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Erik Morrison
Erik Morrison

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Arroyo Grande, Calif.

High School:
Arroyo Grande

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 195

Position:
IF

Birthdate:
10/23/1985

B/T:
R/R

Career Honors & Records

  • Most Games Played by a Freshman (63)
  • Hit by Most Pitches as a Freshman (12)
  • 2006 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 2006 Academic All-Big 12 second team
  • 2007 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

    2007 (Junior): Hit .296 with a team-high 17 doubles, seven home runs and 44 RBIs ... Scored 41 runs and stole six bases ... Collected 14 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI contests ... Finished the season by hitting in nine straight games ... Recorded a season-high four hits with two doubles and a home run against Western Illinois (3/4) ... Went 3-for-4 with four RBIs against Baker (3/7) ... Had a season-high five RBIs in KU's win over Penn State (3/13) ... Drove home the winning run in the 11th inning of KU's first conference win at No. 8 Texas A&M (3/17) ... Hit a game-winning home run in the ninth inning at No. 25 Missouri (3/30) ... Team-best .391 batting average in games at Hoglund Ballpark.

    Summer 2006: Played for the San Diego Mavericks of the Western Baseball Association ... Teammate of former Jayhawk Dylan Parzyk.

    2006 (Sophomore): Started 65 games at third base for KU ... Hit .290 with a team-high 14 home runs and 52 RBIs ... Second on the team with 15 multi-RBI games ... Also had 21 multi-hit games ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored against No. 8 Stanford (2/10) ... Collected three RBIs and three runs scored at Lipscomb (2/25) ... Went 4-for-9 with three home runs and six RBIs in a doubleheader against Western Illinois (3/5) ... In game two of the doubleheader, he collected a season-high five RBIs ... Hit safely in eight-straight games from 3/10 through 3/29 ... Went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs at Kansas State (4/22) ... Hit a pair of home runs against Oklahoma State at the Big 12 Tournament (5/26) ... Collected two hits in the Big 12 Championship game against Nebraska (5/28) ... Also had two hits and three RBIs against Hawaii in the first game of the NCAA Tournament (6/2).

    Summer 2005: Played for the Santa Maria Indians in the California Collegiate League ... Led the Indians with 124 at bats ... Compiled 12 RBIs and swiped eight bases.

    2005 (Freshman): Appeared in 63 games, setting a new KU freshman record ... Started 62 games at third base ... Was hit by a pitch 12 times, tying a KU freshman record ... Had 12 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games ... Went 3-for-5 and hit his first two collegiate home runs against Western Illinois (3/19) while driving in seven runs, two shy of the school record ... Was 3-for-4 against New Mexico State (4/26) ... Scored a run and notched a hit in KU's season opener against Hawaii-Hilo.

    High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Arroyo Grande High School ... Helped lead his team to two conference championships ... Set the school record for home runs and RBIs ... Selected first team all-league after his sophomore and junior seasons, and conference MVP following his senior season ... Selected as county Player of the Year and all-state first team following the 2004 season ... Coached by Brad Lachmann ... Played for the Firestone Rangers when they won the USABF 18 and under World Series in 2003.

    Personal: Born Oct. 23, 1985, to parents Michael and Debi Morrison ... His father, Michael, was on the crew team at the University of Cal-Irvine ... Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 49th round of the 2007 MLB Amateur Draft ... Majoring in sports science.

    Morrison's Career Stats
    Year	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	Slg%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OBA	SF	SH	SB-ATT
    2005	.221	63-62	204	32	45	9	1	3	36	65	.319	11	12	48	3	.296	3	4	1-1
    2006	.290	65-65	245	47	71	15	0	14	52	128	.522	17	5	49	5	.344	3	1	7-7
    2007	.296	56-56	213	41	63	17	0	7	44	101	.474	14	12	30	4	.396	2	1	6-6
    Career	.270	184-183	662	120	179	41	1	24	132	294	.444	42	29	127	12	.337	8	6	14-14	

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