Morgan Tuck

Position: Forward
Height:  6-2 • 189 cms
Weight: 185 lbs • 84 kgs
School: Bolingbrook High School ‘12
Hometown:  Bolingbrook, Illinois

USA Basketball Notes:

• Gold Medal: 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship.
• Named to the 2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team on June 5, 2011.
• Member of the 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team that posted a perfect 8-0 record in the inaugural FIBA U17 World Championship; started five games and averaged 7.4 ppg. and 5.0 rpg. in fewer than 18 minutes a game.
• Helped the U.S. earn a 2-1 record to capture a pre-U17 World Championship tournament title in Spain against U17 national teams from Australia, Canada and Spain.
• Named to the 2009 USA Women's U16 National Team on May 31, 2009, but could not play due to a knee injury.

College Notes:

• Has verbally committed to attend and compete for Connecticut in 2012-13.

High School Honors:

• USA Today All-USA second team (2010) and third team (2011).
• Parade Magazine All-America second team (2010) and third team (2009).
• ESPN Rise National Freshman of the Year (2009) and National Sophomore of the Year (2010).
• Illlinois Ms. Basketball (2009), becoming the first Illinois freshman to earn the award.
• Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State first team (2009, 2010, 2011); one of only two freshmen to list on any of the three all-state teams in 2009.
• All-conference first team (2009, 2010, 2011).

High School Notes:

• Attends Bolingbrook High School (Ill.), where in three varsity seasons, she has compiled 1,539 points, 652 rebounds and 97 assists and a 83-7 overall record.
• As a junior in 2010-11, averaged 20.7 ppg. and 6.3 rpg., while shooting 62.4 percent from the field and 75.7 percent from the line as Bolingbrook posted a 29-2 record, its third straight Illinois Class 4A state title and a final No. 2 ranking in the USA Today Super 25.
• As a sophomore in 2009-10, started in all 30 games played and averaged 18.2 ppg. and 7.5 rpg. to help her team to a
  29-1 record, the Illinois Class 4A state title and a No. 5 final ranking in the USA Today Super 25.
• As a freshman in 2008-09, started in 26 of 29 games played and averaged 18.7 ppg., 11.0 rpg., 1.0 apg. and 2.0 bpg. to help Bolingbrook to a 25-4 record, a 4A state title and a No. 5 final ranking in the USA Today Super 25.
• Totalled 452 points and 271 rebounds in 2008-09.
• Has played AAU for Illinois Central Elite since 2007, winning the 2002 AAU 12U national championship.

Personal Notes:

• Born on April 30, 1994, in Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Daughter of Lydia and David Tuck; has one older sister, Taylor.
• Is a member of the National Honor Society.
• Father played basketball at Ferris State University.

The Inside Scoop:

• Has post-basketball ambitions of: owning her own clothing store.
• Last book read for pleasure: “Coffee Will Make You Black” by April Sinclair.
• Favorite class: honors economics.
• Least favorite class: honors physics.
• Is learning: Spanish.
• Favorite takeout food: Panda Express: orange chicken, broccoli beef, chow mein.
• Favorite meal to make at home: spaghetti.
• If not for basketball, would want to excel at: golf.
• When she was five, wanted to be: a teacher.
• If she could live in any city, it would be: Beirut, Lebanon.
• Next big purchase will be: clothes.
• Most read online newspaper: The Chicago Tribune.
• Favorite magazines: Cosmopolitan, Vogue.
• Favorite piece of clothing: her Nike flip flops.
• Most prized possession: her cell phone.
• Favorite sport other than basketball: bowling.
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Kobe Bryant.
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Michael Phelps.
• Strangest place ever played basketball: in the car.
• Best hoops game ever watched: Bulls versus Heat in Game 1 of the 2011 NBA Conference Finals.
• Best player ever faced: Skylar Digins.
• Wants to go one-on-one against: Kobe Bryant.
• Most impressive person ever met: Pat Riley, she wants his job.
• Away from the court, enjoys: bowling.
• Most people don’t know: she can juggle.
• Most interesting place ever visited: Conques, France, because “it was like being in a history book.”
• First basketball memory: crying because she couldn’t play center.
• If she weren’t playing basketball, would pursue this following high school: still going to college.
• This right-hander wears No. 44 because: for no reason.
• First overseas trip was: to Spain and France for the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship.

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