Oklahoma State University Athletics
2022 Cowgirl Softball Roster
Roster
Morgan Day
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Tuscola
- Hometown:
- Tuscola, Ill.
2018 Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team
2019 Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
2020 Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference
2021 Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference
2021 First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
2021 Second Team NFCA All-Mideast Region
2021 First Team Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-AthleteÂ
2021 (Senior at Illinois State): Led the Redbirds in the circle, posting a 19-6 record with 29 appearances and 23 starts… Named to the Preseason All-MVC softball team for the second consecutive season... Landed a spot on the All-MVC First Team… Garnered NFCA All-Mideast Region Second Team honors… Earned a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team… Posted a 1.63 ERA in 163.0 innings of work… Pitched 19 complete games, including eight shutouts… Finished the season with a league-leading 247 strikeouts – the 16th most in NCAA Division I… Shutouts ranked No. 13 overall in Division I… Strikeouts per seven innings (10.6) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.06) ranked No. 7 and No. 8 on the year in NCAA Division I… Finished her career with 620 strikeouts, ranking third all-time… Tossed ISU’s first no-hitter in a decade against North Dakota State (March 14), becoming just the 10th Redbird ever to accomplish the feat since 1981… Turned in 11 double-digit strikeout performances… Held her opponents to a .181 batting average… Tossed four one-hitters… Just the fourth player in program history to eclipse 200 strikeouts in a single season.
2020 (Junior at Illinois State): Led the Redbirds in the circle, posting a 7-5 record with 16 appearances and 12 starts… Earned a spot on the Preseason All-MVC softball team on account of her stellar sophomore season in 2019... Posted a 2.76 ERA in 78.2 innings of work… Pitched eight complete games and two shutouts… Finished the season with a league-leading 123 strikeouts – the 12th most in all of NCAA Division I… Ranked 11th in NCAA Division I in strikeouts per seven innings (10.9), while leading the MVC in the category… Finished second in the Valley in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.73)… Tied the ISU single-game strikeout record after fanning 18 batters in a 5-0 complete game shutout of IUPUI (Feb. 28)… Recorded seven double-digit strikeout performances… Earned MVC Pitcher of the Week honor on Feb. 24 for her perfect 2-0 weekend at FAU’s “Strike-Out Cancer” Tournament, posting a 0.00 ERA, allowing just two hits in 10.2 innings of work, while holding her opponents to a .065 batting average…  Shortened season due to COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of events and championships by the NCAA.
2019 (Sophomore at Illinois State): Appeared in 39 games with 25 starts in the circle for the Redbirds... Earned All-MVC Second Team honors... Pitched a team-high 12 complete games to go with five shutouts... Earned a win over nationally-ranked Indiana (March 2)... Posted a 10-16 record with a 3.26 ERA in 154.2 innings of work... Fanned a team-high 156 batters, the 10th most in a single season by a Redbird... Earned MVC Pitcher of the Week on March 4... Struck out a career-high 12 batters versus Valparaiso (May 9) in the opening game of the MVC Tournament... Fanned 11 Crusaders in the regular-season finale on May 4, becoming the first Redbird to strike out at least 10 batters since Regan Romshek struck out 10 in 2015.Â
2018 (Freshman at Illinois State): Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week on March 5... Placed on the MVC All-Tournament Team... Appeared in 31 games with 21 starts in the circle as a true freshman for the Redbirds... Pitched a team-high 12 complete games, including a team-best four shutouts... Registered a pair of saves ... Posted a 9-11 record with a 3.22 ERA in 141.1 innings pitched... Fanned a team-high 94 batters... Made collegiate debut and first career start against nationally-ranked Florida (Feb. 9)... Tossed a one-hitter at Southern Illinois (Mar. 25)... Went the distance in 10-inning setback to then-No. 10 LSU (Mar. 2), giving up just one run while striking out six... Struck out a career-high nine batters versus Evansville (Apr. 13)... Started Illinois State’s pair of MVC Tournament games.Â
High School: Earned four varsity letters as a pitcher and outfielder at Tuscola High School with coach Leonard Sementi… earned all-conference first-team and all-area first team honors… Central Illinois Conference Champion in 2017… unanimous first-team all-conference selection as a senior… first-team 2A all- state and all-area honoree her senior year… News-Gazette and Herald & Review first-team all-area honoree in 2017… 2017 Herald & Review Area Player of the Year… Broke several single-season records as a senior: wins (27), strikeouts (280), innings pitched (182.0), RBIs (62)… Garnered the team MVP and batting average award in 2017… batted .526  with 10 home runs and .982 slugging percentage at the plate while holding a 1.07 ERA in the circle her senior year… helped her team to 2016 regional and sectional championships and a runner-up finish at the Johnston City super-sectional… batted .519 with  a .971 slugging percentage in 2016… member of the 2016 Central Illinois Conference championship team… collected a 21-4 record in 2015 and 2016 with two career no-hitters as a pitcher…was a 2015 all-conference and all-region honorable mention… played travel ball for BNGSA Avanti’s Angels… 2017 ASA/USA 18U Northern National and State Champion… 2017 USSSA 18U A State Champion… finished as the 2016 ASA/USA 16A State runner-up with travel softball team the Champaign Select Gold… also ran cross country at Tuscola, earning the bronze medal at the 2016 IHSA regional to qualify to for the sectional meet… member of National Honor Society and THS student council… held student officer positions of student council vice president, National Honor Society treasurer, and class secretary… four-year member of high honor roll.
Personal: Full name is Morgan LeAnne Day… daughter of Scott and Kirsten Day… sister to Griffin and Mason… born July 1, 1999 in Urbana, Illinois… graduated from Illinois State with a degree in public relations... currently pursuing a master’s degree in mass communications at Oklahoma State.
