ELON, N.C. -- Gary Morris (Franklin, N.C.), a junior second baseman on the Elon University baseball squad, was honored with Third Team Academic All-American honors as an infielder on Tuesday.

At the time of selection, Morris sported a 3.68 GPA in environmental studies and had made the Dean's List five times and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll five times as well as the Big South Presidential Honor Roll twice. He was also named to the Southern Conference All-Academic Team this spring.

Morris (pictured right) hit a team-best .379 in 59 games for Elon this season, scoring a team-high 64 runs. He set a new Phoenix single-season record with his 88 hits that included 17 doubles, one triple and a career-high seven homers. Morris finished second on the squad with 21 steals and was only caught stealing six times.

He entered Elon's top-10 in the following single-season categories this season: hits (1st - 88), at bats (3rd - 232), runs scored (2nd - 64), doubles (7th - 17) and total bases (5th - 128). In career categories he rates among the top-10 all-time in: games played (10th - 167), at bats (8th - 589), hits (9th - 185), runs scored (4th - 147) and doubles (9th - 31).

Morris becomes the sixth Elon student-athlete to claim All-American distinction since 2000. Below is a full list.

ELON CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS (UNIVERSITY DIVISION)
2000 - John Marshall, Men’s Golf (Second Team Spring At-Large)
2001 - Julianne Treme, Women’s Tennis (Second Team Spring At-Large)
2001 - John Marshall, Men’s Golf (First Team Spring At-Large)
2002 - Jim Swenson, Baseball (Second Team)
2003 - Brandon Mason, Football (Second Team)
2004 - Gary Morris, Baseball (Third Team)

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