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Kathy Morton
Kathy Morton
  • Induction:
    2019
  • Class:
    1995
Kathy Morton was a two-time All-American in softball for Louisiana, earning first-team honors in both 1994 and 1995. She hit .360 or higher in each of her final three seasons, capped off by back-to-back .400 campaigns, while finishing as the career record-holder in 12 different categories, highlighted by base hits (281), doubles (61), home runs (29) and RBI (176).
 
She was both a NFCA All-Region selection and All-Louisiana pick each season for the Ragin' Cajuns from 1992-95 and was named to the All-Tournament team at the 1993 Women's College World Series.
 
Morton reached double figures in doubles each year during her Ragin' Cajuns career and set the single-season record (23) in 1994.