Morgan Johnson

Position:
UTL
Height:
6-1
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Evans
Hometown:
Evans, Ga.
Prev School:
Clemson

2025: Appeared and started in all 57 games for the Pirates, primarily at first base … Recorded numbers of .322/.644/.395 at the plate with 17 home runs and 47 RBI … Became only the second Pirate in the program’s AAC era to earn first team all-conference honors … Was named AAC Player of the Week after slashing numbers of .750/1.333/.750 with six RBI, two home runs and 16 putouts in three games … Earned AAC Honorable Mention on Feb. 17 and May 5 … Was ranked as the 12th best first baseman by D1Softball in the preseason … Recorded 247 putouts defensively at first base … Tied for second-most hits on the team with 58 … Her 17 home runs are tied for the third-most in a single season in program history ... Named to CSC Academic All-District Team ... Named to the American All-Academic Team.

2024: Started in 54 of her 54 games played at first base … Named to the AAC All-Conference Second Team and NFCA All-Mideast Second Team … Slashed numbers of .364/.648/.440 at the plate along with eight doubles, 13 home runs and 47 RBI … Recorded a team-high 254 putouts … Tabbed the seventh-best first baseman in the country by Softball America for the month of May … Her 13 home runs combined with teammate Emma Jackson’s 13 marked the first time since 2018 that two Pirates have each hit 10 or more homers in the same season … Named to the AAC Honor Roll twice … Held a streak of reaching base in 26 games from Feb. 17 to Mar. 28 … Hit four home runs in five games … Went 7-for-13 at the plate with 16 RBI and four home runs at the Pirate Clash … Her .364 batting average was seventh-best among AAC players and 47 RBI were fifth-best ... Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.

2023 (at Clemson): NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in 16 games as a pinch hitter ... Held a .308 average with four hits and one RBI this season ... Clocked her first hit of the season at FIU (Feb. 9) ... Tallied a hit and RBI vs. Kansas City (Feb. 11) ... Recorded a double vs. Bryant (March 10) ... Scored one run vs. Mercer (March 8).

2022 (at Clemson): Missed season due to injury.

2021 (at Clemson): Appeared in 30 games and started nine games, including five in right field and four as the designated player ... Hit .350 in 40 total at bats, with eight runs, three doubles, four homers, a .725 slugging percentage and a .480 on-base percentage ... Went 8-for-17 (.471) as a pinch hitter on the season ... Recorded pinch-hit double to lead off the seventh before eventually scoring in Clemson’s first-ever NCAA Regional elimination game against Troy (May 22) at the Tuscaloosa Regional ... Belted a walk-off home run as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the fifth in Clemson’s 8-0 win over Elon (Feb. 28) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll recipient.

2020 (at Clemson): Started in all four appearances before suffering an injury against St. John’s (Feb. 9) ... Earned her first career hit and recorded a pair of RBIs against St. John’s (Feb. 9) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll recipient.

High School: In 2018, team placed sixth in state while being named to the First Team All-Region ... In 2019, team placed third in state while being named to the First Team All-Region and GDAC All-State.