Powerful UNC Bears softball first baseman Amailee Morales on Monday was named the Big Sky Conference player of the week.
The award is the first of the season for Morales, who had a .556 batting average, a .600 on-base percentage and .667 slugging percentage in five weekend games in San Antonio, Texas.
UNC (6-9 overall) played Feb. 20-22 at the Roadrunner Classic hosted by the University of Texas San Antonio.
Morales, a co-Big Sky Conference player of the year in 2024, added two doubles and four RBI with one strikeout during the weekend. On defense, Morales recorded 39 putouts and one assist. Morales was a first-team all-Big Sky Conference selection in 2025.
Morales broke the UNC program record for RBI during the trip. She has 123 and also ranks first in doubles (47), home runs (29) and walks (90). Morales is eighth in hits with 157, third with 295 total bases and sixth with 651 putouts.
Morales’ doubles rank her fifth in the Big Sky Conference, and she’s tied for 10th in home runs and sixth in walks.
She is currently hitting .460 this season with seven RBI, seven doubles and a home run and six walks in 15 games.
UNC plays at home for the first time this season Friday, hosting Creighton at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Gloria Rodriguez Field, located on 17th Avenue southwest of the Bank of Colorado Arena, 1600 23rd St., in Greeley.
The games are part of the Colorado Classic Division I Tournament.
The classic continues Saturday and Sunday with UNC in Fort Collins to play Creighton and Colorado State.
UNC meets Creighton at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at CSU’s Ram Field. Ram Field is south of Moby Arena, CSU’s basketball arena. The field is located in CSU’s intramural fields and borders South Shields Street to the west and Hughes Way to the south.
UNC and CSU meet for two games during the classic. The Bears and Rams play at 1 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
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