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2012 Softball

17 McKenzie Morenus

  • Position:
    C
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Midland, N.C.

Summary

Biography

2012: Named to the Big South All-ConferenceSecond-Team ... Also named to the Big South All-Tournament Team ...Named to the College Sports MadnessBig SouthAll-Conference First-Team ... Played in and started 53 games forGWU on the season ... Split time at catcher and designated player... Led GWU and was third in the Big South with a .390 average inconference play ...Was fifth in the Big South with a .554 sluggingpercentage on the season, which ranks eighth in GWU's Division Isingle-season record books ... Was second on the team with a .317average for the year, which ranked in the top-10 in the Big South... Finished tied for fifth in Big South play with 23 hits ... Wasfourth in League play with a .464 on-base percentage and 33 totalbases ... Finished tied for second in the conference with threesacrifice files on the season ... Had four pickoffs on the year,two of which are in conference play, which ranked second in the BigSouth ... Recorded a team-high eight home runs on the year, whichis tied for seventh in GWU's DI single-season history ... Also hada team-high 33 RBI on the season, which ranks ninth in GWU's DIsingle-season record books ... Posted a team-high 13-game hittingstreak on the year ... Second on the team in hits with 44 ...Allowed only one pass ball on the season ... Totaled nine multi-RBIgames and six multi-hit games on the season ... Went 2-3 with ahome run, a double, four walks, four RBI, two runs scored and twostolen bases in the doubleheader sweep of Morgan State ... Was 1-3with two RBI in the 5-1 win at home over North Carolina A&T ...Went 1-3 in the two losses against USC Upstate ... Was 1-3 with ahome run, three RBI and a run scored in the 6-5 win over UNCWilmington at the Seahawk Classic ... Was 2-3 with a home run, awalk, two RBI and two runs scored in the Runnin' Bulldogs' 6-4 winover Tennessee State at the UF Lipton Invitational ... Was 1-2 witha walk and a run scored in the 6-0 shutout win over UNC Wilmingtonat the Winthrop/adidas Invitational ... Was 1-4 with a triple andan RBI in a win over South Carolina State ... Went a combined 5-8with a walk and a run scored in the three-game series at homeagainst Liberty ... Was 5-9 at the plate with two doubles, a walk,two RBI and two runs scored in the three-game conference series atCoastal Carolina ... Was a combined 3-6 with four walks and an RBIin the three-game series versus Campbell at home ... Was 2-4 withthree walks, an RBI and a run scored in the doubleheader split withCharlotte ... Had one hit in each of the three games at Winthrop,posting one RBI and one run scored ... Was 1-4 with a game-winninghome run, two RBI and a run scored in the 3-1 extra-inning win overCharleston Southern ... Was also 1-2 with a double, a walk, two RBIand a run scored in GWU's 5-3 win over Charleston Southern in gametwo ... Went a combined 3-7 with a double and an RBI in thedoubleheader sweep at home against Presbyterian ... Was 1-3 with anRBI in the 4-1 win over Radford ... Went 1-3 with a solo home runin the 4-1 loss at Radford ... Went 3-4 with two home runs, threeRBI and three runs scored in the 11-9 win over No. 7 Presbyterianat the Big South Championship Tournament ... Was 2-3 with a homerun, a double, a walk, three RBI and a run scored in GWU's 6-2 winover No. 3 Charleston Southern at the postseason championshiptournament ... Was a College Sports Madness BigSouth First-Team Preseason All-Conference selection ... Named GWU'sMost Valuable Offensive Player by her fellow teammates ... Wrappedup her career ranked second in GWU's Division I history in RBI with107, tied for second in home runs with 22, third in runners caughtstealing with 38 putouts, fifth in extra base hits with 53, sixthin doubles with 29, sixth in total bases with 251, eighth in walkswith 52 and tied for eighth with a career fielding percentage of.974 ... Also finished her career ranked 10th in at bats with 540,10th in runs scored with 66, 11th in hits with 152, 11th in gamesplayed at 192, 11th in games started at 191, 14th with a .281career batting average and  in GWU's Division I history... Earned a spot on the 2011-12 Big South Presidential HonorRoll.

2011: Played in and started all 46 gamesbehind the plate for the Runnin' Bulldogs ... Led the team withfive home runs and 23 RBIs on the season ... Was also tops on theteam with 11 doubles ... Posted a team-high .474 sluggingpercentage on the year ... Also led the team with 63 total bases... Was third on the team with 37 hits ... Recorded 15 runs on theseason ... Posted 12 multi-hit games and a team-high six multi-RBIgames ... Picked up a season-high five-game hitting streak ...Picked off seven runners ... Threw out 13 potential base stealers... Went 1-3 with a run scored in the 3-2 home win over Furman ...Was 2-4 with a double in the 3-2 win over UNC Wilmington at theSeahawk Classic ... Went 2-4 with two doubles and a run scored inthe 8-4 loss to Dayton at the Seahawk Classic ... Was 1-1 with adouble, two walks and a run scored in the 5-3 loss to Pacific atthe UF Lipton Invitational ... Went 1-3 with a double and a runscored in the 4-1 loss to Valparaiso ... Was 2-3 with two doublesand two RBIs in the win over Towson at the Winthrop/AdidasInvitational ... Was also 2-3 with a solo home run in the 3-1 winover Providence ... Went 1-3 with a double in a loss to ClevelandState and 1-3 in a 5-0 loss to UNC Wilmington ... Was 2-3 with asolo home run in the 4-0 win over George Washington ... Went 1-3with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored in the 11-9 game twoloss at Charlotte ... Went 1-4 with two RBIs in the 11-1five-inning win at North Carolina A&T ... Posted three hits,one of which was a double, and two RBIs in the double-header athome versus Winthrop ... Went 2-3 with a double and an RBI in thegame one loss to Liberty ... Was 2-3 with an RBI in the 4-3 roadloss at Winthrop ... Recorded a solo home run in the 1-0 win atCharleston Southern ... Was 2-3 with two RBIs in a 7-4 loss to theBuccaneers ... Went 3-4 with a sacrifice fly, three RBIs and a runscored in the double-header sweep of South Carolina State ...Recorded a double in the 11-3 loss at Coastal Carolina ... Was 2-4with a home run, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in the 8-7regular season finale win at Coastal Carolina ... Picked up an RBIon a sacrifice fly in the 2-1 win over No. 7 Winthrop at the 2011Big South Softball Championship Tournament ... Named GWU's MostValuable Defensive Player by her fellow teammates ... Earned aspot on the 2010-11 Big South Presidential Honor Roll. 

2010: Was a Big South First-TeamAll-Conference selection ... Played in 52 games, starting 51,splitting time at both designated hitter and behind the plate ...Was second on the team with a .281 batting average ... Recorded aslugging percentage of .477 ... Was third on the team with 27 RBIsand seven home runs ... Knocked seven doubles and one triple on theseason ... Had 15 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ...Went 4-7 with a triple, an RBI and three runs scored in thedouble-header sweep of S.C. State ... Was 1-3 with a home run,three RBIs and a run scored in the Runnin' Bulldogs' 9-4 win overUNC Wilmington at the Seahawk Classic ... Was 2-3 with a home run,three RBIs and a run scored in the 5-3 win over Mount St. Mary's atthe Seahawk Classic... Was 2-3 at the plate with a double and a runscored in the 6-1 win over UNC Wilmington ... Had a home run in theloss to UNC Wilmington at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... Went2-4 with an RBI in the loss to Providence College and 2-3 with anRBI and a run scored in the loss to Longwood at the Winthrop/AdidasInvitational ... Hit a two-run home run in GWU's 11-5 loss toCharlotte ... Was 2-3 with a double in the 5-1 loss at Furman ...Went 3-4 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored in thesecond game of the three-game conference series at Radford ... Hadtwo hits in the 2-1 eight-inning loss at Winthrop and in the 7-6eight-inning loss at Liberty ... Went 4-9 with a home run, adouble, five RBIs and a run scored in the three-game series withCharleston Southern ... Recorded two hits in each of the three BigSouth Championship Tournament games, recording a home run in theloss to Radford ... Totaled four RBIs and scored one run in thetournament ... Earned a spot on the 2009-10 Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll.

2009: Played in and started 41 games forthe Runnin' Bulldogs as a true freshman ... Saw action atthird-base, catcher, designated player and shortstop ... Was secondon the team with 24 RBIs ... Had 28 hits on the season, includingfour doubles and two home runs ... Led GWU with three pick offsfrom the catcher position ... Also threw out 10 potential basestealers on the year ... Recorded eight multi-hit games on theseason ... Was third on the team with five multi-RBI games ...Posted a five-game hitting streak during the year ... Got her firstcareer start in the season opener against Austin Peay ... Drove inher first career RBI in the Runnin' Bulldogs' win over Howard ...Picked up her first career hit in the loss to Lehigh ... Knockedher first career home run in the win over Winston-Salem State ingame two of a double-header ... Went 2-3 with a double, two RBIsand two runs scored in the win over Lehigh ... Was 5-6 with a homerun, a double, six RBIs and three runs scored in the double-headersweep of Winston-Salem State ... Went 2-3 with three RBIs in a lossto Radford ... Went 1-3 with two RBIs in a loss to Presbyterian ...Went 4-8 with a home run, a double, two RBIs and a run scored inthe three-game series at Charleston Southern ... Went 2-4 with anRBI and a run scored in the Runnin' Bulldogs' first round game ofthe Big South Conference Tournament ... Was 1-3 with a double and arun scored in the win over Coastal Carolina at the Big SouthConference Tournament ... Earned a spot on the 2008-09 BigSouth Presidential Honor Roll.


High School: Guided her Butler H.S. team totwo state championships ... Selected to the 2007 All-State Team ...Earned 2005 NSA All-Tournament Team honors in 2005 ... Recorded a.329 batting average her junior year ... Posted a .431 on-basepercentage during the same season.
 
Personal: McKenzie Jean Morenus was born onFeb. 20, 1990 in Charlotte, N.C. ... Daughter of Ron and KellyMorenus ... Has an older brother, Tyler ... Majoring inBiology.





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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2009Freshman

    C/1B
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2010Sophomore

    C/UT
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2011Junior

    C
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2012Senior

    C
    5'7"
    17