University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 18
Chase Morgan
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 210
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Cy Woods
CAREER HONORS
• 2025 Perfect Game Preseason All-American (Third Team)
• 2024 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2024 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2024 Perfect Game Freshman All-America (First team)
• 2024 D1 Baseball Freshman All-America (First team)
• 2024 NCBWA Freshman All-America (Second team)
• 2024 All Louisiana (Honorable mention)
• Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week
2024 (Freshman)
A Freshman All-America selection and 2024 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year … posted a 5-3 record in 20 appearances on the mound … second among all Division I freshmen with a 3.18 earned run average … allowed 7.21 hits per nine innings to rank fourth among all Division I freshmen … his 1.07 WHIP led all Division I freshmen … named Freshman All-America by D1Baseball (first team), Perfect Game (first team) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (second team) … concluded the regular season as the SBC leader in ERA (2.76) … ranked second among SBC pitchers in opposing batting average (.202), runs allowed (25) and earned runs allowed (20) during the regular season … allowed two home runs in 73.2 innings on the mound, the fewest among SBC pitchers … four wins during the regular season were in SBC games … fanned 69 batters and walked 20 during the season … opened season as Saturday starter in contests against Wright State (2/17) and Rice (2/24) … moved to bullpen for next six appearances, capped by 4.0 innings of no-hit relief in earning his first collegiate victory at Arkansas State (3/16) … struck out six batters in a midweek start against McNeese (3/20) before moving back into the weekend rotation against Old Dominion (3/24) … pitched 5.0 innings and fanned three batters to earn win at Texas State (3/29) before pitching 5.1 innings in a win over ULM (4/6) … struck out 11 batters and only allowed a first-inning double in 8.0 innings to earn win over Marshall (4/13), combining with JT Etheridge on Louisiana’s first one-hit shutout since 2021 … struck out nine batters and pitched 5.0 scoreless innings in a no-decision at Georgia Southern (5/11) … earned his fifth win of the season against Texas (6/2) in an elimination game at the NCAA College Station Regional, holding the Longhorns to a run in a 5.1-inning stint with three strikeouts … credited with a save against South Alabama (5/16) after tossing 3.0 innings with an unearned run and fanning two batters.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the No. 19 left-handed pitcher in the state of Texas by PerfectGame.org ... helped lead Cy Woods to a 38-4 record, a No. 10 ranking in the state of Texas and the 2023 Region II-6A final ... posted a 6-1 record on the mound.
PERSONAL
Born June 6, 2005 in Cypress, Texas ... majoring in kinesiology.
• 2025 Perfect Game Preseason All-American (Third Team)
• 2024 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2024 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2024 Perfect Game Freshman All-America (First team)
• 2024 D1 Baseball Freshman All-America (First team)
• 2024 NCBWA Freshman All-America (Second team)
• 2024 All Louisiana (Honorable mention)
• Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week
2024 (Freshman)
A Freshman All-America selection and 2024 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year … posted a 5-3 record in 20 appearances on the mound … second among all Division I freshmen with a 3.18 earned run average … allowed 7.21 hits per nine innings to rank fourth among all Division I freshmen … his 1.07 WHIP led all Division I freshmen … named Freshman All-America by D1Baseball (first team), Perfect Game (first team) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (second team) … concluded the regular season as the SBC leader in ERA (2.76) … ranked second among SBC pitchers in opposing batting average (.202), runs allowed (25) and earned runs allowed (20) during the regular season … allowed two home runs in 73.2 innings on the mound, the fewest among SBC pitchers … four wins during the regular season were in SBC games … fanned 69 batters and walked 20 during the season … opened season as Saturday starter in contests against Wright State (2/17) and Rice (2/24) … moved to bullpen for next six appearances, capped by 4.0 innings of no-hit relief in earning his first collegiate victory at Arkansas State (3/16) … struck out six batters in a midweek start against McNeese (3/20) before moving back into the weekend rotation against Old Dominion (3/24) … pitched 5.0 innings and fanned three batters to earn win at Texas State (3/29) before pitching 5.1 innings in a win over ULM (4/6) … struck out 11 batters and only allowed a first-inning double in 8.0 innings to earn win over Marshall (4/13), combining with JT Etheridge on Louisiana’s first one-hit shutout since 2021 … struck out nine batters and pitched 5.0 scoreless innings in a no-decision at Georgia Southern (5/11) … earned his fifth win of the season against Texas (6/2) in an elimination game at the NCAA College Station Regional, holding the Longhorns to a run in a 5.1-inning stint with three strikeouts … credited with a save against South Alabama (5/16) after tossing 3.0 innings with an unearned run and fanning two batters.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the No. 19 left-handed pitcher in the state of Texas by PerfectGame.org ... helped lead Cy Woods to a 38-4 record, a No. 10 ranking in the state of Texas and the 2023 Region II-6A final ... posted a 6-1 record on the mound.
PERSONAL
Born June 6, 2005 in Cypress, Texas ... majoring in kinesiology.
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