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S-123-03-04
Monday, May 10, 2004

Elizabethtown Senior Emily Morris Named to All-Region Softball Team

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior shortstop Emily Morris (Canton, PA/Canton) has earned all-region recognition for the first time in her career. She was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association (NFCA) All-East Region Third Team for NCAA Division III.

Morris was also recently named to the All-Commonwealth Conference First Team for the third consecutive year, and she received all-conference honors for the fourth year. In 2004, she batted .400 (48-for-120), and she led the team in batting average, hits, at-bats, runs scored (24), doubles (8), home runs (4), RBI (19), slugging percentage (.583), and on base percentage (.434). She also stole four bases and hit one triple in 2004. Her 48 hits this season was the second-highest season total ever at Etown, behind only the 54 hits she had in 2002. Her four home runs in 2004 was the fifth-highest single season total ever by a Blue Jay, and her eight doubles this year tied for sixth place all-time on Etown's single-season record list.

In four years at Etown, Morris batted .373 (168-for-451) with 85 runs scored, 51 RBI, 27 doubles, five triples, eight home runs, 13 steals, a .508 slugging percentage and a .425 on-base percentage. She holds the Elizabethtown program records for most career hits (168) and most career at-bats (451), and her .373 career batting average and 27 career doubles both rank second all-time at Etown. Her 85 career runs rank fourth at Elizabethtown, as does her career home run total of eight.

A two-sport standout at Elizabethtown, Morris also was a two-time all-conference player in volleyball, and she owns the Etown volleyball program record for most digs in a career.

Morris has also been a member of the Middle Atlantic Conferences' All-Academic team for the last three years.

The 2004 Elizabethtown College softball team finished 11-21 overall and 3-11 in the Commonwealth Conference.