| Morgan Bertsch | |
| League: | WNBA |
| Position: | Forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lb: | 173 |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
| High School: | Santa Rosa High School (Santa Rosa, California) |
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| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Draft Round: | 3 |
| Draft Pick: | 29 |
| Draft Team: | Dallas Wings |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Years1: | 2019-2020 |
| Team1: | WBC Sparta&K |
| Years2: | 2020-2021 |
| Team2: | Polski-Cukier AZS-UMCS Lublin |
| Years3: | 2021-2022 |
| Team3: | Arka Gdynia |
| Years4: | 2022-2023 |
| Team4: | Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen |
| Team5: | Chicago Sky |
| Years6: | 2023-2024 |
| Team6: | Uni Girona CB |
| Team7: | Phoenix Mercury |
| Team8: | Dallas Wings |
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Morgan Bertsch (born April 20, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. She was drafted by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNBA Draft. She played college basketball at UC Davis.
Bertsch attended Santa Rosa High School in Santa Rosa, California, where she was a four-year letterwinner on the basketball team.[1] As a junior, she averaged 13.2 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, earning first-team all-North Bay League honors.[1] As a senior, Bertsch averaged 17.3 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks per game and led the Panthers to a 28–5 record.[1] She set school single-season records for points (536), rebounds (336) and blocks (139).[2] Bertsch was named the North Bay League MVP and The Press Democrat All-Empire Player of the Year.[1] She was also an all-state high jumper on the track and field team.[1] Coming out of high school, Bertsch did not play any AAU basketball and UC Davis was the only Division I school to offer her.[3]
Bertsch played college basketball for the UC Davis Aggies. During her freshman season, she redshirted from the basketball team, but competed for the UC Davis Aggies women's track and field team as a high jumper. Bertsch finished in a tie for fourth at the Big West Conference Championship with a jump of 1.71m (5-07.25 ft).[4] She also competed as a high jumper during her sophomore and junior seasons, finishing fourth and third, respectively at the Big West Championships.[5] [6]
During her redshirt-freshman basketball season, Bertsch made an immediate impact for the Aggies. She broke the program record at the Division I level for points as a freshman and ranked second all-time for freshman at UC Davis.[1] She led the team in scoring and became the 6th ever Aggie to be name to the Big West All-Freshman team. She was also named to the All-Big West Second Team during that season.[7]
Bertsch continued her dominance at UC Davis and in the Big West for the next three years. She was named to the Big West First Team for the next three years (2016–2019).[8] [9] During her senior season, Bertsch became the all-timer scorer at UC Davis for men or women with 2,422 points and had her name all over the records books.[1] Bertsch tied a conference single-season record in March 2019 for earning a sixth Big West Player of the Week award.[10] She was also named the Big West Player of the Year in 2019.[11]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | UC Davis | Redshirted | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | UC Davis | 32 | 446 | .582 | .000 | .672 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 13.9 |
| 2016–17 | UC Davis | 33 | 520 | .505 | .500 | .724 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 15.8 |
| 2017–18 | UC Davis | 35 | 922 | .560 | .429 | .781 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 20.1 |
| 2018–19 | UC Davis | 32 | 890 | .496 | .479 | .832 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 23.6 |
| Career | 132 | 2422 | .531 | .458 | .761 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 18.3 | |
Bertsch was selected in the third round of the 2019 WNBA Draft with the 29th overall pick by the Dallas Wings.[12] In the following years, Bertsch was signed to training camp contracts by the Wings or the Connecticut Sun but was cut before each season.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
On April 18, 2023, Bertsch signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky.[18] Bertsch made it through training camp with the Sky, and was named to the opening day roster for Chicago.[19] She made her first career WNBA start in the Sky's season-opened against the Minnesota Lynx on May 19, 2023. She contributed 6 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assists, as the Sky won.[20] Bertsch suffered an ankle injury during a May game against the Washington Mystics, returning to play in mid-season.[21]
On February 6, 2024, Bertsch along with teammate Kahleah Copper were traded to the Phoenix Mercury for Brianna Turner, Michaela Onyenwere, a 2024 first-round-pick, 2025 second-round-pick, 2026 first-round-pick and a 2026 pick swap.[22] Bertsch's tenure in Phoenix lasted twelve games into the 2024 season before she was waived on June 10, 2024.[23]
On June 19, 2024, Bertsch signed a hardship contract with the Dallas Wings.[24] She played in three games for the Wings before being released from her hardship contract on June 25, 2024.[25]
|-| align="left" | 2023| align="left" | Chicago| 28 || 5 || 14.2 || .456 || .444 || .750 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 4.4|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team| 28 || 5 || 14.2 || .456 || .444 || .750 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 4.4
|-| align="left" | 2023| align="left" | Chicago| 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team| 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0