Danny Morrissey

Classroom

Danny graduated in May of 2008 with a degree in Finance and a grade-point average over 3.5. He is working on a second degree in Labor & Industrial Relations Management. He was named an ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District II first team selection in 2008 and is a two-time Big Ten All-Academic team selection and Dean’s List selection.

Character

Named a team co-captain, Morrissey has been a strong team leader since playing in all 30 games as a true-freshmanm. He suffered a season ending knee injury prior to his sophomore season and worked tirelessly to rehab the injury and returned to full strength a year later to lead the Big Ten in conference games shooting 49.3 percent (35-71) from three…His overall season percentage of 44.1 percent (64-145) ranks tied for the fourth-best mark in Penn State history.

Community

Morrissey places an emphasis on his community and has served it in various capacities.  He is a two-year team representative for SAAB (student Athlete Advisory Board) and has participated in Roar for Reading (read to elementary kids), Special Olympics, State College Food Bank collection, Operation Warm (collecting coats for the needy through Salvation Army), the Penn State Dance Marathon Canning (collecting money), and THON Dodgeball Tournament to raise funds to fight pediatric cancer.  In addition, he took time to speak to foster kids in Juniata, Pa. to encourage them to follow their dreams.

Competition

Danny has been Penn State’s leading three-pointer shooter in each of the three previous seasons he has played and enters his final campaign sixth all-time with 175 career threes, the second active leading three-point shooter in the Big Ten. He is on pace to end his career among the top three long range shooters in Penn State history. He led the Big Ten hitting 49.3 percent (32-71) from the arc in conference games in 2006-07 and looks to return to that form in 2008-09. A starter in 52 career games, Morrissey has played 91 in a Penn State uniform and owns a career three-point percentage of 38.9 percent. In 2006-07, he shot 44.1 percent (64-145) from three, and is still tied for the fourth-best season mark in Penn State history.  With 755 career points, he stands within range of becoming the Nittany Lions’ 29th career 1,000-point scorer. One of the Big Ten’s top deep threats, he has 23 career games with three or more treys and has scored in double-digits 32 times. A strong spot-up shooter, he also brings defensive intensity and a high basketball IQ to the floor and is the team’s top charge taker.