2014 (Senior Year): Earned first-team All-MEAC honors in the outfield … Named to the preseason All-MEAC second team as well … Member of the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State first team … Won the NSU Female Athlete of the Year Award at the school’s end-of-year banquet in April … Team MVP … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … One of 30 preseason candidates for the Senior CLASS Award® for softball, presented annually to the top senior student-athlete in the nation … Started in center field in all 46 games on the year … Batted .440 on the season … Ranked 17
th in the nation in hitting and second in the MEAC … Her average ranked second in NSU’s Division I single-season history … Was 27-of-31 in stolen base attempts, ranking 23
rd in the nation in stolen bases per game (0.59) … Also ranked 102
nd nationally in runs per game at 0.85 … Became NSU’s all-time leader in hits on April 2 against George Mason … Broke the previous record of 179 set by Brianeisha Eure from 2007-10 … Had 66 hits with 39 runs, two doubles, two triples, one home run, eight RBI and 10 walks on the year … Led the team with a .472 on-base percentage and seven sacrifice hits … Stood first in the MEAC in stolen bases, second in hits, fifth in runs and seventh in on-base percentage … Her 66 hits ranked fourth in NSU’s overall records, and her 27 stolen bases put her third in D-I records … Finished her career second all-time at NSU in games played (190), games started (187) and at bats (577), third in stolen bases (105), seventh in total bases (216) and ninth in runs (137) … Led the team in runs, hits and stolen bases … Hit .534 (39-for-73) with runners on base … Posted 18 multiple-hit games on the year … Had a 16-game hit streak from March 14-April 12 … Batted 36-for-59 (.610) during that time … Had nine straight hits in two games against Coppin State on March 22 and 23 … Batted 5-for-5 with five runs scores and two stolen bases in the latter game … Also hit 4-for-4 with four runs and three stolen bases in game 2 of a doubleheader on the 22
nd … Stole 11 bases in five games from March 22-31 … Had a 4-for-4 day with three runs and two stolen bases in game 2 against Howard on March 31 … Also had four hits against Wagner on Feb. 22 with two runs and three stolen bases … Hit her first career homer, an inside-the-park shot to left field, and went 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBI altogether against Howard on April 11 … Batted 5-for-7 in a doubleheader sweep of Rider on March 20 … Hit 3-for-4 with two runs against North Carolina A&T on May 8 in the MEAC tournament … Also had three hits at UMES on April 6.
2013 (Junior Year): A second-team All-MEAC performer as an outfielder … Was also named to the Preseason All-MEAC Team … An Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Competed in and started 51 of the team’s 53 games on the year, all in center field … Missed two games in early April because of injury … Batted .294 and ranked second on the team with 48 runs scored … Led NSU with 31 stolen bases, going a perfect 31-of-31 on attempts during the year … Stood 24th in the nation in stolen bases per game and 38th in runs scored … Also ranked first in the MEAC in stolen bases and fourth in runs scored … Set the program’s Division I record for stolen bases while ranking second in runs scored to teammate Alina Moriarty … Set the program record for putouts by an outfielder with 75 … Now ranks ninth all-time at NSU in stolen bases … Hit .347 with runners in scoring position … An Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar … Had 48 hits on the year with 14 walks and three RBI … Had 16 games with two or more hits, including a 3-for-4 outing with three runs and two stolen bases in Game 1 at Coppin State on March 23 … Finished 7-for-12 with nine runs in the three-game series against the Eagles … Had 10 games on the year with two stolen bases … Stole 10 bases within the first eight games of the year … Scored three runs in a game six times, including all three at Coppin State and in both games of a doubleheader sweep of North Carolina A&T on March 13 … Batted 4-for-10 in a three game sweep of Morgan State on April 13-14 with six runs scored … Also went 4-for-10 in the next conference series against Delaware State on April 20-21, finishing with five stolen bases and four runs scored … Hit 24-for-61 (.393) during an 18-game stretch in the middle of the season.
2012 (Sophomore Year): Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Competed in 47 games on the season with 44 starts, 43 of those in right field and one at designated player … Finished third on the team with a .323 average … Totaled 24 runs on 41 hits with six RBI and a team-leading 23 stolen bases … Ranked second in the MEAC in total stolen bases and 37th in the nation in stolen bases per game … Also ranked third on the team in runs scored … Had 12 multiple-hit games on the year … Hit 24-for-44 (.545) during a 15-game stretch in the middle of the season … Batted .345 with runners on base … Went 4-for-4 in the second game of a doubleheader against Howard on April 25, the second four-hit game of her career … Hit 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in a 15-2 win in Game 2 of a doubleheader against Morgan State on April 14 … Batted 7-for-11 with five runs, two RBI and four stolen bases in the three-game series with the Bears … Also went 7-for-10 in the three-game series with Howard … Had a good day at South Carolina State on March 8, helping NSU to a DH sweep with a 5-for-8 effort combined with four runs and an RBI, including three runs scored in Game 2.
2011 (Freshman Year): Made the switch from a right-handed hitter in high school to a left-handed slap hitter at NSU … Competed and started in 46 games … Batted .365 on the season … Totaled 26 runs, 50 hits, one triple, eight RBI, a .400 on-base percentage and 24 stolen bases … Ranked third in the MEAC in stolen bases … Started off the season slow, hitting just .167 before posting a .436 batting average over the last 31 games of the year … Had a pair of 10-game hitting streaks during that time and hit safely in 28 of the last 31 games … Batted .421 (32-for-76) with runners on base … Played the first 15 games at shortstop before moving to right field for the rest of the year … Had her most productive game in a 19-1 win at UMES on April 27, going 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBI in Game 1 of a doubleheader … Added three hits with two RBI and three stolen bases against South Carolina State on April 17 … Also had three hits at Bethune-Cookman on April 3 and in Game 1 of a DH at North Carolina Central on May 7, an 8-3 win … Had 11 multiple-hit games on the season … Walked twice, scored two runs and stole two bases in a 9-0 victory against North Carolina A&T on May 1 … Scored two runs in a game on six occasions.
High School: Competed on the varsity softball team all four years at Indian River … Won the team’s Coaches Award her freshman, junior and senior seasons … Named Team MVP and won the team’s Academic Award her sophomore year … Batted .527 her freshman year … Also competed on the JV volleyball team her first two years and the varsity team her junior and senior seasons … Team MVP her senior year … Member of the gymnastics team all four years … Won the Coaches Award in gymnastics her freshman and sophomore years … Earned the team’s Most Improved Award senior year.
Personal: Full name is Morgan Alisa Boyd … Often goes by the nickname Mo … Born on Nov. 7, 1991 … Daughter of Muriel Boyd … Has one older brother, Stephen … Cousins Gladys and Clarence Freeman Jr. both went to NSU … Majoring in kinesiotherapy with a minor in psychology … Wants to become a physical therapist … Enjoys kickboxing, crafts and eating donuts … President of the NSU chapter of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) … Will serve as the MEAC representative on the NCAA national SAAC for the second year in a row during the 2013-14 academic year.
Boyd's Career Hitting Stats| YEAR | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | SO | SB-ATT |
| 2011 | .356 | 46-46 | 137 | 26 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 8 | 31 | 24-27 |
| 2012 | .323 | 47-44 | 124 | 24 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 24 | 23-24 |
| 2013 | .294 | 51-51 | 163 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 14 | 45 | 31-31 |
| 2014 | .440 | 46-46 | 150 | 39 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 75 | 10 | 25 | 27-31 |
| Totals | .355 | 190-187 | 577 | 137 | 205 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 216 | 35 | 125 | 105-113 |
