University of Delaware Athletics
2024 Softball Roster
Hess, Morgan
Jersey Number 13
Morgan Hess
- Position:
- Pitcher/Outfield
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Freedom High School
- Hometown:
- South Riding, Va.
- Prev School:
- Presbyterian College
Bio
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2025 NFCA East Region First-Team
- 2025 All-CAA First-Team
- 2025 CSC Academic All America Third-Team
- 2025 NCAA Lineup of the Week (March 12)
- 2025 Pitched no-hitter against Monmouth on April 26Â
- 2025 Three-time CAA Player of the Week (March 11, April 28, May 5)
- 2025 Ranked #40 in D1Softball's Top 100 Mid-Major Player Rankings for the season
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District selection
- 2025 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2025 CAA Preseason Player of the Year
- 2024 NFCA All-Northeast First-Team
- 2024 All-CAA First-Team
- 2024 Pitched no-hitter against Hofstra on April 20Â
- 2024 Two-time CAA Player of the Week (March 5, April 29)
- 2024 One-time CAA Pitcher of the Week (April 22)
- 2024 Two-time NFCA Weekly Honor Roll Honorable Mention (March 5, April 23)
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team selection
- 2024 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2023 First-Team All-Big South
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District lineup
- 2023 Big South Home Run Leader (13)
- 2022 Second-Team All-Big South
- 2022 Big South Player of the Week (Feb. 22)
- 2022 three-time Big South Freshman of the Week (March 21, April 25, & May 2)
- 2022 Set single-season Presbyterian College record batting average, RBI, total bases, home runs, and slugging percentage
- 2022 Big South Home Run Leader (16)
- All-time Presbyterian College home run leader (29)Â
- Four-time CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
- Finished Delaware career sixth in program history in slugging percentage, eighth in OPS, and ninth in career home runs
- Third player in program history with two First-Team All-Region honors
- Became third player in program history with multiple no-hitters in their UD career
2025 SEASON
- Started in all 54 games played, including 30 appearances as a pitcher and 21 starts in the circle
- Hit .346/.411/.608 with 12 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 39 RBIs, and 36 runs scored
- Had 53 hits, 15 walks, and was 4-for-5 in stolen bases
- Went 11-5 with a save in the circle with a 2.53 ERA, seven complete games, and six shutouts
- Pitched 108 innings, allowed 85 hits, 56 runs, 39 earned runs, 40 walks, 73 strikeouts, and a .207 batting average against
- In 27 CAA-only games, hit .434./467/.807 with eight doubles, seven home runs, 30 RBIs, and pitched to a 1.87 ERA while going 6-1 with 36 strikeouts in 48.2 innings pitched
- Three CAA Player of the Week honors were tied for most in conference
- Was named to the NCAA Lineup of the Week on March 12 after hitting .538/.571/1.462 with three home runs, one double, one triple, and nine RBIs while also throwing four shutout innings with just three hits allowed and four strikeouts
- Hit a home run and was the winning pitcher in Delaware’s game against Drexel on March 8 and UNCW on April 6
- Hit two home runs and had five RBIs against Drexel on March 9
- Threw a 9-inning shutout in game one of a doubleheader against Rider on March 18 with nine strikeouts, then earned the win in game two with 3.1 scoreless innings - first Delaware pitcher to earn two wins in a single day since April 10, 2022
- Had walk-off sacrifice fly on March 30 against Elon to clinch season series
- Pitched 19.2 consecutive scoreless innings from April 5-April 15
- Went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two doubles against Monmouth on April 25
- Threw second career no-hitter on April 26 against Monmouth, striking out six in five innings
- Drove in all four runs and pitched a shutout against Towson on May 3
- Hit .545/.545/1.091 and pitched to a 0.78 ERA three doubles, one home run, and seven RBIs in final weekend series of the season against Towson
- Was the winning pitcher in an elimination game of the CAA Tournament against Hofstra on May 9 after pitching in the seventh inning, also drove in a run with an RBI double
- Hit .345 with runners on base and .364 with runners in scoring position
- Overall in the CAA, ranked first in shutouts, third in BAA and WHIP, fourth in home runs and hits allowed per seven innings, fifth in wins, sixth in ERA, seventh in RBIs, and total bases, and eighth in slugging percentage, OPS, and complete games
- In CAA-only games, ranked second slugging percentage, OPS, and shutouts, third in batting average, home runs, and total bases, fourth in hits, RBIs, and BAA, fifth in ERA, sixth in doubles, seventh in runs scored, and eighth in wins
- Nationally, ranked 13th in shutouts (6), 57th in WHIP (1.16), 65th in hits allowed per seven innings (5.51), and 99th in ERA (2.53)
- Had the eighth most extra base hits and shutouts and ninth most RBIs and total bases in a season in program historyÂ
- Ended career third in program history in BAA (.218), fifth in slugging percentage (.567), eighth in OPS (.939), ninth in home runs (13) and WHIP (1.16), 12th in shutouts, 15th in ERA (2.42)
- NFCA East Region First-Team
- All-CAA First-Team
- CSC Academic All America Third-Team
- Ranked #40Â in D1Softball's Top 100 Mid-Major Player Rankings for the 2025 season
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2024 CAA Fall and 2025 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2024 SEASON
- Appeared in 52 games, starting in 51, and pitched in 28 games, making 18 starts
- Hit .300/.327/.521 with 14 doubles, one triple, five home runs, 24 RBIs, and 19 runs scored
- Had 42 hits, seven walks, and was 1-for-3 in stolen bases
- Went 14-6 with a save in the circle with a 2.33 ERA, six complete games, and two shutouts
- Pitched 126 innings, allowed 109 hits, 56 runs, 42 earned runs, 38 walks, 66 strikeouts, and a .229 batting average against
- Had a .885 fielding percentage in 61 chances
- Pitched a no-hitter on April 20 in a 1-0 victory against Hofstra, allowing just two walks with three strikeouts
- Pitched 4.2 shutout relief innings in team debut with six strikeouts and one hit and one walk allowed on Feb. 9 against Youngstown State
- Went 2-for-3 with a three-run double on Feb. 23 to help Delaware to a win over Iowa State - the first Big 12 win in program history
- Earned win against Maine on March 1 by pitching 6.1 shutout innings with four hits allowed and striking out nine, and hit two doubles at the plate
- Earned CAA Player of the Week honors on March 5 after hitting .625/.667/1.000 and pitching to a 0.75 ERA in 9.1 innings against Maine and Fairfield
- Went 3-for-5 with two home runs, five RBIs, and three runs scored on March 16 in a win during game one of a doubleheader over North Carolina A&T, was then the winning pitcher in game two after striking out five in five innings pitched
- Earned win against Penn by pitching 5.1 shutout innings on March 20
- Went 2-for-3 with a home run on March 24 in a win over Stony Brook
- Threw a complete game against Elon on April 6 with just two runs allowed to earn win
- Followed up April 20th no-hitter against Hofstra with a three-hit shutout on April 21 - earning CAA Pitcher of the Week by having a 0.00 ERA in 14 innings and allowing a .065 BAA.Â
- Earned CAA Player of the Week honors on April 29 after hitting .500/.583/.1.100 with two home runs and six RBIs in three games against Towson
- Threw seven shutout relief innings to earn win over Towson on April 26, allowing just two hits, and went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run
- Pitched a five-inning complete game over Towson on Apri 28 to earn win, allowing just one run, and hit a home run
- Went 2-for-4 with a walk against UNCW during the CAA Tournament
- Went 11-0 during a 12-appearance stretch in the circle from March 9-April 28, pitching to a 1.66 ERA over that span
- Ranked fourth in CAA in doubles (14), fifth in wins (14), sixth in slugging percentage (.521) and ERA (2.33), seventh in sacrifice flies (3), eighth in batting average against (.231), ninth in shutouts (2), and 10th in home runs (5) and innings pitched (126)
- Had the fifth most doubles in a single-season in program history (14)
- NFCA All-Northeast First-Team selection
- All-CAA First-Team selection
- CSC Academic All-District Team selection
- 2023 CAA Fall and 2024 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll selectionÂ
2023 SEASON AT PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
- Followed up on her extraordinary debut year with a second consecutive All-Big South postseason accolade, this time earning a First-Team grant from the league after putting up more home runs than any other player in the conference (13)
- Needed only two years at the collegiate level to become PC's new all-time leader in total homers (29), balancing duties as the team's number two pitcher with DP and outfield responsibilities
- Tallied a slugging percentage of .603 as a sophomore, both the fourth-highest mark in the Big South and fourth-highest clip over a single year in Blue Hose history
- Her 29 RBI and 76 total bases were both team-high numbers, ranking second on the squad in runs scored (23) as well as third in hits (34) and walks (14)
- Gathered eight multi-hit efforts as a sophomore next to eight different instances with two runs batted in or better, equaling a career-high five RBI in a visiting capacity at East Carolina (March 19)
- Went yard twice in the same contest on three occasions, batting .270 beside a team-best .955 OPS
- Tossed 54.2 innings during Big South meetings when in the circle, claiming a personal win against eight schools overall next to 98 strikeouts
- Pitched the entire seven frames 13 times while earning a pair of shutouts, the highlight of which came in her first starting role on Feb. 10 in a 14-K one-walk blanking of Bellarmine, a contest where she also secured two runs, two RBI, and her first dinger of the year
- Threw four consecutive complete games from Feb. 26-March 11, a sequence capped off with another silencing of Queens at home
- Opponents batted .257 off Hess, the second-lowest mark among the PC bullpen, allowing the second-year star to reach 31 punchouts strictly in league affairs with two conference W's to her name
- Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District lineup after posting a 3.5 grade-point average, one of three players on the team to gain that recognition for combined efficiency on the field and in the classroom
2022 SEASON AT PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
- Generated arguably the greatest freshman season in the history of Presbyterian softball, setting a new school record in five separate offensive categories while splitting time between the designated player spot and the pitcher's circle
- Her .379 batting average, 50 RBI, 112 total bases, 16 home runs, and .848 slugging percentage all stand as the most by any Blue Hose member across a single season in PC history, while simultaneously leading all players in the Big South over the latter three categories
- Beyond placing first in the league in homers, slugging, and TB, finished inside the top three in the conference with 14 doubles (2nd) and a .453 on-base clip (3rd), the latter sitting in a tie for 2nd-place for a single year in Presbyterian's history
- Started 50 bouts at the DP slot with 26 separate appearances as a hurler, collected an astonishing 30 extra-base swings as a collegiate rookie while drawing 22 walks
- Completed 12 multi-hit performances, including a perfect 3-for-3 in a trio of meetings against NC Central (Feb. 18), Saint Peter's (March 4), and Winthrop (April 24)
- Helped send PC to the Big South Tournament Semifinals by virtue of a 4-for-4 dissection of Charleston Southern (May 12) that included a pair of home runs, a double, and a season-best five RBI to land the freshman on the league's All-Tournament team
- Found home plate twice in the same contest on eight different dates, driving in a total of eight runs in a four-game window during non-conference competition
- Reached base in 12 consecutive games midway through the semester, blasting two doubles and two homers in the postseason alone
- Proved to be just as formidable defensively as she was with a bat in her hands, piling up 144 strikeouts when enacting pitching duties - the second-most in a single year in school history - while grabbing 15 individual victories, ranking third all-time in Clinton for a single campaign
- Ranked inside the Big South's top five in ERA (1.76, 3rd), K's per game (7.94, 4th), and opposing batting average (.212, 5th)
- Tossed 12 complete games to the tune of six shutout wins in 127 innings, conceded two hits or less against seven different opponents while going the full distance in four Big South meetings, all victories
- Pitched at least five innings while giving up two runs or less against 11 separate teams, retiring eight batters or more against nine different lineups
- Named Big South Player of the Week on Feb. 22 following four straight W's by a combined margin of 40-2, batting .637 in those matchups on seven scores, two doubles, and eight runs batted in, pitching an additional 8.1 frames with 11 strikeouts on two hits allowed in back-to-back shutouts
- Earned Big South Freshman of the Week status on three separate occasions (March 21, April 25, & May 2)
- Punctuated her phenomenal freshman season by earning All-Big South 2nd team status
Bio: Named All-State, All-Region, All-Conference and All-Loudoun County in both 2018 and 2019... 2019 All-Metro honorable mention... Team was conference runner-up, region runner-up and qualified for the state tournament in both 2018 and 2019... Posted a 1.80 ERA with 205 strikeouts and hit .385 with five home runs... Was the Team MVP in 2019 and won the Coaches Award in 2018... Carried a 4.0 GPA and was enrolled in AP, Dual, and Honors classes... Member of the Freedom Eagles Leadership Team and the school orchestra... Played with Stars National – Belfield... Had a 1.01 ERA while also hitting three home runs in the summer of 2020... Named a 2020 Summer All-American... Helped the team finish as runner-up at the Florida USSSA Invitational and in third place at Myrtle Beach Nationals... Born Morgan Catherine Hess in Alexandria, Va., to Kimberly and Raymond Hess... Older sister, Kensley, plays softball at Christopher Newport University
Highlight: Softball 2024 Season Highlight
Monday, June 03
Highlight: Softball Senior Day - 5/5/24
Monday, May 06
Highlight: Softball vs. DSU - 4/10/24
Monday, April 15
Highlight: Softball vs. Drexel - 4/29/24
Saturday, March 30
