Morgan Bailey
Forward #41
Ht
6'
2"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Orem, 
Utah
Last School
Timpanogos High School
Roster Years
2010-2015


Before BYU

  • Four-year letterwinner in basketball
  • Spirit of Timpanogos Award for Athletics as a sophomore and as a senior
  • Region MVP
  • Team was region champs for the 2009-10 season
  • Region 4 First Team
  • 5A Honorable Mention All-State honors
  • Named Salt Lake Tribune All-State
  • Deseret News All-State
  • Named to 4A All-Tournament Team
  • McDonalds All-American nominee
  • First Team All-Valley
  • Averaged 17.0 points per game and grabbed 3.7 rebounds per contest in high school
  • Played three years with the Utah Flight Club

Personal

  • Parents are Roxanne Bailey and Carl Bailey
  • Has one brother and one sister
  • Uncle is Thurl Bailey

Get to know Morgan Bailey

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2011-2012

  • Saw action in a total of 25 games averaging 5.5 minutes of playing time
  • In the home game vs. Saint Mary’s tied her season and career highs in blocks and steals with two each
  • Tied her season and career best in the rebound category grabbing four in the home game vs. LMU on
  • 1/5/12
  • Played 11 minutes tallying four points and grabbing two rebounds in the home game vs. Nevada
  • Picked up season and career highs in points with seven vs. BYU-H
  • Played in her first collegiate game at Tulsa tallying five points, four rebounds and two blocks in 11 minutes of action
Sophmore Year 2012-2013

  • Recorded 13 games scoring in double figures and had two double-doubles on the year
  • Picked up season highs in points: 18 at Gonzaga on 1/17/13, rebounds: 13 vs. USF on 1/5/13, assists: 3, twice, last vs. USD on 2/7/13, steals: 3, three times, last vs. USD on 2/7/13, blocks: 3 vs. Portland on 2/21/13
  • Tallied a team-high 12 points in the semifinal game vs. Gonzaga at the WCC championships getting her 13th game scoring in double digits
  • Had 3 blocks in the home game vs. Portland for career highs in that category
  • Came off the bench to score 12 points and grab 8 boards in the road game at Pepperdine, the points are the 12th double digit scoring outing of the season and are the fifth in league play
  • Tied for game highs in points with 18 at Gonzaga while grabbing 5 rebounds, the points are season bests
  • Picked up her second double-double of her career with 14 points and 13 rebounds in the home game vs. San Francisco, the rebounds were game and career bests while the points tied for game highs and they marked the 8th double digit outing in points to date
  • Tied her career high in points with 15 vs. Western New Mexico, the points were the 7th double figure outing in points on the year and were team bests, a first this season
  • Grabbed a team-best 8 rebounds in the road game at Utah
  • Had 2 blocks in the game at Washington State tying her season and career bests in that category
  • Saw 14 minutes of action tallying 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block in the road game at Arizona
  • Recorded her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Dartmouth ... the boards were game highs
  • Started in her first college game vs. Weber State tallying 11 points, 7 rebounds while getting career highs in assists with 3 and in steals with 3
Junior Year 2013-2014

  • Finished the season in fourth place in scoring with a 10.7 average ... places second on the team in the rebound category, pulling down 7.0 boards per game ... has third most blocks with 13
  • Picked up her 17th and third straight double digit output in points with 14 in the Sweet 16 game vs. UConn ... also pulled down seven rebounds and had one assist
  • Tied her career high in points with 18 in the second round game vs. Nebraska, making it the 16th  time this year she’s recorded double digits in scoring ... had six boards, three assists and one block
  • With 13 points & 12 boards tallied fifth double-double of the year in the game vs. NC State ... the points mark the 15th contest with 10-plus points ...had one assist, two blocks and one steal
  • Tied her season high in blocks with two in the game vs. Pacific in the semifinals of the WCC Champs., on 3/10/14 ... had eight points, pulled down five boards before fouling out 
  • Recorded 14th game putting up 10-plus points in a game, tying for game highs with 17 vs. PEP at the WCC champs., on 3/7/14 ... pulled down eight boards ... had one block and one assist
  • 2013-14 WCC Women’s Basketball Honorable Mention Selection, Mar. 3
  • Picked up 13th game with double digits in points with 13 in the home win over San Diego... pulled down seven rebounds 
  • Tied her career-bests in assists with three in the road game at Pepperdine ... 
  • Returned to starting line up while tallying 14 points in the home game vs. Gonzaga ... pulled down four boards and had one steal ... had been sidelined with injury to Achille’s tendon
  • Scored 17 points for her ninth game finishing with 10-plus points in the game at Pacific ... had two assists, one steal and one rebound ... shot .800 (8-10) from the field
  • Picked up fourth double-double of the season from 18 points and 13 rebounds (both were game highs) in the home win over SCU ... had two assists and a game-best three steals
  • Scored 13 points and pulled down 12 boards for her third double-double of the year in the home win over USF ... also had one assist while going 3 of 4 from the charity stripe 
  • Went 4 of 4 in 3-point shooting against Utah for career highs in that category
  • Tallied 18 points which tied for game-highs in the home win over Arizona marking the fifth time that she has recorded double digits in scoring, the 18 points tied for career highs ... pulled down seven rebounds, dished out two assists and had one block
Senior Year 2014-2015

  • Named 2014-15 AP Women's Basketball All-America Honorable Mention
  • Named to the WCC Championships All-Tournament Team
  • Named the 2015 West Coast Conference Player of the Year
  • Ranks 20th all-time in BYU's prestigious 1,000-point club with 1,192 career points
  • Finished BYU career ranked sixth all-time in total rebounds with 762
  • Played in a total of 122 games, tied for 13th place all-time in that category
  • Nationally finished ranked 16th in double-doubles ... sixth in defensive rebounds per game and 25th in rebounds per game
  • Recorded 24 double-doubles in her career
  • Tallied 57 games with at least 10-plus points and 11 with 20-plus points
  • Played all 40 minutes in 10 games
  • Garnered two WCC Player of the Week citations
  • Led the team in rebounds on the year with a 10.5 average
  • Was team's second-leading scorer, averaging 17.2 points per game
  • Had the team's best field goal percentage, .506, (237-468)
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 2010-2011

Medical Redshirt Year 2010-2011



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    W Basketball | Jan, 23

    BYU cruises past San Francisco

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    W Basketball | Jan, 11

    Hamson leads Cougars past Pilots

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    W Basketball | Nov, 30

    Pair of 18-point outings down Arizona

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    W Basketball | Feb, 16

    Cougars maul Waves in 67-44 victory

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    Cougars maul Waves in 67-44 victory

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    W Basketball | Feb, 09

    Steed's 18 not enough in Cougar loss

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    W Basketball | Jan, 17

    Bailey's 18 can't push BYU past Zags

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    W Basketball | Jan, 17

    Bailey's 18 can't push BYU past Zags

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    W Basketball | Nov, 14

    Basketball Nets First Season Win