Morgan Walters Season 2015

#22
PosIF / OF
Ht5-8
ClFreshman
HometownBuford, Ga.

FRESHMAN (2015)

  • Appeared in 35 total games, including 14 starts as a first-year Tiger
  • Hit .200 (10-for-50) with 18 runs, one double, two home runs and seven RBI
  • Proved to be effective on the basepaths, going 3-for-4 in stolen base attempts
  • Launched her second career home run in the series opener vs. No. 1 Florida (May 1)
  • Recorded her first career mulit-hit game vs. Northern Iowa (April 29), going 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a walk
  • Rocketed her first career home run in the series finale against Arkansas (April 19)
  • Secured her second career RBI vs. Illinois (March 25) with an infield single to third
  • Got a career-high four ABs in a start vs. SEMO (March 11) and swiped her first career base in the win
  • Collected her first RBI on her first career double, plating the Tigers’ go-ahead run in the eighth inning of
    an extra-inning win over Penn State (Feb. 27)
  • Recorded a pinch-hit single in her first collegiate at-bat, and came around to score in the 5th inning
    against Long Beach State (Feb. 19) in what was a 6-2 Tiger win

HIGH SCHOOL (BUFORD)

  • Batted .485 with a team-leading 17 home runs en route to a 37-1 overall team record and 2013 Georgia Class AAA State Championship as a senior
  • Finished her high school career with an impressive 42 home runs
  • Earned GACA All-State recognition, as well as Class AAA State Player of the Year and Region 7-AAA Player of the Year
  • Accounted for 60 RBI, 50 runs scored and 11 stolen bases (92 percent success rate) in 2013
  • While helping Buford claim its seventh-straight state title, set new school single-season records in OPS (1.673) and slugging percentage (1.087)
  • Batted .545 with four home runs during the state tournament, earning the Gainesville Times Player of the Week award following the event
  • Also awarded County Player of the Year from the Gwinnett Daily Post
  • Played first base, third base and left field for head coach Tony Wolfe

MOUNT PISGAH CHRISTIAN

  • Batted .500 with 11 home runs among 40 hits, accumulating a .598 on-base percentage and 1.075 slugging percentage as a junior in 2012
  • Earned GHSA Class A Player of the Year in 2012, as well as first team all-state and all-region recognition
  • Started every game at third base as a junior, helping the squad to a 25-9 record and GHSA Class A Private School State Championship
  • Started every game at third base as a sophomore in 2011, batting .521 with six long balls to help Mount Pisgah to the state championship semifinals
  • Picked up first team all-state and all-region honors in 2011, along with being named her team's offensive player of the year
  • Alternated between second and third base as a freshman in 2010, starting every contest and earning first team all-region
  • Also ran track and was a varsity cheerleader for the Mount Pisgah basketball team
  • Played for East Cobb Bullets club team
  • Helped club squad to top 10 finishes at the 18U Premier Girls Fastpitch Nationals in both 2012 and 2013
  • Showed power with three grand slams during the travel season in 2012
  • Coached by Greg Schnute, Patrick O'Reilly and her father, Todd Walters, while with the Bullets

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Todd and Kristi Walters, with a younger sister, Kenzie
  • Organized a charity for her 16th birthday that raised more than $1,600 for clean water projects in developing countries
  • Traveled to Costa Rica for spring break in 2012 for a mission trip
  • Intends to major in broadcast journalism at the University of Missouri
     
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Junior
2016

IF/OF
5-8 / -
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Freshman
2009

IF/OF
5-8 / -