Elon University Athletics

Honors & Awards:
-2013 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
-2016 Coach’s Award (Team Award)

2016: Played in 32 of Elon’s 33 matches on the season, starting 15 of them…Tallied 174 digs, 42 assists and 10 aces…Had a season-high 14 digs at UNCG and added 12 at The Citadel…Posted 11 digs on Senior Day against Northeastern…Added a season-high seven assists against Charleston Southern…Earned the team’s Coach’s Award at season’s end. 

2015: Played in all 30 matches and started five on the season…Tallied 107 digs, 20 assists and five aces…Recorded a season-high 13 assists in a four-set match against Charleston Southern.

2014: Played and started 29 matches at the libero position…Led the team with 366 digs and 3.39 digs per set on the season…Also ranked sixth in the CAA in digs per set…Recorded a career-high 28 digs in a four-set match at Campbell (7.0 digs/set)…Tallied 96 assists and led the team with 21 aces on the season…Tied the Elon Division I single-match program record (second on all-time single-match record list) with eight aces against William & Mary on Oct. 31.

2013: Played in all 33 matches for the Phoenix as a rookie, recording four starts…Gained experience playing at both the libero and defensive specialist position…Led the team with 25 aces on the season…Finished second on the squad with 2.20 digs/set after tallying 262 digs…Tallied 59 assists to finish second on the team…Recorded a career-high 16 digs at Chattanooga…Posted a career-high five assists on three occasions...Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Three-time team MVP at The Elon School…Three-year team captain (co-captain as a freshman)…2011 Triad Athletic Conference Player of the Year…Four-time TAC all-conference selection…Two-time NCISSA-1A all-state selection…Helped team to the TAC regular-season title and the North Carolina IA state title in 2011 and state playoff bids in 2009 and 2010…Played club for Piedmont Volleyball Club, winning the Capitol Hill Classic as a part of Piedmont’s Mizuno 18s and finishing second at the Monument Classic…Earned The Elon School’s academic high honors every year…Member of the National Honor Society…Elected student government association secretary.
 
Personal: Full name is Morgan Deniz Busick Maner…Daughter of former Istanbul Technical basketball player Hal and Cindy Maner…Born October 22, 1995…Third-generation Elon student - preceded by her grandfather, Beamon R. Busick, and her mother...Majoring in public health studies.