NC State Wolfpack

6  Colt Morton
	Class: Senior Hometown: West Palm Beach, Fla. High School: The King's Academy Height / Weight: 6-6 / 227 Position: C Birthdate: 04/10/1982

A standout defensive catcher with upper-deck power potential … Has been behind the plate for the bulk of his first two seasons in Raleigh, and will be the Pack’s starting backstop again in ’03 … Ranked by The Scouting Report as the No. 71 college prospect in the baseball draft class of 2003. As a sophomore (2002): Power-hitting catcher started the season strong and finished the season even stronger … Wound up with 13 home runs … Tied his career high with four RBIs on February 24 with a grand-slam home run against Coppin State, his first long ball of the season … Went deep each of his next two games, connecting off Appalachian State on February 27 and George Mason on March 1 … Went 4-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBIs March 8 vs. Richmond … Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs March 16 in the first game of a doubleheader vs. St. Joseph’s … Had a three-run home run in four at-bats March 23 vs. Wake Forest … Had two hits with a homer and four RBIs in three at-bats April 13 vs. Duke … Finished the regular season with a six-game hitting streak, batting .391 (9-for-23) with two doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs, lifting his season average from .255 to .272 … Played during the summer for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod League, hitting six home runs and driving in 18 runs in 38 games played … Finished third in the leauge in homers. As a freshman (2001): Provided power at the plate and defensive stability behind it … Batted .260 with 11 doubles, 12 home runs and 42 RBIs in 60 games … Batted .281 with five doubles, six home runs and 23 RBIs in 24 Atlantic Coast Conference games … Broke Pat Clougherty’s 10-year-old school record for home runs by a freshman … Had his hottest stretch of the season during a 12-game span from March 11 at Georgia Tech through April 2 vs, North Carolina, batting .385 (20-for-52) with six home runs and 21 RBIs during those 12 games … Went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs in NC State’s 16-8 victory over Georgia Tech on March 11 … Had a double, a homer and three RBIs in the first game of the Virginia series on March 23 and had three homers and eight RBIs in the three-game series at Charlottesville. High school and personal: One of the top prep players in the state of Florida … Batted .339 with eight home runs and 26 RBIs as a senior in 2000 … Was an all-state selection as a junior and senior … Was a preseason Louisville Slugger/TPX High School All-American as a senior, and went on to earn honorable-mention All-America honors in Collegiate Baseball … Selected in the 36th round of the 2000 June baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays … Majoring in business parks, recreation and tourism … Born April 10, 1982.