2004 Softball Roster
Roster
Cassie Morales
- Position:
- Outfield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- St. Paul
- Hometown:
- Whittier, Calif.
Morales' Career Statistics
Finished her junior season ranked fifth in career batting average (.290), ninth in runs scored (36), fifth in hits (124), third in runs batted in (78), tied for first in doubles (40), third in home runs (14), second in extra-base hits (54), seventh in on-base percentage (.328), fourth in slugging percentage (.481), fourth in total bases (206), fourth in multiple-hit games (34) and third in multiple-RBI games.
Junior Year (2005): Named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team … Unanimous first-team All-BIG EAST pick …Was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on April 18 … Started all 48 games she played … Finished the season with a .292 batting average and six home runs … Led the Orange with 14 doubles, the second-most in school history … Also paced the Orange with 30 runs batted in to become the first player in school history to have at least 30 RBI in back-to-back seasons … Led the team with 20 extra-base hits, the third-highest season total ever at Syracuse … Also ranked fifth on the single-season ledger with 79 total bases … Had 14 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games … Batted .413 with four home runs and 20 RBI in BIG EAST play … Led the league with 26 hits and nine doubles in conference games … Also paced the BIG EAST in conference action with 47 total bases … Tied for third in home runs, and finished second in RBI in league play ... Tied for third in the BIG EAST in doubles and ninth in RBI overall … Tied the SU single-game records with four hits in game two at Boston College and five RBI in game two versus Rutgers … Orange went 13-2 in games in which she drove in a run … Had three hits and three RBI in the win against Cornell … Hit her first home run of the season in SU’s win at Cal State Northridge … Was 3-for-4 with three RBI in a victory against Cornell … Went 6-for-10 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBI in the doubleheader at Boston College … Was 4-for-7 with two doubles, a home run and eight RBI in the twin bill versus Rutgers.
Sophomore Year (2004): Third-team All-BIG EAST … NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Northeast Region Second Team … One of three players to start a school-record 54 games … Hit .318 for the season and tied Tanya Rose for the SU school record with 55 hits … Established a new Orange single-season mark with 18 doubles … Hit six home runs and collected 36 RBI, while striking out just 16 times in 173 at-bats … Led the BIG EAST in doubles … Tied for 13th in the nation in doubles per game (0.33) … Set a school record with 24 extra-base hits … Rated among the BIG EAST’s top 10 in runs batted in and total bases (91) … Paced the Orange with 16 multi-hit games, including five games with three hits … One of two players to have at least 10 games with two-or-more runs batted in … Hit .328 with runners in scoring position … Named the team’s co-Offensive Player of the Year … Had three hits and drove in two runs in SU’s 4-0 win against San Diego … Notched three hits, including a home run, and three RBI against Stony Brook … Also drove in three against Pennsylvania … Drove in four runs versus Pittsburgh in game one of the doubleheader … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Freshman Year (2003): Played in 37 games, starting 31 … Tied for second on the team with eight doubles … Hit two home runs and drove in 12 runs … One of only five players on the team with a slugging and on-base percentage of more than .300 … Went
2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI in her collegiate debut versus Louisiana-Monroe … Six of her first 11 hits went for extra bases … Hit her first career home run on March 2 versus Mississippi State … Drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning versus both St. John’s and Hofstra … Homered and drove in two runs in the first game of the doubleheader against the Pride … Had her third multi-RBI game with two runs batted in against Siena … Drove in a run versus Rutgers with her second pinch hit of the season … Had three hits in the doubleheader with Villanova.
High School: First-team All-Del Rey League as a sophomore, junior and senior … Second-team all-conference as a freshman … Whittier Daily News All-Area First Team as a junior and senior … Del Rey League MVP as a junior … Best Offensive Player at St. Paul High School … Long Beach Press Telegram Dream Team as senior … All-Los Angeles Times First Team … Named to the all-tournament teams at Canyen High Tournament, Rialto Tournament, Arroyo Grande Tournament as senior … Team and league MVP as a senior … Posted a .591 batting average with 11 triples, 34 RBI and only three strikeouts during her senior year.
Personal: Born March 1, 1984 … Daughter of Casey and Julie Morales … Father played baseball at the University of San Diego … One brother, two sisters … Majoring in hospitality and food service management.
