NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced Wednesday that former University of South Alabama soccer standout Briana Morris has been voted the league's 2019-20 Female Student-Athlete of the Year.

Morris becomes the first Jaguar female to ever win the award — Kevin Hill (2015-16) and David Kimani (1999-00) have claimed the male honor — after being selected one of the league's NCAA Woman of the Year Award nominees as well as the Jaguar Female Student-Athlete of the Year following her senior campaign.

As a senior in 2019, Morris was voted the Sun Belt Player and Offensive Player of the Year, was a first-team all-conference honoree, and was chosen the Most Outstanding Performer in addition to being named to the all-tournament team at the Sun Belt Championship.  Her efforts helped lead the Jaguars to a 16-4-2 record overall, an 8-1-1 mark to earn the Sun Belt regular-season title and the tournament championship as she was named first-team all-Southeast Region by the United Soccer Coaches as well.

In her final season at the collegiate level, Morris — who hails from Hoover, Ala.— led the league with 16 goals and 34 points to tie the third-highest season goal total in South's record books while also finishing among the top 10 in total points.

The President of South's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee her final three semesters in college, Morris was named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List after her last year in school.  She posted a 3.65 cumulative grade-point average in earning her bachelor's degree in accounting from the university in May.

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