University of Tennessee Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Roster
C
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballUT
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballC/OF
/ SoftballP
/ Softball1B
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballUT
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
Jersey Number 7
Ashley Morgan
- Position:
- First Base
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 5-7
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Douglasville, Ga.
- High School:
- Chapel Hill
CAREER HIGHS
- At Bats: 5 (2x), last vs. Mississippi State (5/12/22)
- Runs: 2 (9x), last at Ole Miss (5/1/22)
- Hits: 3 (4x), last at Missouri (3/13/22)
- RBIs: 4 (2x), last vs. Mississippi State (4/3/22)
- Doubles: 2 (2x), last at Missouri (3/13/22)
- Home Runs: 2 (2x), last at Ole Miss (5/1/22)
- Walks: 3 at Mississippi State (5/6/18)
- Hit By Pitch: 2 (3x), last vs. Lipscomb (3/30/22)
- Hit Streak: 8 games (3/14/21-3/29/21)
- Innings Pitched: 4.0 at Mississippi State (5/5/18)
- Strikeouts: 2 vs. Tennessee State (4/3/18)
- Batters Faced: 20 at Mississippi State (5/5/18)
CAREER HONORS
- 2022 Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete
- 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
- 2021 All-SEC Second Team
- SEC Player of the Week (4/27/21)
- NFCA Top Performer (4/27/21)
- 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete
- 2017-18 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team
2022 - GRADUATE STUDENT
- FEATURE: UT softball players Ayala, Morgan make most of extra year
- Returned for her "super senior" season and started 58 games at first base
- Set a Tennessee single-season program record with 22 hit by pitch and finished her career as UT's all-time leader in the category with 51 HBP
- Ranked second on the team with 25 walks and a .419 on-base percentage
- Posted single-season career-best totals with 11 home runs, 23 runs scored and 150 at-bats
- Homered in her final at-bat as a Lady Vol with a solo shot in the seventh vs. Oregon State (5/22)
- Opened the scoring for UT with an RBI double vs. No. 16 Auburn (5/7)
- Crushed a career-high tying two homers and drove in three runs in a 10-1 win over Ole Miss (5/1)
- Smoked a two-run homer over right field in Tennessee's 8-0 over East Carolina (4/23)
- Mashed a pair of two-run homers to help the Lady Vols run-rule Mississippi State (4/3) and secure the weekend sweep
- Brought in two runs in Tennessee's 6-0 win against No. 6 Florida (3/25)
- Made her 200th career start in the series finale vs. No. 10 Arkansas (3/20), a 6-2 victory for the Lady Vols
- Mashed a solo homer to the bleachers in right center vs. No. 10 Arkansas (3/19)
- Roped a career-high tying two doubles as part of a 3-for-4 outing in the SEC opener at No. 8 Missouri (3/13)
- Recorded two RBIs and smashed a solo homer in the 9-1 victory over Austin Peay (3/8)
- Rocketed a single to right center that brought in two runs vs. Dartmouth (3/5)
- Walked in a game-tying run in the seventh vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (2/26) before delivering a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth
- Went 2-for-3 with an RBI single as the Lady Vols run-ruled UC Davis
- Crushed a solo home run—her third of the season—in UT's win over No. 24 UCF (2/19)
- Roped a game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the first vs. Notre Dame (2/17)
- Cranked her second homer of the weekend with a solo shot at FIU (2/12)
- Blasted a solo home run to lead off the top of the seventh in the season opener vs. UNC Greensboro (2/11)
2021 - SENIOR
- Tennessee's rock at first base, she started 41 of the 42 games in which she appeared
- Led the Lady Vols with a .379 batting average and ranked second on the squad with a .449 on-base percentage
- Hit .400 (26-for-65) in SEC play, ranking fourth in the conference
- Totaled a career-best 44 hits, eight doubles and six home runs
- Scored 12 runs and collected 30 RBIs
- Ranked third on the team with a 1.052 OPS and fourth on the club with a .603 slugging percentage
- Drove in two runs in a 2-for-2 performance vs. Liberty (5/22) in the Knoxville Regional
- Roped an RBI single to center field in top of the first vs. James Madison (5/22)
- Sent an RBI double down the right field line vs. Missouri (5/8)
- Tallied an RBI single in UT's 4-0 victory to open the series vs. Missouri (5/7)
- Hit 2-for-4 with an RBI double at Mississippi State (5/5)
- Knocked in the decisive third run with an RBI single up the middle as UT won 3-2 at Auburn (5/1)
- Drove in a career-high four runs with a pair of doubles vs. Georgia (4/25)
- Went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and RBI double in the win over Georgia (4/23)
- Hit a two-run shot over center field vs. Kentucky (4/4)
- Went 2-for-4 and recorded two RBIs against Kentucky (4/2)
- Brought in two runs in the win over Furman (3/29)
- Hit a solo home run over right field vs. Kennesaw State (3/24)
- Brought in two RBIs on a home run against Bellarmine (3/16)
- Recorded two RBIs on a home run in the win over Southeast Missouri State (2/20)
- Tailed a home run and three RBIs in the season opener vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/14)
2020 - JUNIOR
- Made 19 starts at first base
- Hit a .310 during the short season, including 13 hits, four of which were doubles
- Added eight RBI to the chart and one run
- Fielded eight of UT’s 17 double plays, tying for fourth in the SEC
- Recorded one hit and one RBI in three games (Kansas, Utah and Arizona State)
2019 - SOPHOMORE
- Recorded a hit against Boston on Feb. 9
- Went 3-for-5 with two RBI's, a double, a walk and a run against UIC in the Kickin' Chicken Classic (2/8-2/10)
- Went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs and a double against Rider (2/10)
- Notched a hit and an RBI against Notre Dame (2/15)
- Went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI against Utah on Feb. 16.
- Tallied a hit against Florida State (2/17)
- Recorded two RBI against Kansas in the Tennessee Classic (2/22)
- Went 3-for-5 with two runs and four RBI in two games against Virginia in the Tennessee Classic (2/22-2/25)
- Went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI against Bradley in the Tennessee Classic on Feb. 24
- Notched two hits, an RBI, a run and drew a walk vs. New Mexico (3/1)
- Blasted a two-run home run against BYU on March 14
- Tallied a hit with two RBI against Texas (G1) (3/15)
- Went 2-for-4 in a 2-1 victory over Missouri on March 31
- Closed out the series against Auburn going 2-for-3 with three RBI, a home run and a run
- Batted .264 and ended the season with 14 runs, 38 hits, 31 RBIs
2018 - FRESHMAN
- Hit a two-RBI double against Florida (5/11)
- Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team
- Hit a three-run home run in win over Kentucky (4/29)
- Hit 2 home runs and drove in 5 RBI’s in series at South Carolina (3/23-3/25)
- Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in win over Missouri (3/11)
- Recorded two RBI’s in win over Charleston Southern (3/3)
- Went 3-for-3 with a home run in 13-0 win over BYU
- Recorded a hit in each of the first four games of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
- Recorded seven hits and four RBI’s through Tennessee’s first 10 games
- Hit first career home run against UC Davis (2/10)
- Made Tennessee debut in win over Boise State, recording a hit in her only at bat (2/8)
HIGH SCHOOL/TRAVEL
- Played softball all four years
- 2015 Gatorade Player of the Year
- Won the school’s first state championship
- Also played tennis as a freshman, sophomore and senior
- Salutatorian
- 4.0 GPA
- Douglas County Board Scholar
- CHHS Honor Graduate
- Superintendent Scholar Award
- Georgia Certificate of Merit
- National Honors Society
- National Arts Honors Society
- Played on the Georgia Impact Premier Lewis travel team
- So Cal Athletics Invitational Champions
- Third in Colorado Independence Day Tournament
- Second in Kansas City USA Elite Select
- Seventh in PGF Nationals
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Gigi and Mark Morgan
- Completed her bachelor's degree in accounting in May 2021
- Currently pursuing her master's in business administration (supply chain management concentration)
- Lists Peyton Manning as her biggest sports influence
- Aspires to become a lawyer
- Recipient of the Crawford Accent' on Excellence Women's Softball Endowed Scholarship
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.25.25)
Sunday, May 25
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.24.25)
Saturday, May 24
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.23.25)
Friday, May 23
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Ohio State (5.18.25)
Sunday, May 18
