As a sophomore, 2008: Played 22 games and started in six ... season was shortened with stress fracture in right arm ... went 3-for-9 in season-opening series against No. 23 Mississippi State ... best performance was against Troy, where he went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three runs scored and an RBI (3/19).
As a freshman, 2007: Was among UNF's hitting and pitching threats until breaking his pitching arm against Florida State (2/27) ... played in eight games and earned three starts ... went 2-for-2 and scored a run in collegiate debut against Coastal Carolina (2/9) ... blasted first career home run against No. 22 Tulane (2/17) ... also scored two runs against the Green Wave ... tossed two innings of scoreless relief and struck out three against Towson in UNF's 9-1 win (2/23) ... picked up first career save against Towson in UNF's 4-3 win (2/24).
High School: Graduated from Eagles View Academy in Jacksonville in 2006 ... played four seasons for his brother and head coach Gil Morales ... played third base, catcher and pitcher during his career ... team won the 2005 Class 1A state title, finishing 18-12 ... team was 23-6 his freshman season, 10-15 his sophomore season and 22-6 his senior year .. all four teams competed in the state tournament in his career ... earned first-team all-state and all-district honors his junior and senior seasons ... was named the First Coast Player of the Year by the Florida Times-Union ... hit .398 with five home runs as a senior, also posting a 9-2 record on the mound with a 0.98 ERA ... hit .409 with 12 doubles and three home runs as a junior and posted a 6-0 record on the mound with a 0.96 ERA and 42 strikeouts ... lists one of his best performances as coming against Miami Brito, when he went 3-for-4 with a single, double and triple ... pitched a complete game in the state semifinals against Central Florida Catholic, tallying 13 strikeouts ... two teammates went on to sign with Atlantic Sun teams - Jeremiah Iokken (Gardner-Webb) and Tim Brown (Jacksonville) ... was an honor student.
Personal: Born Dec. 9, 1987 in Brandon, Fla. ... son of Dona and Gil Morales ... has an older brother, Gil, and two older sisters, Alex and Christina ... brother played baseball at UNF from 1997-98 and served as the head coach at Eagles View Academy during Paul's career ... majoring in communications.
Morales' Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2007.... .294 8-3 17 5 5 0 0 1 3 8 .471 1 0 7 1 .333 0 0 0-0 1 5 3 .667
2008.... .244 22-6 41 6 10 2 0 0 2 12 .293 4 0 15 2 .311 0 1 0-0 44 6 3 .943
TOTAL... .259 30-9 58 11 15 2 0 1 5 20 .345 5 0 22 3 .317 0 1 0-0 45 11 6 .903
Pitching
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA
2007.... 8.10 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 1 3.1 3 3 3 0 4 0 0 1 14 .231 0 1 0 0
