Blake Morgan Brings in Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Honor

TUCSON, Ariz. – Old Dominion baseball starting pitcher Blake Morgan was named a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, the organization announced.
 
A freshman from Marleton, New Jersey, Morgan is the fourth-straight ODU freshman to receive All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball. He joins Carter Trice (2021), Chris Dengler (2020) and Andy Garriola (2019).
 
Morgan went 8-0 on the hill with a 1.69 ERA that ranks sixth in the country and leads Conference USA. In 69.1 innings, he struck out 66 and walked eight, while opponents hit just .216 off the lefty.  The Monarchs were 12-1 in games Morgan started on the mound.
 
He ranks seventh in the country with an 8.25 strikeout to walk ratio, ninth in the country with 1.04 walks allowed per nine innings and is 12th in WHIP (Walks and hits per inning pitched) at .94.
 
In his 13 starts, Morgan allowed more than two earned runs just twice and 11 times gave up one run or less. He did not give up a run in his first four Conference USA starts, and his scoreless streaked reached 26.2 innings until he gave up a run at Southern Miss. In that USM win, he pitched seven innings, allowing the one run with five strikeouts and did not walk a batter.
 
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ODU Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-Americans