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FWHS grad Anderson receives preseason honorable mention All-American honors
October 8th, 2009 at Thu, 8th, 2009 at 11:56 am by caseyolsonWestern Washington University men’s basketball point guard Morris Anderson received honorable mention recognition on The Sporting News 2009-10 Preseason NCAA Division II All-America Team.
A 6-foot-3 senior from Federal Way High School, Anderson returns from last year’s 21-6 squad that won the school’s first outright Great Northwest Athletic Conference title and reached the West Regional of the NCAA Division II National Tournament.
Anderson was spectacular at times last season, averaging 12.6 points, 6.1 assists and 5.4 rebounds while earning GNAC Newcomer of the Year and first-team all-star honors.
“He’s certainly an outstanding player, a multi-faceted, very complete player,” Western coach Brad Jackson said of Anderson. “He makes people around him play better.”
In 2008-09, Anderson ranked ninth nationally in steals and No.12 in assists. He led the GNAC in steals (2.7 avg.) and was second in assists with the third highest average in school history.
Anderson scored a team season-best 30 points in an 83-68 win at Northwest Nazarene. He had 13 assists versus Northwest, the most by a Viking player since 1989.
Anderson nearly had triple-doubles in two of Western’s final three regular-season games. He had 15 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists in an 85-68 win over Central Washington; and 11 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds in a 76-68 victory at Montana State Billings.
Prior to arriving at Western, Anderson sat out the 2007-08 season after earning first-team Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Western Division all-star honors as a sophomore at Highline CC. He helped the Thunderbirds to a 21-9 record, the region co-championship and quarterfinals at the NWAACC tournament, losing to eventual champion Clackamas CC in double overtime, 85-84. As a freshman at HCC, Anderson played on a 23-7 squad that won the NWAACC championship.
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