Morgan Overaitis

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
IF
Height:
5-4
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Canton, Mich.
High School:
Salem

Sophomore (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Appeared in 30 games, starting 14 at second base, rightfield and designated player
• Posted a career-best .277 batting average
• Scored an insurance run in the fourth inning in U-M's 2-1 win vs. Boston University (March 6)
• Posted a hit, an RBI and two runs scored vs. No. 25 Texas Tech (Feb. 29)
• Batted .556 (10-for-18) at the season-opening USF Invitational
• Used an RBI single to plate the game-winning run in the eighth inning at USF (Feb. 8)
• Posted a career-high three hits and scored twice vs. No. 7 Florida (Feb. 8)
• Drove in first-inning runs in opening-day games vs. Georgia State and Illinois State (Feb. 7)

Freshman (2019)
• Appeared in 32 games, starting nine at designated player
• Registered a seventh-inning double against #12 Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament final (May 11)
• Knocked out a pinch-hit, seventh-inning home run at Michigan State (April 16)
• Tallied two hits and two RBI vs. Illinois State (Feb. 10); also posted two hits at North Carolina (Feb. 17)
• Posted a pinch-hit single in the seventh inning against #5 Florida for first collegiate hit
• Made collegiate debut vs. Florida at the USF Opening Weekend Invitational (Feb. 9)

Prep
• Graduated from Salem High School
• Four-time All-State first team (2015, '16, '17, '18)
• Named the 2018 Detroit Free Press Softball Player of the Year
• Salem High School 2017-18 Athlete of the Year
• Posted a career .586 batting average. .643 on-base percentage and a Salem school-record 38 home runs with 223 RBI
• Played travel ball with the Beverly Bandits
• Contributed to a 2017 PGF national championship, hitting over .415 for the tournament, and a 2017 16U Triple Crown national championship
• Named a 2018 PGF Central Region All-American
• Rated the No. 18 overall prospect in FloSoftball's 2018 Hot 100 Rankings
• Honor Roll; National Society of High School Scholars

Personal
• Morgan Nicole Overaitis was born on January 18, 2000
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in applied exercise science
• Daughter of Craig and Michelle Overaitis
• Father played baseball at Madonna University (1993-94)
• Has a younger brother, Tyler