Wom BB 04-05

Angie Morton - Head Coach
Angie Morton begins
her seventh season
at the helm of
the Catawba College
women’s basketball program.
Catawba has compiled
a 96-76 mark in her
previous seasons.
In her first season, she
led Catawba to a 22-9
record and to both the
South Atlantic conference
regular-season and tournament
titles. The Lady
Indians also qualified for
the NCAA II Regional. Morton, a 1984 Catawba graduate,
returned to her alma mater after serving as head coach at
Pfeiffer University for seven seasons where she compiled a
98-91 record.
During her seven years at Pfeiffer, Morton guided the
Lady Falcons to a pair of Carolinas-Virginia Conference titles
and the school’s first NCAA II playoff berth in 2002-03. The
back-to-back 20 win campaigns, including a 24-5 mark in
2002-03, earned Morton consecutive CVAC Coach of the Year
honors. Morton was also a CVAC Coach of the Year in softball
in 2000 as she led Pfeiffer to the league crown.
Prior to her stint at Pfeiffer, Morton was the girls head
coach at West Stanly High School for eight years. She guided
the school to playoff appearances in all eight seasons and
was RRC Coach of the Year in 1992. She also served as coach
at Locust Elementary School and Knox Middle School.
Graduating from Catawba in 1984, Morton earned a bachelor
of arts degree in elementary education. At Catawba as
Angie Crayton, she earned 10 letters, playing basketball, softball
and field hockey. In basketball, Morton played in 86
games and averaged 5.5
points, netting a career
high 26 in a loss to
Wingate as a senior.
She added 163
rebounds and 107
assists. Morton was a
.367 career hitter in
softball with nine home
runs and 74 RBI.
Morton resides in
Albemarle with her husband,
Randy. They have
four children, Matt,
Keri, Krista and Tad.
Assistant Coaches
RICKY JOINES
Assistant Coach
Ricky Joines is in his eleventh season
as an assistant with the Catawba
women’s basketball team. He is a
2002 Catawba graduate with a degree
in physical education and recreation.
He also serves as an assistant to the
Athletic Director at Catawba and is
assistant director of the Cat-U Basketball Camps.
Joines came to Catawba after serving as head coach of the
junior varsity girls basketball team at West Wilkes High
School. During those three years he also assisted with the
girls varsity program. In 1990-91, he assisted with the boys
varsity team that won the Northwest 2A Conference title.
Joines earned an associate arts degree in 1996 at Wilkes
Community College where he played basketball for two
seasons.
He resides in Salisbury.
DORTHELL LITTLE
Assistant Coach
Dorthell Little begins her seventh
season as an assistant coach with the
Catawba women’s basketball program.
She is a 2003 graduate of
Catawba, earning a bachelor of science
degree in business.
Little played three seasons with
the Lady Indians after transferring from Armstrong Atlantic.
She was a two-time All-South Atlantic Conference selection
and earned all-region honors as a junior. Little ranks third
all-time with 95 blocked shots and fourth with 223 steals.
Over her four collegiate seasons, Little scored 1,132 points
with 948 coming in three years at Catawba. She ranks ninth
all-time at Catawba with 677 rebounds. Her career shooting
percentage of 57% is second best all-time. Little was a standout
at Richmond Senior High School, helping the Raiders to
three conference titles.
She resides in Salisbury.
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