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Jersey Number 23
Michael Morgan
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Catcher/Utility
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 185
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Va.
- High School:
- Paul VI
- Major:
- Communication Studies
Career Highs:
Hits: 5, vs. Rider, 3/1/20
Runs: 4, vs. Rider, 3/1/20
RBIs: 3, vs. Lafayette, 2/24/19
Steals: 3, at Towson, 5/19/18
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2021 as a Redshirt Junior:
Hits: 5, vs. Rider, 3/1/20
Runs: 4, vs. Rider, 3/1/20
RBIs: 3, vs. Lafayette, 2/24/19
Steals: 3, at Towson, 5/19/18
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2021 as a Redshirt Junior:
- Named to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Preseason Watch List.
- One of two players to play in all 28 games, starting 27 of them.
- Knocked in 13 runners while scoring 13 on his own.
- Had an eight-game hit streak during the season.
- Threw out eight attempted runners behind the plate.
- Hit a home run against Bowling Green (3/5).
- Recorded three hits against VMI (3/14) and William & Mary (5/16).
- Knocked in multiple RBI's on three different occasions.
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall '20, Spring '21)
- Appeared in 11 games, making nine starts.
- Batted .364, ending the season on a five-game hit streak and reaching base safely in his last eight games.
- Had a huge day, going 5-for-6 with four runs scored and two RBIs against Rider (3/1).
- Became the first Duke since 2017 to score four times in a game.
- Started 39 of the 47 games he appeared in for the Dukes
- Collected nine extra base hits, while slugging .323 on the season
- Went 4-for-5 against Elon, scoring two runs and driving in one (3/27)
- Drove in 12 runs for the Dukes, while drawing 23 walks on the season
- CAA All-Rookie Team
- CAA All-Rookie Team
- CAA Rookie of the Week (April 2)
- Started all 43 games played, compiling 46 hits, 18 RBIs and 22 walks
- Led the Dukes with a .311 batting average and a .404 on-base percentage
- Hit safely in 10 of first 14 collegiate games
- Notched two hits and a RBI vs. Elon (3/24)
- Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI against William & Mary (4/13)
- Notched two hits with two runs scored, a RBI, a double and a walk against UNCW (5/5)
- Turned in a three-hit performance against Hofstra with two runs scored, a RBI and a walk (5/12)
- Had a 2-for-3 outing against Towson with three runs scored, one RBI and two walks (5/19)
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