
| Aaron Morgan #24 |
| Position: LHP |
| Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 |
| Class: Junior |
| Hometown: Sutherland, Va. |
| High School: Dinwiddie |
GENERAL
●Nasty lefthander who can be one of the most devastating pitchers in the conference if he stays healthy
●Has battled arm injuries throughout three seasons at VCU
2009/SOPHOMORE
●Made 19 appearances, second-most on the team, with one start
●Went 4-2 with a 6.75 ERA
●Had a team-leading three saves
●Accumulated 43 strikeouts in 40.0 innings of work
●Picked up the win in his first outing of the year, tossing a season-high 5.1 innings with three strikeouts against Central Florida (2/21)
●Posted a season-best five strikeouts against Seton Hall (3/10), UNC Wilmington (3/21) and Western Kentucky (3/29)
●Logged saves against Hofstra (4/3), VMI (4/8) and 25th-ranked George Mason (4/17)
2008/REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN
●Led squad with 1.40 ERA in 13 relief appearances
●Picked up two saves and a 0-1 record
●In 25.2 innings of work, tallied 33 strikeouts against just 13 walks
●Tossed career-high four innings, allowing no earned runs and notching four strikeouts against Bucknell (3/1)
●Posted a perfect 1.2 innings of work in home win over East Carolina (3/5)
●Struck out five batters in just three innings of work in home win over Longwood (3/18)
●Did not allowed an earned run from March 16th-March 30th, a span of six outings and 9.2 innings of work
●Picked up save against VMI after tossing three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit (4/8)
2007/FRESHMAN
●Pitched in five games, all in relief, before suffering an arm injury that kept him out the rest of the season
PRIOR TO VCU
●Played four years of varsity baseball and two years of varsity football for the Dinwiddie High School Generals
●Led baseball team to the Central District Tournament his junior season
●Three-time first-team All-District selection
●First team All-Tri-cities all four years
●Earned second team All-Region honors his junior year and earned second team All-District recognition his senior year
PERSONAL
●Son of Todd and Wendy Morgan
●Father played baseball at Florida State
●Majoring in marketing at VCU
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