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15 Matt Morris

  • Position LHP
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 198
  • Custom1 L/L
  • Hometown Matawan, NJ
  • Highschool St. John Vianney

Biography

2015 Fifth-Year Season
Game-by-Game Stats
Staple in the starting rotation for the Seahawks… Made ten starts for the Green & White… Finished the year with a 2-5 record with a 6.39 ERA… Tossed 38.0 innings on the year and nearly averaged a strikeout per inning, finishing with 37 K’s on the season… Season-best seven punch-outs against LIU Brooklyn (4/4) in 5.0 innings of work. 

2014 Senior Season
Game-By-Game Stats

Turned in another outstanding season … Went 3-7 with a team-best 34 strikeouts, against 22 walks, two complete games (t-7th NEC) and a 4.00 ERA (15th NEC), including a team-best 2.25 during league play, over 78.2 innings (5th NEC) of work … Limited opposing hitters to a .266 average … Allowed two earned runs or less in six of his 13 starts but received an average of just 2.2 runs each time out… 2x NEC Pitcher of the Week … Went at least 6.0 innings in 10 of his last 11 starts … Struck out three and allowed just one unearned run, on four hits, over 7.1 dominating innings to help Wagner to a 2-1 win over Army (3/8) in the first game of a doubleheader … Lauded with NEC Co-Pitcher of the Week honors of his dominating performance … Struck out a season-high seven while allowing just two runs on six hits over 6.0 innings at No. 8 Cal Poly (3/15) … Garnered his second NEC Pitcher of the Week citation after going the distance in 1-0 win vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (4/12), surrendering just four hits and one walk over 7.0 innings ... Picked up his third win with 6.0 innings of one-run ball against Sacred Heart (5/10), scattering four hits with a pair of strikeouts … Earned a tough no-decision in the second game at Central Connecticut (4/25), allowing just one unearned run over 8.0 innings …  Also didn’t earn a decision despite giving up three runs over 6.2 innings at LIU Brooklyn (4/5) and two earned runs in 6.1 innings vs. Mount St. Mary’s (5/3) … Struck out six over 6.2 innings against NJIT (4/18) … Allowed four runs on just three hits in 6.1 innings against Bryant (5/22) at the NEC Tournament.

2013 Junior Season
Game-By-Game Stats
Hard-throwing lefty that was arguably one of the toughest starters to hit off of in the NEC … Went 4-4 with a team-best 42 strikeouts, against just 18 walks, four complete games and a 1.97 ERA over 50.1 innings of work … His four complete games tied him with teammate Ryan Casey for sixth most in the NEC and 45th in the Division I ranks … Limited opposing hitters to a .233 average … Allowed one earned run or less in nine of his 10 starts … Had a season-best 21.2 scoreless inning streak, spanning four starts … Played in 12 games, making 10 starts … Struck out five or more on five occasions … Named NEC Co-Pitcher of the Week after striking out seven while allowing just one unearned run in a dominating complete game, 7.0-inning effort in 3-1 win at Quinnipiac (4/27) in the first game of a doubleheader… Notched his second complete game victory in 3-1 win at LIU Brooklyn (5/10), striking out six while yielding one earned run on six hits ... Secured his first collegiate victory in 1-0 win over Saint Peter’s (3/28), scattering three hits with three strikeouts over 4.0 innings … Struck out a career-high nine in 5.0 innings of one-run ball in 8-3 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson (4/6) in the first game of a doubleheader …Capped his season with his fourth complete game effort, yielding just two runs on seven hits over 7.0 innings in the first game of a doubleheader with Bryant (5/17) … Recorded his first career complete game in narrow game-two loss at Monmouth (4/13) …Fanned five over 5.0 innings against Central Connecticut (4/20) and six vs. Mount St. Mary’s (5/4).

2012 Sophomore Season
Did not see any game action.

2011 Freshman Season
Game-By-Game Stats
Started two games before being sidelined due to injury … Posted a 0-2 record with an 11.05 ERA and three strikeouts over 7.1 innings … Made his first collegiate start against Kent State (2/25), striking out two over 3.1 innings … Yielded just three runs with one strikeout over 4.0 innings at Jacksonville (3/4).

Scholastic / Personal:
Played his prep ball at St. John Vianney High School under the direction of Mike Morgan … Earned three varsity letters for the Lancers … Won the team’s Cy Young Award while going 8-2 as a senior … Also hit .464 … Earned Shore Conference First Team Accolades … Was selected for the prestigious Carpenter Cup ... Born on November 17, 1991 ... Has two brothers: Dan (25) and Chris (18)... Dan played at collegiately at Niagara while Chris is a freshman at Seton Hall ... His father Paul played baseball at John Jay University and signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates … Is majoring in sociology at Wagner.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2011Freshman

    LHP
    6'0" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2012Sophomore

    LHP
    6'0" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2013Junior

    LHP
    6'0" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2014Senior

    LHP
    6'0" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2015Graduate Student

    LHP
    6'0" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2016Senior

    LHP
    6'0" 198 lbs
    15

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