Northwestern University Athletics
Jones Rakes In High School All-America Honors
2/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 11, 2011
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Future Wildcat Morgan Jones was named a McDonald's High School All-American and a WBCA High School All-American, it was announced in the past week.
The senior will participate on the West team in the McDonald's All-American game at the end of March. The game will take place at 6:30 p.m. CT at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on March 30. The contest will be broadcast live on ESPNU.
Jones will take part in the 2011 WBCA High School All-America Game presented by Nike at 3:30 CT on Saturday, April 2 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Indianapolis and Conseco Fieldhouse also is the site of the NCAA Women's Final Four. For more information, click HERE
Jones becomes the second Wildcat to be named a McDonald's All-American, as current senior captain and All-America candidate Amy Jaeschke earned the honor as a high school senior. Jaeschke was an honorable mention WBCA All-American.
Jones' bio is below. For a complete look at NU's highly-touted class of 2015, click here.
Morgan Jones
6-2 • G
Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lake Mary
High School: Ranked ninth in the nation and third at her position by Hoopgurlz.com ... Team captain in both volleyball and basketball ... First team All-Conference in volleyball (one year) and basketball (three years) ... Broke Lake Mary's record for kills as a senior ... Guided the Rams' volleyball squad to the 2010 State Championship game ... All-state for basketball as a junior ...Athlete of the Year in Seminole County as a junior ... Lake Mary Female Athlete of the Year last season ... USA Basketball invitee ... Club team was DEBO and Chicago Hoops Express ... Three-year member of the Naval ROTC ... Peer mentor ... Active in the community, participating in blood drives, Relay for Life and visits to the children's hospital ... High school coach is Rick Weyers ... Chose Northwestern over California, Missouri, Marquette and Michigan.
Personal: Born Morgan Marie Jones ... Daughter of Dennis and Gina Jones ... Sister, Tailor, is a sophomore at Northwestern.
For a complete list of the McDonald's High School All-America teams, click here.
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