#18, Outfield, L/R

Morgan Zerkle

Marshall University '17

Hometown: Milton, West Virginia

2022 AUX Softball 4th Place Medalist

Morgan Zerkle is a 5-foot-8 professional softball outfielder from Milton, W.Va. She was acquired in the 7th Round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft following a collegiate career at Marshall.

Personal Life

Career: Named head softball coach at Marshall University in June 2023. Member of the AUSL Player Executive Committee.

Education: Graduated with a degree in exercise science and earned a master's degree in kinesiology.

Background: Did not become a left-handed hitter until her junior year of high school. Wears No. 18 because she likes even numbers.

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2020–2025)

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Collected 586 leaderboard points. Starter in all 10 games who tied for fourth in the league after being hit by a pitch twice. Boasted a .258 batting average with three RBIs.

2025 AUSL Regular Season: Second-leading hitter in the AUSL with a .419 average while pacing the league in hits (39), doubles (9), and home runs (9). Led the circuit with 93 at-bats and 75 total bases. Second in the league with 25 runs scored, 26 RBIs, an .806 slugging percentage, and a 1.239 OPS. First player in AUSL history to hit an inside-the-park home run.

2024 Championship Season: Secured an 18th-place finish with 1,330 leaderboard points. Starter in all 15 games who batted .316. Ranked second in the league with nine walks, a .447 on-base percentage, and a .973 OPS. Became the first player in AU history to reach 10,000 career leaderboard points and appear in 100 career games.

2024 AUX Season: Garnered a seventh-place finish with 1,196 leaderboard points. Batted .364 with 16 hits, two home runs, and nine RBIs. Established AU X single-season standards with five stolen bases.

2023 Championship Season: Posted 1,110 leaderboard points (30th place). Fourth-leading hitter in the league with a .366 batting average and third with a .481 OBP.

2023 AUX Season: Accumulated 866 leaderboard points (14th place). Starter in all 10 games, hitting .289 with 11 hits.

2022 Championship Season: Collected 1,046 leaderboard points. Posted a .319 batting average with two home runs and six RBIs.

2022 AUX Season: Placed fourth with 1,338 leaderboard points. Batted .385 with 15 hits and nine runs scored.

2021 Championship Season: Finished sixth with 1,576 leaderboard points. Hit .300 with 15 hits, 14 RBIs, and went a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases.

2020 Championship Season: Earned a share of fifth place with 1,710 points. Posted a .426 batting average and tied for the league lead with seven stolen bases.

Other Professional Experience (2017)

NPF: No. 26 overall selection in the 2017 NPF Draft by the Scrap Yard Dawgs. Appeared in 15 games with a .269 batting average.

International Experience (2016–2026)

Team USA: Won a Gold medal at the 2022 Pan American Championships, hitting .538. Earned a Silver medal at the 2017 World Cup of Softball and Japan Cup. Member of the 2026 National Team pool and competed in the 2025 Down Under Series.

College Experience: Marshall (2014–2017)

Career Statistics: Started 193-of-194 career games, authoring a school-record .451 batting average with 13 home runs and 104 RBIs. Scored 181 runs and registered 289 hits, including 25 doubles and a school-record 14 triples.

Senior Year (2017): Second-Team NFCA All-America recognition. Conference USA Player of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year.

Sophomore Year (2015): Set single-season program records with a .506 batting average, 89 hits, and 62 runs scored. Led the NCAA with 48 stolen bases.

Awards & Honors

All-America: Second-Team NFCA All-America selection in 2017.

Conference Honors: Three-time First-Team All-Conference USA selection.

Academic: CoSIDA Academic All-America recipient as a sophomore and senior. Finalist for the Senior CLASS Award in 2017.

YEAR	G	GS	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
2026 All-Star Cup	2	2	8	8	.375	.375	.500	.875	1	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	-
2026 AUSL Postseason	3	3	12	10	.400	.364	.400	.764	1	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	5	4	1	1	-	-
2026 Bandits	25	25	93	81	.333	.413	.556	.969	15	27	6	3	2	13	10	1	10	11	45	-	1	5	1
2025 All-Star Cup	10	10	37	31	.258	.343	.258	.601	2	8	-	-	-	3	2	2	4	-	8	-	2	-	-
2025 AUSL Postseason	2	2	7	7	.429	.429	.429	.858	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-
2025 Bandits	24	24	98	93	.419	.433	.806	1.239	25	39	9	-	9	26	3	-	9	9	75	1	1	3	1
2024 Championship*	15	8	48	38	.316	.447	.526	.973	8	12	3	1	1	9	9	-	6	-	20	-	1	-	-
2024 AUX Softball	12	6	50	44	.364	.429	.545	.974	9	16	2	-	2	9	3	2	6	-	24	-	1	5	1
2023 AUX Softball	10	2	41	38	.263	.293	.263	.556	8	10	-	-	-	4	2	-	5	-	10	1	-	1	-
2022 AUX Softball	12	-	45	39	.385	.467	.513	.980	9	15	2	-	1	5	6	-	5	-	20	-	-	1	2
2023 Championship*	15	8	52	41	.366	.481	.512	.993	11	15	1	1	1	3	10	-	11	-	21	1	-	2	1
2022 Championship*	15	-	55	47	.319	.400	.489	.889	9	15	2	-	2	6	7	-	10	-	23	1	-	3	1
2021 Championship*	15	-	54	50	.300	.321	.580	.901	12	15	2	-	4	14	2	-	10	-	29	1	1	6	-
2020 Championship*	15	-	49	47	.426	.426	.511	.937	11	20	2	1	-	8	-	-	9	-	24	-	2	7	-
Career Totals	174	89	645	571	.354	.410	.543	.953	121	202	30	6	22	104	54	5	88	811	310	6	9	33	7

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

Splits

DATE	HOME TEAM	AWAY TEAM	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
8/10/2026	Team Garcia	Team Ricketts	4	4	.500	.500	.500	1.000	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
8/9/2026	Team Ricketts	Team Corrick	4	4	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-

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

Highlights

Baylee Klingler’s Two-Run Double Leads Team Ricketts Past Team Garcia

Baylee Klingler broke open a one-run game with a two-run double in the sixth inning as Team Ricketts defeated Team Garcia, 4-1, in the final game of Series One of the 2026 AUSL All-Star Cup. Team Ricketts held a narrow 1-0 advantage through five innings before scoring three runs in the sixth. Reese Atwood started […]