#5 -
Cory Morales
Position: INF
Year: Senior
Hometown: Lakewood, Calif.
High School: Artesia H.S.
College: Rio Hondo C.C.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 175
2007: One of only two Bears to start in all 51
games (Adam Symons), posting a .289 batting average with 57 hits
and 23 RBI... Stole three bases and had 12 hits for extra bases...
Posted a career-best 10 game hitting streak and reached base safely
in 14 straight from March 25 to May 4... Led the team with 30 walks
and his 197 at bats ranks eighth on the school's single season
charts.
2006 (at Rio Hondo CC): First-Team
All-Conference selection after hitting .320 with 65 hits, 29 RBI
and 10 stolen bases... Also earned All-Southern California
honors... Roadrunners were Foothills Conference runners-up.
2005 (at Rio Hondo CC): Earned First-Team
All-Conference honors after hitting .335 with 57 hits and 33 RBI...
Also stole six bags... Helped lead the team to a Foothills
Conference Championship.
High School: Played baseball at Artesia in
Lakewood, Calif... Was a First-Team All-Suburban League selection,
team captain and MVP as a senior... In his final year, hit .424
with 13 doubles, 20 RBI and 10 stolen bases... Pioneers were league
champions in 2003 as well as CIF-SS quarterfinalists.