Hunter Morris

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Hunter Morris
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Morris playing for the Nashville Sounds in 2013
Current position
TitleVolunteer Assistant Coach
Team University of Alabama
Conference Ohio Valley
Biographical details
Born (1988-10-07) October 7, 1988 (age 35)
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
2008–2010 Auburn
2010 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
2011 Brevard County Manatees
2011–2012 Huntsville Stars
2013–2014 Nashville Sounds
2014 Arizona League Brewers
2014Huntsville Stars
2015 Indianapolis Indians
2015 Altoona Curve
Position(s) First baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2017Auburn (GA)
2018–2020 UT Martin (H/RC)
2021–present Alabama (Volunteer assistant)

Jeffrey Hunter Morris (born October 7, 1988) is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball first baseman. He is a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Alabama. Morris played college baseball at Auburn University from 2008 to 2010 for head coach John Pawlowski before pursuing a professional baseball career.

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College career

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Morris at Auburn in 2010

Morris was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the second round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft out of Virgil I. Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama but did not sign and attended Auburn University. [1] In 2009, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), and participated in the league's All-Star Home Run Hitting contest. [2] [3] In 2010 Morris was the SEC Player of the Year and a first team All-American by Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. [4] [5] [6]

Professional career

Milwaukee Brewers

Morris was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. [7] [8]

In 2012, Morris was the Southern League Most Valuable Player after hitting .303/.357/.563 with 28 home runs and 113 runs batted in. [9] [10] He also won the Robin Yount Performance Award as the Brewers Minor League Player of the Year. [11]

Morris was added to the Brewers 40-man roster on November 20, 2013. [12] He was designated for assignment on January 19, 2015, without ever having appeared in a game for the Brewers.

Pittsburgh Pirates

On April 2, 2015, Morris was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. [13]

Coaching career

On June 13, 2016, Morris became the student assistant hitting coach for Auburn. In 2017, he returned to the CCBL's Falmouth Commodores as an assistant coach. [14]

Morris held the role of hitting coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin from 2017 to 2020. In 2021, Morris left the program to pursue another coaching opportunity. [15]

On July 21, 2021, Morris joined the University of Alabama coaching staff as a Volunteer Assistant Coach. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "2007 Boston Red Sox Draft Tracker". Boston.com. September 9, 1988. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ "2009 Falmouth Commodores". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ Jim Chandley (July 20, 2009). "Cooper Leads Five Commodores to All-Star Game". capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ Charles Goldberg (May 25, 2010). "Auburn's Hunter Morris SEC player of year". Blog.al.com. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hunter Morris Named SEC Player Of The Year; Six Tigers Named All-SEC". Auburntigers.com. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Hunter Morris Named First Team All-America, Brian Fletcher Second Team". Auburntigers.com. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ Bitter, Andy (June 8, 2010). "Auburn's Hunter Morris taken by Milwaukee Brewers in fourth round". Ledger-enquirer.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ Charles Goldberg. "Auburn baseball draft updates: Hunter Morris says he likes his Brewers; 9 Tigers go". Blog.al.com. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ 09/03/2012 12:28 PM EST (May 24, 2013). "Hunter Morris Named 2012 Southern League Most Valuable Player". Milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com. Retrieved August 21, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ The Huntsville Times/Bob Gathany (September 3, 2012). "Huntsville's Hunter Morris named Southern League Most Valuable Player". Al.com. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  11. ↑ 09/05/2012 2:57 PM EST (May 24, 2013). "Brewers announce 2012 Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year Awards". Milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com. Retrieved August 21, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ Brewers protect Morris, Rogers from Rule 5 Draft
  13. ↑ 09/05/2012 2:57 PM EST (April 2, 2015). "Pirates acquire first baseman Morris from Brewers". m.pirates.mlb.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ Matt Goisman (July 20, 2017). "Michigan State's Bechina rises from temp player to power hitter for Falmouth". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  15. ↑ @HunterMorris15 (July 13, 2021). "Thank you to @UTMBase and @UTMSports for an incredible experience the past 3 years. A great place to work, play bas…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ @alagrandslammer (July 21, 2021). "There's a new addition to the Alabama Baseball staff as @HunterMorris15 joins the Tide as Volunteer Assistant Coach…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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