All-Big Sky Second Team selection joins three other former Eagles playing overseas

Former Eastern Washington University standout Violet Kapri Morrow has inked a contract to continue her playing days overseas professionally with the Breidablik Basketball Club in Reykjavik, Iceland, the university announced in an Aug. 8 news release.

“I am very grateful to have the opportunity to continue playing basketball at the professional level in Iceland. I get to advance my basketball career while also traveling the world which is very exciting and I can’t wait to begin,” Morrow said in the news release. “I wouldn’t be able to do it without God, my family and my support system.”

Morrow, an All-Big Sky Second Team selection as a senior following a third team nod as a junior, ended her storied career at Eastern Washington seventh on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,357 career points. The Tacoma, Wash., native also finished her career with 545 rebounds and 145 career assists, becoming just the eighth player in school history to garner over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 assists in a career. She became the 18th member of Eastern’s 1,000-point club on Jan. 10.

As a senior, she appeared in and started 31 games, averaging 32.6 minutes. She scored in double figures in 28 contests, including over 20 points in 10 games. In a road matchup at Montana State on Jan. 19, Morrow poured in 37 points, which is tied for third all-time in program history for points in a single game. She scored 557 total points in 2018-19, good for an average of 18.0 per game to rank 67th across Division I and sixth in the Big Sky.

Morrow also crashed the Eastern Washington record book, setting a single-season program record with 126 free throws made on 166 attempts, which also landed her in the top-70 in the nation. She netted 189 made field goals, which is 10th all-time in single-season program history.

Morrow ended her career ninth all-time in program history in career field goal attempts (1,091), fifth in made free throws (320), fourth in free throw attempts (431), sixth in games played (125) and ninth in games started (96).

In her final season as an Eagle, she averaged 6.5 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.8 assists per game and ended the year with five double-doubles.

A member of the 2019 All-Big Sky Tournament team, she was also named Eastern Washington’s Big Sky Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was a four-time Winter Big Sky Academic team selection and graduated from EWU with her degree in criminal justice.

Pro Eags Update

Eastern Washington’s all-time leading scorer, Delaney Hodgins (2015-18), just signed a contract to begin her second year overseas in Finland, this time with the Forssan Alku in Forssa, Finland. Her rookie year overseas landed her in Espoo, Finland, playing for the Espoo Club where she averaged 19.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. She posted a season-high 28 points on Oct. 31, 2018 and scored over 20 points in 17 contests to go with 13 double-doubles. The Pasco, Wash., native was also named to the First-Team All-Finnish League.

“I am very excited and grateful to have the opportunity to play another season in Finland. I am looking forward to another competitive year with a new club and reuniting with some familiar faces from last year,” said Hodgins.

Former Eastern Washington forward Ashli Payne (2016-17) is heading to Nice, France to play for the Cavigal Nice Basket for her third season overseas. A Big Sky Honorable Mention selection her senior year, Payne played for the Eagles for two seasons before beginning her career professionally in Australia for the Gold Coast Rollers. Last year, Payne played for Topo Naiset in Helsinki, Finland where she shot 40 percent from the field and averaged 17 points, 11.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

“Playing in France and on this team in particular is going to be a great move for me and my professional basketball career. They have one of the most competitive domestic competitions in Europe so my goal is to move up within the divisions in the years to come,” Payne said. “I’m feeling extremely blessed and I’m definitely ready to be out there.”

Laura Hughes, who played for the Eagles from 2011-14, continues her career in A Coruña, Spain for the Hey Maristas Coruña.

 

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