- NFCA National Freshman of the Year Finalist, Top-10 (2015)
- First-team all-region (NFCA-2015)
- Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year (Co-2015)
- First-team all-Heartland Conference (2015)
- Heartland Conference all-Tournament Team (2015)
- Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week (2015 (2))
- Dean’s List (Fall 2014)
- Heartland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2014-15)
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Freshman (2015): Started all 49 games for the Hilltoppers…led the team in runs (34), doubles (12), home runs (15), RBI (49), sacrifice flies (5) and slugging percentage (.810)…registered a .394 batting average and .453 on-base percentage…in last 13 games of season, she had a .543 batting average with nine home runs and 17 RBI…tallied 14 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games…had two game with two home runs: vs. Emporia State (2/26) and Lubbock Christian (3/21).
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Prep: Lettered four seasons for head coach Tatum Thorne at Red Oak High School…in her four seasons, she produced a .514 batting average, 180 hits, 120 runs, 43 doubles, 18 triples, 22 home runs, 172 RBI, and 21 stolen bases…was inlcuded in the Dallas Morning News 4A Leaderboard all four seasons...named second-team all-district and the team's most valuable player her freshman season…named first-team all-district, first-team all-area and academic all-district her sophomore and junior seasons, and was also the team's MVP her junior season…her senior season she was named to the TSWA All-State team, first-team all-area, first-team all-district, first-team academic all-district, Senior Scholar-Athlete and the team's Offensive MVP...was also named to WFAA Channel 8 Dale Hansen's Scholar-Athlete Team her senior season...also is a four-time state champion pianist…member of the National Honor Society and Jazz Band.
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Personal: Morgan Alexa Dufour was born on March 13, 1996…daughter of Joseph and Kimberly Dufour of Oak Leaf, Texas…has one sibling: Nicholas (28)…currently studying Business with plans to earn a minor in Psychology…her hobbies include piano, crafting, horseback riding and swimming…her biggest athletic thrills are being the only catcher (senior season) in the district to throw out Kansas commit player trying to steal second base (26-27 attempts), and hitting her first grand slam home run in the last at-bat of her season with her select travel ball team to be awarded the MVP Medal for the game.
