying the school tournament single-game scoring record established by Kelsey Harris just one season earlier... Set a school Big West Tournament record with 11 field goals and tied a mark with 16 field goal attempts in the game against the Gauchos... Logged her first career double-double with 20 points and a career-high 11 rebounds against Florida A&M at the USC Women of Troy Classic to help her earn a spot on the all-tournament team... Responded with 14 points and five rebounds in her first career start at San Diego State on Nov. 19... Hit 11-of-17 from the floor en route to 25 points and eight rebounds against Sacramento State on Dec. 13... Posted 20 points or more in back-to-back games three times on the year... Blocked a career-high four shots to go with 22 points at Hawai'i on Feb. 18.

2014-15: Redshirted the season... Competed in the high jump with the UC Davis women's track and field squad in the spring, posting her best height of 1.72m (5-07.75) to take seventh at the ASU Sun Angel Classic on April 11... The height was also the third-best by an Aggie on the year... Also finished tied for fourth in the event at the Big West Conference Championships to help UC Davis finish second as a team, finishing with a height of 1.71m (5-07.25)

SANTA ROSA HS '14: Four-year varsity letter winner for the Panthers, becoming the school's first girls basketball player to receive a Division I scholarship... Named the North Bay League MVP and an all-league first-team selection as a senior... Also earned All-Metro second team, All-NorCal third team, and All-Empire MVP honors, to close out her prep career... Averaged 17.3 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks per game as a senior, helping the Panthers to a 28-5 overall record and a 13-1 mark in league play... Shot better than 60 percent from the field in 2013-14... Named to the CalHi Sports All-State Division I second team... Also averaged a double-double as a junior with 13.2 points and 11.7 rebounds per game en route to All-North Bay League first-team honors... Was an honorable mention All-Metro selection in 2012-13... Named the Press Democrat All-Empire Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was honored with the newspaper's Youth Service Award as a senior... Also earned a CIF North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete Award... Was also an all-state high jumper for the Panthers.

PERSONAL: Parents are Vincent and Kristeen... Majoring in biomedical engineering... Her sister, Mckennan, played basketball at UC San Diego... Her mother, Kristeen, played basketball at UC Santa Barbara, while her grandfather, Joseph McAnulty, played baseball and basketball at the University of La Verne... Can trace her lineage back to William the Conqueror -- her 10-times great-grandfather.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014-15Freshman

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    2015-16Redshirt Freshman

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    2016-17Redshirt Sophomore

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    2017-18Redshirt Junior

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    2018-19Redshirt Senior

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