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Morgan Foley

University of Indianapolis '16

Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky

Two-time Cowles Cup Champion (2016, 2017)

Playing for CURE Childhood Cancer

Foley loves working out and doing CrossFit, and plans on becoming certified to coach. She also gives pitching lessons and is traveling with her fiancé, who plays baseball for the New York Yankees organization.

Foley signed with the Chicago Bandits in 2016, becoming the first-ever DII player for the Bandits. She led her team to the 2016 Cowles Cup Championship. She repeated her success at the 2017 Cowles Cup Championship, only this time with the Scrap Yard Dawgs. She also played in Italy in 2017 for Collecchio.

  • NCAA record-holder for most strikeouts in a game with 30
  • NCAA record-holder for most strikeouts in a 7-inning game with 21
  • 11-time GLVC Pitcher of the Week
  • Four-time CoSIDA All-American First Team (2013-2016)
  • Four-time CoSIDA All-Midwest Region First Team (2013-2016)
  • Four-time NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team (2013-2016)
  • Four-Time All-GLVC First Team (2013-2016)
  • Three-time NFCA All-American First Team (2014-2016)
  • Three-time All-Academic GLVC
  • 2016 NFCA DII Player of the Year Top-3 Finalist
  • 2016 Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year
  • 2016 GLVC Pitcher of the Year
  • 2016 GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award (3.5+ career GPA)
  • United States Sports Academy's Female Athlete of the Month (Feb. 2016)
  • 2016 Academic All-America® Second Team
  • 2015 NFCA DII Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist
  • 2014 Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year
  • 2014 CoSIDA DII Ron Lenz Pitcher of the Year
  • 2013 GLVC Freshman of the Year
  • 2013 NFCA All-American Second Team 
Headshot of Morgan Foley

Career Stats

YEAR
W-L
ERA
G
GS
IP
H
SO
BB
ER
HR
B/AVG
HP
CG
SHO
SV
B
S
WP
2020 Championship*
0-3
9.26
12
-
22.2
35
17
17
30
6
.347
2
-
-
-
206
294
2
Career Totals
0-3
9.26
12
-
22.2
35
17
17
30
6
.347
2
-
-
-
206
294
2

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
W-L
ERA
G
IP
H
SO
BB
ER
HR
B/AVG
HP
CG
SHO
SV
B
S
WP
9/28/2020
Team PiancastelliTeam Ocasio
0-1
21.00
1
1.0
1
2
2
3
1
.200
-
-
-
-
15
12
-
9/27/2020
Team OcasioTeam Osterman
0-0
4.67
1
3.0
5
1
-
2
1
.357
-
-
-
-
15
33
-
9/26/2020
Team WarrenTeam Ocasio
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/21/2020
Team OstermanTeam Reed
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/20/2020
Team WarrenTeam Osterman
0-0
2.33
1
3.0
2
-
1
1
-
.182
-
-
-
-
21
26
-
9/19/2020
Team OstermanTeam Hayward
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/14/2020
Team ReedTeam Sanders
0-0
21.00
1
2.0
6
3
2
6
1
.500
-
-
-
-
28
39
-
9/13/2020
Team SandersTeam Osterman
0-0
5.25
1
4.0
6
3
3
3
1
.400
-
-
-
-
29
55
-
9/12/2020
Team PiancastelliTeam Sanders
0-0
4.20
1
1.2
1
-
1
1
-
.167
1
-
-
-
12
24
-
9/7/2020
Team HaywardTeam Ocasio
0-1
105.00
1
0.1
2
1
2
5
-
.500
1
-
-
-
15
15
1
9/6/2020
Team ShowTeam Hayward
0-0
14.00
1
1.0
3
-
-
2
1
.500
-
-
-
-
10
18
-
9/5/2020
Team OstermanTeam Hayward
0-0
7.00
1
2.0
3
2
-
2
1
.333
-
-
-
-
14
24
-
8/31/2020
Team PendleyTeam Fagan
0-0
3.50
1
2.0
-
1
5
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
27
19
1
8/30/2020
Team FaganTeam Wagner
0-1
21.00
1
1.1
5
3
1
4
-
.556
-
-
-
-
13
20
-
8/29/2020
Team WarrenTeam Fagan
0-0
0.00
1
1.1
1
1
-
-
-
.250
-
-
-
-
7
9
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

Two-time Cowles Cup Champion (2016, 2017)

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