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Butler RF Jack Moroknek commits to Texas out of NCAA transfer portal

Danby: Daniel Hager06/12/25DanielHagerOn3
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Butler right fielder Jack Moroknek has committed to Texas via the NCAA Transfer Portal, he revealed on X/Twitter Thursday afternoon. Moroknek was an All-Big East Second-Team selection in 2025.

The Carmel, IN native started 53 games for Butler this season, hitting for a .372 batting average with 16 doubles, 18 home runs, 57 RBI, a .702 SLG% and a .443 OBP%. After three seasons of Big East baseball, Moroknek will head to the SEC for his final season of college baseball.

Moroknek becomes Texas‘ second addition out of the portal, joining Wichita State second baseman Josh Livingston. He played two seasons at Butler (109 games), where he hit for a combined .350 average with 30 doubles, 31 home runs, 101 RBI, a .646 slugging percentage and a .427 on base percentage.

“It’s really easy to play with a guy like that,” former teammate Ryan Drumm said prior to the season. “It’s a lot of fun, too. He makes my job a lot easier. I’m usually batting right before him in the lineup, and they’re trying to pitch to me because they don’t want to face him, or if I go down base, there’s a good chance I score. It’s really nice to have that kind of comfort, and also to have someone like that to emulate right behind you.”

He’ll join a Longhorn team that saw a disappointing end to their 2025 season, in which they failed to advance out of the Austin Regional as the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Jim Schlossnagle‘s team won a conference-leading 20 SEC games this season and compiled a 44-14 record, but lost twice to UTSA in back-to-back days to end their season.

“I don’t know what it is about this sport, but for some reason, it’s everything to me,” Moroknek said preseason. “I can’t stop thinking about every single day, just every single little thing about it: how it connects, and what little things really change your baseball game. It’s [also] just a metaphor for life itself. I think it’s made me a better man just because of how much I’ve had to fail and learn from myself, and how the struggles of injury and not being able to play my freshman year have made me a better person in general.”

It appears as if Texas is getting a dedicated player who is all about the sport of college baseball. A major win for the Longhorns.