The 6-foot-3, 140-pound sophomore raced to the Class 5A individual state championship this past season with a time of 14:58.9. Morris took second at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in 15:23.3, earning All-American honors, and finished third at the Foot Locker South Regional championships. He also won the Paschal Invitational, the Falcon Fast Invitational, the District 6 championships and the Region 1 championships.
Morris has maintained a 3.69 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his junior year of high school this fall.
Morris has volunteered locally on behalf of youth running programs and has collected athletic equipment for underprivileged Kenyan athletes.
