Who Is Grayson Allen’s Wife? All About Former Soccer Star Morgan Reid

Grayson Allen and his wife, Morgan Reid, connected over their sports careers.

The Phoenix Suns shooting guard met his wife while attending Duke University, where they both played on the school’s championship-winning sports teams — Allen on the Duke Blue Devils basketball team and Reid on the soccer team.

While growing up in Cary, N.C., Reid spent her childhood rooting for the school, as she said in a 2014 Duke athletics interview. She also shared that her favorite sport to watch other than soccer was basketball. Coincidentally, just a few months later, she met breakout basketball star Allen — though the two didn’t begin dating until their senior year of college.

After their graduation in 2018, Allen was recruited to play in the NBA for the Utah Jazz (before he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks and then the Phoenix Suns) and Reid was recruited to the North Carolina Courage National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team, before moving to the Orlando Pride. Reid said being long-distance was difficult at first.

“We started dating in college, and that’s simple because you’re at the same place. And you take it for granted how close you are to your significant other,” Reid said in a Phoenix Suns interview in February 2024, adding that they spent the off-seasons together in their respective cities. After a career-ending surgery for Reid in 2020, the couple were able to spend more time together. “There’s always silver linings,” she said.

Allen and Reid married in 2022 and welcomed their first child — daughter Emslie — in October 2024.

So, who is Grayson Allen’s wife? Here’s everything to know about former soccer star Morgan Reid and her relationship with the NBA player.

They met at Duke University

Allen and Reid met while attending Duke University in 2014. The two became friends during their freshman year, but didn’t start dating until a few years later.

“We were best friends since freshman year, and I had this feeling that you might have liked me,” Reid said to Allen in an interview with Whistle Sports in 2022, adding that their first kiss was in her apartment during their senior year.

At Duke, Reid studied evolutionary anthropology and anatomy while playing soccer, and Allen studied psychology while playing basketball, per Duke’s website.

Upon their graduation in 2018, Allen and Reid were both drafted into their respective sports professionally — Allen to the Utah Jazz and Reid to the North Carolina Courage NWSL team.

She’s a former professional soccer player

Similar to Allen’s basketball prowess, Reid is an impressive athlete in her own right.

After leading her region and district in high school soccer, Reid was recruited to Duke, according to a 2014 interview with the college athletics department. During her time at Duke, her success only continued — starting in a total of 18 games as a freshman, according to Sports Illustrated, and 26 games as a senior, per her Duke roster page.

When she graduated in 2018, she was drafted to the NWSL for the North Carolina Courage. After a year with the team, she was traded to the Orlando Pride, where she later missed the 2020 season as a result of an injury that snowballed into her eventual retirement.

In 2022, she shared a post on her blog about why she had to leave the NWSL after a serious labral tear that was eventually treated with surgery.

“I am filled with hope that my body will get close to feeling like itself again,” Reid wrote. “And that I will be able to do most of the things I love and that bring me joy, pain free.”

They got engaged in 2022

Allen and Reid got engaged in February 2022, and both shared photos of the beachside proposal on Instagram.

“My forever person ❤️🥰💍,” they both captioned their respective social media posts about the engagement, which included photos of Allen down on one knee and the couple kissing at sunset.

A few months later, they also shared snaps of a formal photoshoot on the beach — along with their dog, Teddy, a mini Bernese mountain dog that they adopted in 2019.

They married in July 2022

Less than six months after their engagement, Allen and Reid married on July 23, 2022.

The couple tied the knot at Nestldown, an event venue in Los Gatos, Calif., according to Instagram posts from the couple.

Allen and Reid held their ceremony outdoors — which included their dog, Teddy, as ring-bearer — amongst the property’s giant Redwood trees, followed by a reception in a barn-like event space.

They welcomed their daughter in October 2024

Allen and Reid welcomed their first child together — their daughter, Emslie May — on Oct. 26, 2024, per the Arizona Republic.

The two announced their pregnancy on social media in July, with an Instagram slideshow of them on vacation. “We can’t wait to meet you in a few months girlie,” Allen and Reid captioned the shared post.

In October, Allen missed a Phoenix Suns game against the Los Angeles Lakers to be present for his daughter’s birth, according to the Arizona Republic. “I was in go mode, counting down the time of getting there when I can be with [my wife],” he told the outlet.

Allen also shared about their joy over becoming parents. “We’re very happy and excited to have our first kid here,” Allen told the Arizona Republic. “It’s not much you can say to describe it, but I’m really happy.”

On Jan. 1, 2025, Allen and Reid shared the first photo of Emslie on Instagram.