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championship team. She also played on the Philippines women's national softball team.

Early life and education

Born in Long Beach, California, Stuart grew up in

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and graduated with a 4.0 GPA from

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. At the University of Washington, Stuart started regularly at both shortstop and third base for the

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team from 2008 to 2011. Stuart earned honorable mention All-

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honors three times, in 2008, 2009, and 2011. In 2009, the year when Washington won the Women's College World Series, Stuart started all 63 games, with 36 at third base and 27 at shortstop and a team-leading 37 RBI. She earned WCWS All-Tournament honors for a .476 batting average in the series. As a senior in 2011, Stuart started all 53 games at third base, hitting .271 with 29 RBI and seven homers.

Coaching career

In 2013, Stuart was an assistant coach at UC Riverside and played professional softball in Switzerland. In 2014, Stuart was an assistant coach at

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. After leaving Loyola Marymount, Stuart co-founded with Amanda Scarborough among others to create The Packaged Deal, a series of softball clinics.

International career

Eligible due to being half-Filipino, Stuart played on the Philippines women's national softball team, also known as the "Blu Girls", in the

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and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Morgan 1989 births Living people American sportspeople of Filipino descent Filipino softball players Washington Huskies softball players Softball players at the 2014 Asian Games Loyola Marymount Lions softball coaches UC Riverside Highlanders softball coaches Sportspeople from Long Beach, California Sportspeople from Riverside, California Softball players from California Filipino sportswomen American softball coaches Asian Games competitors for the Philippines American expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland