THE FLATS – Head coach and former Georgia Tech shortstop Aileen Morales was officially named to the Softball on SI NCAA Division I All-Quarter-Century Team. Morales made the final cut out of 42 total shortstops across the last 25 years.
Coach Morales earned her spot on the All-Quarter-Century Team in runaway fashion after collecting nearly 1,000 votes. Tech was one of eight teams to have a softball alumnus receive the honor and one of three schools to represent the ACC on the All-Quarter-Century-Team.
During her time playing for the Jackets, coach Morales was one of the most versatile infielders to play within the walls of Mewborn. Through her first season, she batted .296 with five doubles, a triple, two home runs, 32 RBI and an ACC-best 44 stolen bases in 49 attempts as a freshman and went on to be named ACC co-Freshman of the Year and earn second-team all-conference recognition. She finished her career at Tech as a three-time all-ACC honoree as a middle infielder, earning first-team accolades as a junior and senior in 2007 and ’08, and was also a three-time all-region selection. She earned third-team all-America honors.
Morales remains Georgia Tech’s all-time leader in games played (265), starts (265), at-bats (850) and stolen bases (154) and ranks among the program’s top 10 in runs (second – 216), hits (third – 261), doubles (t-fifth – 43) and triples (t-fifth – 10). She also holds three of the top five single-season stolen base totals in school history, including a school-record 46 as a senior in 2008. Over the course of Morales’ four-year playing career, Georgia Tech won 185 games, claimed the 2005 ACC regular-season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA postseason four times. She was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020.
Last season, Morales led the Jackets to three top-25 wins, including its first top-15 win since 2012, and punched its ticket to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2022. She collected her 200th win as Tech’s head coach with a 2-1 win over NC State in March; the legendary shortstop capped her playing career at Tech with 185 wins. Under the direction of Morales last season, two Jackets receive ACC All-Freshman nods in the form of Gracyn Tucker and Alyssa Willer, who also went on to receive third team honors as well. In addition to the ACC honors, three Jackets went on to be named NFCA Third Team All-Region.
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Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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