Jason Morgan

Position:
Right Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-6
Weight:
204
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fredericksburg, Va.
High School:
Chancellor

Junior Season (2017)
Finished 3-0 with a 3.92 ERA in 43.2 innings of work • Made 18 appearances and seven starts, striking out 36 batters on the year • Struck out five and did not walk a batter in four innings of relief to pick up the win over South Carolina in Charlotte on April 11 • In one of his best outings of the year, allowed just one hit over 4.1 innings of relief in a win at Florida State on April 2 • Won each of his first two starts of the year with 5.2 innings of work against Kentucky and Radford.

Sophomore Season (2016)
Won a weekend starting job during the preseason and made 15 starts in his sophomore season • Finished 3-3 with a 4.10 ERA in 63.2 innings • Struck out 47 batters and walked 32 on the year • Worked at least six innings in each of his three wins • In perhaps the best outing of his career so far, tossed seven shutout innings with five strikeouts in a win at Duke on March 20 • Went six scoreless against VCU on May 3 and against Fairfield on March 6 • Struck out a career-high seven batters in the win over the Stags • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll • Had a successful summer in the Cape Cod League, posting a 3-1 record with a 3.68 ERA for Orleans.

Freshman Season (2015)
Talented right-hander who will compete for a starting job after spending most of his rookie year in the bullpen • Finished with a 3.91 ERA in 23.0 innings • Made his lone start of the year against Coastal Carolina (4/7) and allowed two unearned runs in 3.1 innings • Did some of his best work against ACC opponents, going 2.1 scoreless innings in relief against Virginia (5/15) and Miami (3/29) • Struck out two in a perfect inning against Appalachian State (3/24) • Earned a rare 15-out save against Gardner-Webb (3/11) after allowing just one run on five hits in 5.0 innings of relief • Worked 2.2 scoreless frames in his UNC debut against Duke (3/8).

Chancellor High School
Ranked the No. 5 right-handed pitcher and the No. 12 player overall in Virginia by Perfect Game • Rated the No. 103 right-hander in the country by PG • 2013 Underclass High Honorable Mention by PG • Coached by J.P. Gibbons at Chancellor High School.

Personal
Jason Christopher Morgan is the son of Scott and Kay Morgan • Birthday is Feb. 17 • Majoring in exercise and sport science at Carolina with a concentration in fitness.