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Jersey Number 7
Morgan Nowakowski
- Height:
- 5-7
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Huntsville, Ala.
- High School:
- Buckhorn HS
JAX STATE CAREER
2026: Started all 61 games for Jax State in her senior season as one of the top batters in Conference USA. Nowakowski finished the year with a team-leading .354 batting average, 68 hits (2nd most on team, 5th in CUSA), 24 doubles (led the team, 1st in CUSA, 2nd in Division I) and 46 runs scored (T-3rd in CUSA). Nowakowski's 24 doubles were the second most in a single season by a Gamecock. The veteran outfielder was named to the Second-Team All-Conference USA for her efforts. Nowakowski was named to the CUSA All-Academic Team as well.
2025: Started 56 games for the Gamecocks and finished with a .317 batting average at the plate along with 51 hits, 40 RBI, 10 doubles and 3 home runs. She walked 35 times (leading the team and 5th in CUSA), had a .978 fielding percentage with 83 putouts. Her game vs Middle Tennessee (4/18) she went 2-for-3 at the plate with 4 RBI, 1 home run, and a double.
2024: Started in all 53 games for Jax State in 2024…Leads all Jax State returners with a .306 batting average in 2024…Tallied 11 doubles, five homers and a triple for a .484 slugging percentage…Drove home 19 runners while scoring 23 of her own runs…Walked 23 times while only striking out eight times…Finished 3-for-4 with a solo home run in a 3-2 win over UTEP on March 29 last season…Helped lift the Gamecocks past LA Tech 8-7 with a 2-for-3 showing and a home run on April 12…Was named to the ASUN All-Freshman and ASUN All-Tournament team following her freshman campaign in 2023.
2023: Named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team and later the ASUN All-Tournament Team following the 2023 conference tournament at Stetson…Appeared in 45 games as a redshirt-freshman, making 42 starts in the outfield…made her official debut for Jax State on February 10 against Army, scoring a run…hit .311 her first full season, recording 37 hits, including eight doubles and 23 RBIs…fielded .964 playing alongside a pair of seniors in the outfield for Jax State…hit three homeruns, including her first career grand slam against Austin Peay in the ASUN Tournament on May 10 to help the Gamecocks advance with a 10-4 victory.
2022: Redshirted her first season on campus before undergoing an open-heart operation in the summer of 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Al Rauls at Buckhorn High School in New Market, Ala…was named the Most Valuable Player of the of the 2019 AHSAA Class 6A State Tournament after leading the Bucks to the state title…a two-time First Team All-State selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association…led the Bucks in batting average and was named their Best Defensive Outfielder in three seasons…slected to participate in the North-South All-Star Game…a three-time all-region honoree
PERSONAL
Born on July 22, 2003, in Huntsville, Ala…the daughter of Daren and Shannon Nowakowski…has an older sister, Katelyn, and an older brother, Austin…an honor student at BHS…majoring in business at JSU.
2026: Started all 61 games for Jax State in her senior season as one of the top batters in Conference USA. Nowakowski finished the year with a team-leading .354 batting average, 68 hits (2nd most on team, 5th in CUSA), 24 doubles (led the team, 1st in CUSA, 2nd in Division I) and 46 runs scored (T-3rd in CUSA). Nowakowski's 24 doubles were the second most in a single season by a Gamecock. The veteran outfielder was named to the Second-Team All-Conference USA for her efforts. Nowakowski was named to the CUSA All-Academic Team as well.
2025: Started 56 games for the Gamecocks and finished with a .317 batting average at the plate along with 51 hits, 40 RBI, 10 doubles and 3 home runs. She walked 35 times (leading the team and 5th in CUSA), had a .978 fielding percentage with 83 putouts. Her game vs Middle Tennessee (4/18) she went 2-for-3 at the plate with 4 RBI, 1 home run, and a double.
2024: Started in all 53 games for Jax State in 2024…Leads all Jax State returners with a .306 batting average in 2024…Tallied 11 doubles, five homers and a triple for a .484 slugging percentage…Drove home 19 runners while scoring 23 of her own runs…Walked 23 times while only striking out eight times…Finished 3-for-4 with a solo home run in a 3-2 win over UTEP on March 29 last season…Helped lift the Gamecocks past LA Tech 8-7 with a 2-for-3 showing and a home run on April 12…Was named to the ASUN All-Freshman and ASUN All-Tournament team following her freshman campaign in 2023.
2023: Named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team and later the ASUN All-Tournament Team following the 2023 conference tournament at Stetson…Appeared in 45 games as a redshirt-freshman, making 42 starts in the outfield…made her official debut for Jax State on February 10 against Army, scoring a run…hit .311 her first full season, recording 37 hits, including eight doubles and 23 RBIs…fielded .964 playing alongside a pair of seniors in the outfield for Jax State…hit three homeruns, including her first career grand slam against Austin Peay in the ASUN Tournament on May 10 to help the Gamecocks advance with a 10-4 victory.
2022: Redshirted her first season on campus before undergoing an open-heart operation in the summer of 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Al Rauls at Buckhorn High School in New Market, Ala…was named the Most Valuable Player of the of the 2019 AHSAA Class 6A State Tournament after leading the Bucks to the state title…a two-time First Team All-State selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association…led the Bucks in batting average and was named their Best Defensive Outfielder in three seasons…slected to participate in the North-South All-Star Game…a three-time all-region honoree
PERSONAL
Born on July 22, 2003, in Huntsville, Ala…the daughter of Daren and Shannon Nowakowski…has an older sister, Katelyn, and an older brother, Austin…an honor student at BHS…majoring in business at JSU.
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Western Kentucky Game 2 - March 14th, 2026
Saturday, March 14
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Western Kentucky - March 13th, 2026
Saturday, March 14
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Samford - March 11th, 2026
Wednesday, March 11
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Chattanooga - February 18th, 2026
Thursday, February 19
