Atlanta Dream Sign Darxia Morris to Training Camp Contract

ATLANTA (March 20, 2017) – The Atlanta Dream have signed guard Darxia Morris to a training camp contract, the team announced Monday.

Morris, who originally signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Sparks before the start of the 2014 WNBA season, played in four games with the Sparks, where she averaged 1.5 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 7.8 minutes. In 2015, she signed a training camp contract with the Minnesota Lynx.

The 5-8 guard out of UCLA started all 33 games for the Bruins her senior year averaging 12.2 points, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals in 2011. Highly accomplished, she was honored with First-Team All-Pac-10 honors, Pac-10 All-Tournament and honorable mention Pac-10 All-Defensive honors after leading the Bruins to a 28-5 finish.

The Dream home opener is scheduled for Sunday, May 21 against the visiting Chicago Sky. Season and group tickets are available now. Single-game tickets go on sale April 2. For more information, visit atlantadream.net or call 877.977.7729.

The Atlanta Dream, who is celebrating its 10th season in the WNBA in 2017, will play its home games in McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus. Atlanta has qualified for the playoffs seven times, winning conference titles in 2013, 2011 and 2010.

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