Morgan Zerkle

2022 Championship Season: Collected 1,046 leaderboard points … started all 15 games and posted .319 batting average with two home runs and six runs batted in … one of six players to record a sacrifice fly … tied for ninth in the league with nine walks … stole three bases in four attempts … posted four multi-hit games, including back-to-back two-hit outings to end Week One … drove in three runs as part of 2-for-3 performance against Team Chidester on July 30 … also had two hits, including a home run, with three runs scored in Week One finale against Team Eberle … tallied a hit in seven of final eight games, including two hits in season finale against Team Chidester … served as a team captain during Week One. 

2022 AUX Season: Placed fourth in the league standings with 1,338 leaderboard points … earned three game MVP commendations … batted .385 while starting all 12 games … accumulated 15 hits, including two doubles and a home run … recorded five runs batted in while scoring nine times … served as a team captain during final series of the season … tied with Sam Fischer for second in the league with six multi-hit outings … hit a three-run home run against Team Mulipola on June 18 … closed season with eight hits over final four games, including three-hit performance against Team Fischer on June 25 in 10-inning season finale … scored at least one run in 8-of-12 games … served as a team captain during final series of the season. 

2021 Championship Season: Finished sixth in the league with 1,576 leaderboard points … ranked seventh with 1,120 win points and 376 stat points … authored .300 batting average while starting 14 games … third in the league with 50 at-bats … collected 12 runs, which were tied for fourth in the circuit … registered 15 hits to rank eighth in the circuit … drove in 14 runs, good for third in Athletes Unlimited … tied with Amanda Lorenz for sixth in the league with 29 total bases … went perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. 

2020 Championship Season: Earned share of fifth place on the inaugural leaderboard with 1,710 points … tallied 1,360 win points to finish third on the league leader list … posted .426 batting average with .511 on-base percentage … collected 20 hits, including three for extra bases … one of four players to record 20 hits … also one of 12 players to register a triple … tied for league lead with seven stolen bases in seven attempts … also tallied two sacrifice hits to tie for second in the league with six other players.

International Experience: Member of Team USA who earned Silver medal at World Cup of Softball and Japan Cup events in 2017 … hit .500 during 2017 World Cup of Softball with two runs scored and two runs batted in … also competed in 2016 World Cup of Softball as a member of USA Elite Team. 

Other Professional Experience: No. 26 overall selection in 2017 NPF Draft by Scrap Yard Dawgs. 

At Marshall: Four-year letter winner for the Thundering Herd from 2014-17 … one of three players in school history to earn NFCA All-America honors after receiving Second-Team recognition in 2017 … started 193-of-194 career games … authored school-record .451 career batting average with 13 home runs and 104 runs batted in … also scored 181 runs while registering 289 hits, including 25 doubles and school-record 14 triples … tied for third on school’s career stolen base percentage ledger with .876 (162-of-185) … one of 13 players in school history with 100 or more career RBI … holds three of the top four single-season batting average marks in school history, including program-record .506 average as a sophomore … also set single-season records with 89 hits and 62 runs scored in 2015 … one of three players in Marshall history to record multiple seasons with 40 or more stolen bases … ranks second on school’s career hits, stolen bases and runs scored lists … third in Marshall history with 381 career total bases … reached safely in 176-of-194 career games and tallied 88 multi-hit games, including school-record 34 three-hit efforts … also tied for first in career multi-run games (48) … Marshall single-game record holder with five hits against Bucknell on Feb. 14, 2015 … stole at least one base in 100 career games, the second-highest total in program history … opened 2015 season with at least one hit in 27 consecutive games, the longest streak in Marshall history … also fashioned seven straight multi-hit efforts during the streak, which is tied for first in the program’s record book … stole a base in first 12 games of 2015 season to set school record … led NCAA with 48 stolen bases during 2015 season … earned First-Team NFCA All-Region commendations as a sophomore, junior and senior …  three-time First-Team All-Conference USA selection who earned Player of the Year honors in 2017 … CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America recipient as a sophomore … finalist for Senior CLASS Award in 2017 … two-time recipient of Conference USA’s Spirit of Service Award.