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Yemiyah Morris

b. 1998

American basketball player (born 1998)

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Born 1998. Yemiyah Morris is an American basketball player.

Yemiyah Aiyanna Morris (born November 27, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Joondalup Wolves of the NBL1 West. She played college basketball for Cochise College, Mississippi State and West Virginia. In her professional career, she has played in Greece, Turkey, Czech Republic, Israel, Taiwan, Australia and Mexico.

Early life Morris was born in San Bernardino, California. She attended three different high schools growing up, living in California, Florida and Nevada. She played junior varsity basketball at Lakewood during her sophomore year and was honorable mention All-Pinellas County as a junior.

As a junior in 2019–20, Morris played in 29 games for the Bulldogs and averaged 3.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 9.0 minutes per game. In the semifinals of the SEC Tournament, she posted the first double-double of her career with 11 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in a win over Kentucky. She finished with a season-high 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting in win over Murray State.

In the 2021–22 season, Morris played 25 games for the Mountaineers with four starts and averaged 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 7.7 minutes per game. In March 2023, she joined Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League for the rest of the season. In eight games, she averaged 19.5 points, 12.9 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 2.5 blocks per game. In 16 games, she averaged 11.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. In 19 games, she averaged 7.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. She helped the Lynx reach the WNBL grand final series, where they lost 2–0 to the Townsville Fire.

Morris joined the Joondalup Wolves of the NBL1 West for the 2026 season.

National team Morris helped Team USA win the silver medal at the 2019 World University Games, averaging 6.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game.

Personal life Morris is the daughter of Yema Manley and Angelo Morris. She has four siblings: Tyanna, Atonie, Tyrone and An'Taniyah.

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Mississippi State University, West Virginia University, Cochise College
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Who is Yemiyah Morris?

American basketball player (born 1998)

When was Yemiyah Morris born?

Yemiyah Morris was born on 27 November 1998.

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Yemiyah Morris is a basketball player.

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Yemiyah Morris is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yemiyah Morris

· Wikidata: Q119556273

· DBpedia: Yemiyah Morris

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