WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – After increasing her batting average by more than 80 points after shoulder surgery kept her off the softball field in 2020, Lycoming College junior Morgan Klosko (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) has earned the school's prestigious Sol "Woody" Wolf Award as the College's most improved junior athlete.
 
There's never been much doubt that Klosko can hit. After all, she hit over .400 her last two years at Wyoming Valley West High School.
 
She didn't stop hitting during her first year at Lycoming in 2019, hitting .295 and earning Second Team All-MAC Commonwealth honors as a designated hitter. With a smooth swing, Klosko helped the Warriors finish with 20 wins, while her presence in the middle of the Warrior lineup protected two of the program's best hitters ever in Kayla Kline '20 and Madison Brown '20.
 
However, a shoulder injury led to surgery and she was already prepared to miss the 2020 softball season before COVID-19 hit.
 
Penciled into the starting lineup in all but one game this year as a designated hitter, Klosko left little doubt after the second weekend of the season that her shoulder was just fine. That weekend, she had four straight multiple-hit games against Delaware Valley, going 10-for-14, scoring five runs and driving in three. From there, the slugger from Kingston, Pa., was off – hitting a grand slam against Messiah, getting four hits and scoring three times in a win over Misericordia.
 
In all, Klosko had multiple hits in 10 games and multiple RBIs in four. Her batting average jumped more than 80 points to .379 and she added 17 RBI, putting her in position to earn all-conference honors for the second time in her career.
 
Klosko is the third softball player to earn the Sol "Woody" Wolf award, joining Kline (2019) and Annette Weller (1994).