LSU Basketball
Aneesah Morrow, the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Corbett Award winner as the top female athlete in Louisiana for 2024-25, produced a jam-packed résumé in two seasons as a star at DePaul University. The Chicago native had stayed in her hometown and earned National Freshman of the Year honors followed by another All-America season as a sophomore. She averaged 25.7 points and 12.2 rebounds as a sophomore while tallying double-doubles in 53 of 66 career games.
Then she set her sights higher. She transferred to Louisiana to play for the powerhouse LSU Tigers and legendary head coach Kim Mulkey for her final two collegiate seasons.
Instead of sitting back and letting past accolades do her talking, she focused even more and established herself as one of the hardest working and toughest players in the country – a potent combination when paired with her exceptional skills.
“I don’t like to be denied, I don’t like to be told no,” Morrow said. “Might sound like being spoiled. But at the same time, I worked very hard on and off the floor, academically in the classroom, when it comes down to bettering myself in the weight room, body changes. I really work hard to accomplish the goals I want to.”
Morrow finished the 2024-25 season as LSU’s leading scorer (18.7 ppg) and the nation’s leading rebounder (13.5 rpg). Her 485 rebounds were the fourth most in a season ever by an LSU player. She also led the nation with 30 double-doubles throughout the season, the second most ever by an LSU player. Morrow scored 20-plus points in 17 games and grabbed 15-plus rebounds in 14 games while tallying nine 20/15 games and four 20-rebound games, including two in which she scored 20 points.
Her exceptional senior season culminated with her being selected No. 7 overall in the WNBA Draft.
In two years at LSU, Morrow helped the Tigers reach two Elite Eights, winning 31 games both seasons. She scored 1,282 points and secured 854 rebounds across both seasons in Baton Rouge. The total rebounds are the 10th most in LSU history. She secured 52 double-doubles – the third most in program history – in 73 games at LSU. She was a two-time First Team All-SEC player.
“You wish you had an Aneesah every time you walked on a court every day, because you knew what you were getting from her and her effort,” said Mulkey, who also won the Corbett Award as a collegiate player (1984 at Louisiana Tech). “It didn’t matter how banged up she was, how hurt she felt. ’Neese only knows how to play, and that’s hard…Give me the Aneesah Morrows of the world every day.”
Morrow also won the Katrina McClain Award, which is presented annually to the best women's basketball power forward in college.
“There’s nobody that outworks ’Neese. She’s a great leader, a great person,” LSU guard Mikaylah Williams said. “She’s got a really good head on her shoulders. And it’s about everything but her. She’s willing to put all of our needs before her. She’s willing to do whatever the team needs.”
The 6-1 Morrow was dominant in the NCAA Tournament this year, tallying double-doubles in all three LSU wins, including a 30-point, 19-rebound effort in a Sweet Sixteen win over NC State.
“There’s no substitute for what that kid has inside of her heart,” Vanderbilt head coach Shea Ralph said of Morrow. “You can’t coach what she does. You either have that, or you don’t.”
Combining her seasons at DePaul and LSU, Morrow is one of two players in NCAA history with more than 100 career double-doubles. Her 1,714 career rebounds rank No. 3 in NCAA Division I history and she is one of just eight Division I players to have registered 2,500 career points and 1,500 career rebounds.
“Honestly, I’m just grateful for the opportunity,” Morrow said. “A lot of people don’t get the opportunity that I get and that I receive just to be able to come to LSU. I feel like they helped me not only mature on the basketball floor, but as a person.”
