CASEY MORRIS
PHS CLASS OF 2008
Casey Morris was a standout 4-year varsity basketball star with the Highlanders from 2004-2008. She is currently the #1 ranked girls basketball player to be nominated for the Piedmont Sports Hall of Fame by PHS Coach Bryan Gardere.
Piedmont High School Career:
In her freshman season, Casey Morris was a key player on Piedmont’s second State Championship team, earning a spot on the Cal-Hi Sports all-freshman team and being named third-team all-state in 2004-05.
As a sophomore Casey continued to star for the Highlanders on their way to a 3rd consecutive North Coast Section basketball title for the 2005-2006 season. She was named the co-MVP of the End of the Oregon Trail tournament, and selected as a Street & Smith's honorable mention All-American.
In her 2006-2007 junior season, she averaged 24 points per game, contributed eight assists, four rebounds and two steals a game, leading Piedmont to a 4th Straight NCS basketball title. At this point Morris had scored an impressive 1,358 points in her first three prep seasons. She played club basketball for the California Storm and received an invite to the 2007 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival.
As a senior, Casey led Piedmont to a 21-6 record and scored a game-high 19 points in the North Coast Section 2007-2008 quarterfinals. She was named co-MVP of the Bay Shore Athletic League and to the San Francisco Chronicle’s all-metro second-team.
After graduating from PHS, Casey enjoyed a stellar career at Texas Tech under coach Kristy Curry. She finished her career at Texas Tech with 1,056 points in just three seasons. She is 6th all-time in Texas Tech history with 177 career 3-point field goals made, 7th all-time in Texas Tech history with 81.6 career free-throw percentage (177 of 217) and she started an impressive 99 of 100 games played at Texas Tech.
During her college career, she made 3 NCAA tournament appearance in 4 years of college basketball – one being with UC Berkeley and 2 with Texas Tech University.
Casey and her sister Chazny are still active in the sport. In 2018, along with sister, Chazny Nunes, won the 3X3 Mountain Dew Northern CA Championship and was rewarded with competing in the USA Basketball National Open 3X3 tournament in Colorado Springs.
Post High School and College Casey earned a PhD, High Education from Texas Tech University.
SF GATE Article:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/The-other-sisters-give-Piedmont-added-punch-2704128.php