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#8 Morgan Bruce

Morgan Bruce - Softball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-8
Hometown Roanoke, Va.
Last School Ole Miss
B/T R/R
Year Senior
Morgan Bruce - Softball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  • 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll

As a Graduate (2021): Made 25 appearances including nine starts in the circle (3-6, 4.70 ERA) … Hurled 61 innings compiling 40 punchouts … Tossed a complete game shutout with a pair of sit-downs and just five hits allowed for an 8-0 win over Virginia (April 30) … Picked up a pair of saves, one in a flawless 2/3 inning of an 11-10 win over Pitt (March 12) and another with the final out in a 6-2 win over Virginia (May 1) … Season-high six strikeouts against Florida State (Feb. 19) … Earned her first win of the season by way of three perfect innings of work including four strikeouts for a 10-2 win over Boise State (Feb. 12) … Allowed just two hits and picked up a pair of strikeouts after tossing five innings in a 6-3 win over Virginia (May 2).

As a Senior (2020): (Season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic) Made 11 appearances, nine starts, in the circle (3-3, 4.32 ERA) … pitched five and two thirds allowing just one run in Tech’s 7-1 win over No. 11/13 Kentucky … pitched a complete game in Tech’s win over Nebraska (Feb. 15), tossing three strikeouts while not allowing an earned run … threw a season-high five strikeouts while allowing just one run on four hits against Iowa State (Feb. 28) … earned her first save of the season Feb. 29 against Penn State.

As a Junior (2019): Made 51 appearances with 31 starts in the circle … Threw 177.1 innings for the Jackets … Pocketed 17 wins and three saves … Pitched five complete games … Recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts against Jacksonville State (March 5) … Threw a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts against Fordham (March 1).

2018 (Ole Miss): Appeared in 12 contests in the circle, making three starts and posting a 3-0 record … Recorded a 3.03 ERA in 32.1 innings, striking out 21 to 10 walks … Made the start against Florida A&M at the Sand Dollar Classic, throwing six shutout innings with five strikeouts to just two hits to earn the win … Garnered the win against Alcorn State, allowing one run on five hits in five innings, striking out four.

2017 (Ole Miss): Named to SEC All-Freshman Team … First SEC All-Freshman pitcher in school history … Helped carry the load with an 8-5 record and 2.85 ERA in 73.2 innings … Earned 12 starts and appeared in 21 games with three shutouts and three complete games … Threw a complete-game shutout at Stetson with just three hits allowed (2/25) … Didn’t allow an earned run in her first five starts of the year … Worked six innings in the middle game vs. No. 16 Kentucky, allowing just one unearned run … Earned the win vs. No. 11 LSU after throwing 5.1 scoreless frames with only three hits allowed.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Northside High School in Roanoke, Virginia … Played pitcher, first base and shortstop under head coach Lynn Richmond … Recognized by Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) as a 2016 Regional High School All-American … Named Blue Ridge District Pitcher and Player of the Year as a senior, as well as Conference 31 Pitcher of the Year … Voted in to the Senior All-Star game … Named First Team Blue Ridge District and All-Conference as a junior … Also earned second team honors by the Timesland following her junior campaign … Named All-Timesland Player of the Year as a sophomore … First Team All-District Pitcher and Second Team All-Region as a freshman … Earned First Team Blue Ridge District Honors and Conference 31 Pitcher and Infielder of the Year … Finished her career with a .520 average, 24 doubles (fourth all-time in VHSL), 29 home runs (fourth all-time in VHSL), and 117 RBI (ninth all-time in VHSL) … Once struck out 17 hitters in a game on March 31, 2015, 10th-most ever in the VHSL … Also played basketball for the Vikings … Member of the National Honor Society … Member of National Academy of Future Physicians & Medical Science … Society of Torch & Laurel member.

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