Morgan Lavell (née Court born February 18, 1985) is a Canadian curler from

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Curling career

Lavell began playing on the Women's World Curling Tour at the 2007 Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiel. During her time on the WCT, she has won at the

2013 StuSells Toronto Tankard The 2013 StuSells Toronto Tankard was held from October 11 to 14 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario. The men's event was held as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour, while the women's event was held only as part of the 2013–14 Ontario ...

, the 2015

KW Fall Classic The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's e ...

and the 2017 City of Perth Ladies International. In major events, Lavell made her first

Grand Slam of Curling The Grand Slam of Curling (formerly branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that were formerly part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least Ca ...

appearance at the

2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling The 2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling, Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from November 14 to 18 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, the Paris Curling Club, and the Brant Curling Club in Brantford and Pa ...

where her team placed in 11th place. After not competing in any Grand Slam events in 2015, Court won her first Grand Slam title at the 2016 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling and lost the semi-final at the

2016 GSOC Tour Challenge The 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from November 8 to 13 at the Western Financial Place and the Cranbrook Memorial Arena in Cranbrook, British Columbia. This was the second Grand Slam of the 2016–17 curling season. The men's tier 1 fina ...

. Between 2017 and 2018, Lavell and her team had quarterfinal finishes at the Canadian Open in

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and

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and at the

2018 National The 2018 BOOST National was held from December 11 to 16 at the Conception Bay South Arena in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. This will be the fourth Grand Slam and second major of the 2018–19 curling season. The first all-S ...

. Apart from the Grand Slam tournaments, she has competed at the

2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 1 to 9 at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The defending champion Rachel Homan rink won their second straight title, with Homan becoming the youngest skip to ever win back- ...

and the

2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings for sponsorship reasons) were held from December 2 to 10 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ontario, Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario. The winners of the men's a ...

Golf career

Outside of curling, Lavell started her golf career as an intern at the 2009

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. The following year, she joined the Professional Golfers' Association of Canada as the administrator of education in 2010. She was promoted to managing director in 2013 and resigned from her executive position in 2016.

Personal life

During her childhood, Lavell began playing curling when she was nine years old and added golf as a young adult. For her post-secondary education, Lavell went to the

University of Guelph The University of Guelph (abbreviated U of G) is a comprehensive Public university, public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College (1874), the MacDonald I ...

for a

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in human sciences and a sports marketing postgraduate certificate from

George Brown College The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public, fully accredited college (Canada), college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Like many other colleges in Ontario, George ...

. As of 2020, Lavell is a self-employed online learning consultant. On April 20, 2020, Lavell was diagnosed with Stage 3

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. Lavell is married to Ryan Lavell. As of 2020, she and her family reside in

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. Lavell gave birth to a son, Max, in June 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavell, Morgan 1985 births Canadian women curlers Living people Curlers from Vancouver Sportspeople from Cambridge, Ontario University of Guelph alumni George Brown College alumni Curlers from Ontario Canada Cup (curling) participants 21st-century Canadian sportswomen