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Kassi Morrison signs LOI for Oakland City College
The challenge will continue for Kassi Morrison at Oakland City.
The White River Valley senior signed a letter of intent last week to play softball for Oakland City College. Morrison will pitch and play third base for the Mighty Oaks, the positions she currently plays for the Lady Wolverines.
“Softball is my main sport,” said Morrison, who has also played basketball and track for WRV. “I’ve done it since I was eight.”
She certainly can play. Last year, Morrison made the All-Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference and All-Greene County softball teams. She put together a 5-8 record as a pitcher, giving up 102 hits and 97 runs, 40 of them earned, in 84 2/3 innings of work for the Lady Wolverines. She compiled a 3.31 ERA while striking out 69 batters, walking 26, and hitting 15.
The best hitter in the county, Morrison batted 28-49 (.571) with five doubles, two triples, and four home runs. She drew six walks as she also led the county with an on-base percentage of .638. Morrison led WRV in both RBIs (18) and runs scored (20).
Morrison made four errors in 44 chances for a .909 fielding percentage.
In the first four games of this season’s campaign (the only games for which stats are available), Morrison has batted 8-12 (.667) with one run and one RBI. She has slammed a double and a triple and stolen one base. She has drawn two walks for an OBP of .714 and has a fielding percentage of .900. She has fanned nine batters and walked eight in 10 innings of work on the mound.
Morrison had to miss the basketball season because of a knee injury, but she said she has almost recovered.
“My knee is doing good. It’s not hurting me or anything. I’m jumped on a trampoline and it didn’t buckle on me. I’d say it’s close to 90 or 95 percent.”
The WRV senior added that she relishes the challenge of playing softball. Kent and Julie Walker began instructing her when she was a little girl, Morrison said. Morrison explained that when she first started playing the game, people told her she was too short and her legs and arms weren’t long enough to be a pitcher; she should play catcher or third base. She resolved to prove she could take the mound.
“When I was small, people told me I couldn’t play because I wasn’t tall enough. I wanted to prove them wrong.”
Softball offers a challenge, Morrison continued, and she likes to pitch.
“Pitching is my main position,” she said. “(Softball) is a more difficult challenge than most sports.”
She said she likes the atmosphere of Oakland City. She stayed overnight at the university a couple of Saturdays ago and met several people in her class as well as some professors and advisors. Although no other Lady Wolverines are playing for the Mighty Oaks, Morrison said she has already met three or four members of the softball team because she’s played travel ball against them.
“It’s a small college and the community is very welcoming,” Morrison said. “We all know each other and it’s just like a big family.”
“I’m going to major in accounting and minor in sports organization,” Morrison said.
After graduation, she may take a job with a sports organization. Morrison added she plans to be a residential assistant during her sophomore through senior years.
Morrison said she is grateful for the support she has received from the local community, especially her parents, Gary and Kathy Morrison, for helping play on several travel ball teams. About 30 of her fellow students attended the signing ceremony.
“I just want to say thank you to everyone who supported me, including my parents,” she said. “If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have the opportunity. They took me to all the travel ball games and paid for it. I’d like to thank the man upstairs.”