Vicki Morrow is an American, former collegiate All-American right-handed batting softball pitcher and outfielder, originally from Pontiac, Michigan.[1] She played for the Michigan Wolverines softball team from 1984 to 1987. She was named Big Ten Player of the Year in 1987, selected to the Big Ten All-Decade Team, and inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 2004.[2][3] She has also been a softball coach at Rutgers University, St. Peter's College and Kean University.

Softball player

A native of Waterford, Michigan, Morrow attended Pontiac Catholic High School.[4] She attended the University of Michigan where she played for Hall of Fame coach Carol Hutchins and became one of the best pitchers in school history. As a senior in 1987, Morrow won 26 games, including 18 shutouts, struck out 446 batters, and was named the Big Ten Player of the Year.[4] In her career at Michigan, Morrow had 65 wins and 446 strikeouts in 700-2/3 innings. She also set a school record with four no-hitters. Morrow also played for the United States team at the Pan American Games as an outfielder, and won a gold medal.[4] In 1992 she was named to the Big Ten All-Decade Team (1982–1992), and in 2004 she was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.[4]

Softball coach

In 2000, Morrow was named assistant coach of the Rutgers University softball team. Rutgers coach Pat Willis announced the hiring, saying she intended to utilize Morrow as a pitching coach.[5] Prior to accepting the position at Rutgers, Morrow served as the head coach of St. Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey, and as an assistant coach at Kean University, totaling five years of previous coaching experience. Morrow had also worked as a private pitching instructor for several years.[5] Off the field, Morrow also played a role in establishing local youth softball programs, including founding the ASA's Morris County Belles, and has organized and directed pitching camps in New Jersey.[5]

Statistics

Michigan Wolverines

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1984 9 11 26 20 14 2 1 145.2 128 59 32 17 84 1.54 1.00
1985 15 5 22 17 16 5 0 154.2 126 36 24 29 75 1.09 1.00
1986 15 7 24 22 20 10 0 154.0 76 17 10 27 144 0.45 0.67
1987 26 9 38 32 31 18 0 246.1 157 45 28 41 143 0.79 0.80
TOTALS 65 32 110 91 81 35 1 700.2 487 157 94 114 446 0.94 0.86
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1985 42 112 26 35 .312 10 0 2 1 40 .357% 10 14 14 15
1986 47 146 24 50 .342 22 2 5 5 71 .486% 6 12 10 14
1987 56 166 30 48 .289 19 2 3 5 71 .427% 8 7 12 13
TOTALS 145 424 80 133 .313 51 4 10 11 182 .429% 24 33 36 42

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1987 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  2. ↑ "2017 University of Michigan Softball Record Book" (PDF). Mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  3. ↑ "2020-21 Big Ten Records Book" (PDF). Bigten.org. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ten Inducted Into Hall of Honor, p. 4" (PDF). M News: A Publication for Graduate Letterwinners. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  5. 1 2 3 "Morrow named as Rutgers assistant". Daily Targum. 2000-12-07.
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