University of Georgia Athletics
Staiti and Morrison Tabbed All-SEC, Coombs Named Scholar Athlete
March 01, 2022 | Women's Basketball
ATHENS, Ga. — A trio of Lady Bulldogs and Georgia natives — Jenna Staiti, Que Morrison and Mikayla Coombs — earned All-Southeastern Conference postseason honors, the league office announced Tuesday.
Staiti garnered first-team All-SEC accolades, while Morrison was named second team All-SEC and landed on the league's All-Defensive squad. Coombs was named the conference's Scholar Athlete of the Year, marking the third time under head coach Joni Taylor a Georgia player has earned that distinction.
A native of Cumming, Ga., Staiti is one of just 27 student-athletes in program history to boast first-team honors. Morrison, who hails from Riverdale, Ga., joins Caliya Robinson as the only three-peat All-Defensive Team selections. Coombs, from Buford, Ga., joins Marjorie Butler (2016) and Haley Clark (2018) as Georgia's Scholar Athletes of the Year.
"Jenna, Que and Mikayla have made their home state and the University of Georgia proud," Taylor said. "We play in the best conference in the nation, so to be able to make the All-SEC team takes a lot of hard work. I am looking forward to seeing what they help us accomplish the rest of the season, and I know they will go on to do special things after they finish their careers here."
Staiti has put her name among some of the greatest players in Georgia history. The two-time All-SEC selection is one of just five Lady Bulldogs to score over 1,000 career points, bring down over 500 rebounds and block over 250 shots. This season, she has led Georgia in scoring a team-best 17 times and has scored in double figures in 52 of her last 63 games going back to 2019. Staiti was one of 25 players named to the 2022 Wooden Award Midseason Team and was one of 10 finalists for the Lisa Leslie Award.
Morrison has played in more games in a Georgia uniform than any player in program history. In addition to this year's honors, the 5-foot-7 guard was the 2021 SEC Defensive Player of the Year and is a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection. Morrison ranks near the top of the league in a bevy of statistical category this season as she is fourth in assists (4.5 per game), second in free-throw percentage (88 percent) and seventh in steals (2.1 per game). She has scored in double figures in 23 of 28 games with four 20-point efforts.
Coombs was the lone student-athlete selected to the NCAA Competition Committee and was also elected vice chair of the SEC Leadership Council. She has already earned her undergraduate degree in sport management and boasts a 3.82 GPA in her graduate program. She has been a member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll every semester of her college career and has twice placed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. On the court, Coombs has started 27 of 28 games and ranks in the top-15 of the conference with 1.5 steals per contest.
Georgia is heading to Nashville this week to compete in the 2022 SEC Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs play the winner of the Alabama versus Auburn contest at approximately 9 p.m. ET Thursday.
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