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2019 Softball Roster

Darrell James

21 Morgan Turkoly

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Sanger HS
  • Hometown Sanger, Texas

Biography

2019: Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
2019: C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (Softball)
2019: 1st team all-Conference USA (became the first player in program history to be named all-conference all four years)
2019: 2nd team NFCA all-Mideast Region
2019: C-USA All-Tournament team
2019: 2nd team all-state by the LSWA
2019: 1 of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award
2019: Senior CLASS Award 1st Team All-American, joining Oklahoma's Sydney Romero, Florida's Kelly Barnhill and Amanada Lorenz and Kentucky's Katie Reed
2019: 2nd Team All-American by Softball America
2019: USA Softball Preseason Top 50 Watch List for national player of the year
2019: Preseason Conference USA Player of the Year by league coaches
2019: Preseason second team all-American by Justin's World of Softball
2019: Preseason honorable mention all-American by Fastpitch News
2019: C-USA Softball All-Academic Team
2019: CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
2019: Named Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete
2019: C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019: C-USA Player of the Week (Feb. 18)
2019: LA Tech Invitational All-Tournament Team
2018: Conference USA Player of the Year (only the 2nd Tech player to earn a league player of the year award)
2018: 1st Team all-Conference USA
2018: 1st team all-Mideast Region by the NFCA
2018: 1st team all-state by the LSWA
2018: 4th team all-American by College Sports Madness
2018: Puerta Vallarta Collegiate Challenge All-Tournament Team
2018: C-USA Softball All-Academic Team
2018: C-USA Academic Medalist
2018: C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll
2018: C-USA Spirit of Service Award recipient
2017: 1st team All-Conference USA
2017: 3rd team NFCA All-Mideast Region
2017: 2nd team all-state by the LSWA
2017: C-USA Player of the Week (April 10)
2017: LSWA State Hitter of the Week (April 10)
2017: C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017: C-USA Academic Medalist
2017: C-USA Softball All-Academic Team, the first LA Tech softball player to receive this award
2016: 2nd team all-Conference USA
2016: 2nd team all-Louisiana
2016: 3rd team NFCA all-Mideast Region
2016: C-USA all-Freshman team
2016: C-USA All-Tournament team
2016: C-USA Commissioners Academic Medal
2016: C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll

2019: Started all 61 games ... Batted .377 with 66 hits, including 12 doubles, three triples and five home runs ... Broke the LA Tech and Conference USA single season runs record with 67 ... Drove in 33 runs ... Walked 42 times while striking out only 15 ... Was 27-of-29 in stolen bases ... Did not commit an error in 89 chances in the OF ... Had 20 multi-hit games ... Ended her career with a streak of 52 straight regular season C-USA games reaching base safely ... Program's all-time leader in runs scored, walks and on-base percentage ... Ranks in the Top 10 in program history in hits, batting average, doubles, home runs, total bases, RBI, slugging percentage and stolen bases ... Was part of a senior class that won 149 games, the 7th most in program history ...

2018: Started all 57 games in left field (one of only two players to start every game) ... Batted .409 with 65 hits in 159 at bats ... Totaled 13 doubles, one triple and four home runs ... Scored 46 runs and drove in 26 ... Drew 41 walks and struck out only 11 times ... Was 18-fo-22 in stolen bases ... Ended the season with a program record 43-game reach base safely streak, third longest in the country ... Became just the third player in program history to hit over .400 in a season ... Had 18 multi-hit games ... Ranked Top 20 in nation in OB% and Top 35 in walks per game ... +30 in BB/K ratio (41/11), best in C-USA ... Set LA Tech single season record for OB % ... Batted .356 in 14 games vs. Top 75 RPI teams ... Had 2 home runs and 7 RBI in a win over Charlotte (the 7 RBI tied for second most in a single game in program history) ...

2017: Started 48 games in left field, missing 14 games with a fractured knuckle ... Batted .370 with 51 hits in 138 at bat ... Recorded 12 doubles, 2 triples and 3 home runs with 35 runs and 41 RBI ... Drew 26 walks and struck out only 11 times strikeouts ... Was 10 of 17 stolen bases ... Reached base safely in 42 of 45 games ... Ranked among C-USA leaders in BA, doubles, runs, RBI, walks, slugging and on-base percentage ... Recorded 10 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... Had a pair of 17-games reached base safely streaks ... Registered 7 game-winning RBI, including a two-out, RBI single in 10th in 1-0 win over WKU in C-USA Tournament ... Became first LA Tech player to earn all-conference, all-academic, academic medalist and Commissioner's honor roll in same season

2016: Started all 54 games for the Lady Techsters ... Led the Lady Techsters with 55 hits, 43 RBI and a .433 on-base percentage ... Set the Louisiana Tech freshman record for runs (43), total bases (95), home runs (10), RBI (43), walks (27) and slugging percentage (.576) ... Also batted .333 on the season ... Homered in four consecutive games, one against SEC oppenent Mississippi State ... Blasted a home run against SEC-power and WCWS participant LSU ... Registered four RBIs in a game against Tennessee Tech ... Delivered a crucial two-RBI single in Louisiana Tech's win over nationally-ranked Florida Atlantic ... Registered in RBI in eight consecutive games during the month of April ... Recorded 14 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games ... Had a team-high 12-game hitting streak in late February that stretched until early March ... 19 of her 55 hits went for extra bases ... Was the only Lady Techster to record double-digit stolen bases and not be caught stealing ... Registered a team-high 10 game-winning RBI for Louisiana Tech in 2016 ... In four games against SEC-opponent, Turkoly drove in five runs ... Scored multiple runs in a game 12 times ... Batted .333 in Conference USA action, which ranked second on the team.

High School: Lettered four years at Sanger High School in Texas ... Played shortstop and outfield for coach Jae McMinn and the Indians ... Helped lead Sanger to three straight district titles (2012, 2013, 2014) and a pair of regional semifinal appearances (2013, 2014) ... Batted .565 as a junior with 11 doubles, seven triples, 11 home runs, 43 RBI and 39 runs scored ... Three-time first team all-District 9-3A ... Three-time all-area by the Denton Record Chronicle ... Named Offensive Player of the Year in District 9-3A in 2013 ... Two-time all-state by the Texas Girls Coaches Association ... Named MVP of District 9-3A in 2014 ... Named all-area MVP by the Denton Record Chronicle in 2014 ... Named all-DFW and all-Metroplex by the Dallas Morning News in 2014 ... Also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball ... Named first team all-district and all-state by the TGCA in volleyball in 2013 ... Member of the National Honor Society and was three-time Academic All-District ... Played travel ball for Kevin Shelton and the Texas Glory Gold.

Personal: Daughter of David and Stacy Turkoly ... Has two sisters, Maci and Kenzie ... Father played baseball at Centenary College and mother played basketball at Midwestern State ... Born March 22, 1997 in Denton, Texas.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    OF
    5'8"
    18
  • 21

    2017Sophomore

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    21
  • 21

    2018Junior

    OF
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2019Senior

    OF
    5'8"
    21