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18 - Morgan Zerkle
MORGAN ZERKLE
POSITION: Outfield HEIGHT: 5-8 BATS/THROWS: L/R HOMETOWN: Milton, W.Va. COLLEGE: Marshall mzerkleee
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zir-kle (rhymes with circle)
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Natasha Watley Foundation
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
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.
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.
PERSONAL
Currently working as an assistant coach at Miami University, leading the Redhawks to back-to-back Mid-American Conference championships … graduated from Marshall with a degree in exercise science with a concentration in clinical exercise psychology … earned her Master’s degree in kinesiology in 2019 with an emphasis in athletic administration and sport management.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
No. 26 overall selection in 2017 NPF Draft by Scrap Yard Dawgs.
ZERKLE’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
AUX
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2022 1338 12 12 0.385 0.467 0.513 39 9 15 2 0 1 5 6 0 5 20 0 0 1 3
TOTAL 1338 12 12 0.385 0.467 0.513 39 9 15 2 0 1 5 6 0 5 20 0 0 1 3
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 1710 15 14 0.426 0.426 0.511 47 11 20 2 1 0 8 0 0 9 24 0 2 7 7 2021 1576 14 14 0.300 0.321 0.580 50 12 15 2 0 4 14 2 0 10 29 1 1 6 6 2022 1046 15 15 0.319 0.400 0.489 47 9 15 2 0 2 6 7 0 10 23 1 0 3 4
