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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1974-01-22)January 22, 1974 (age 51) Denville, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Central (San Angelo, Texas) |
| College | Texas Longhorns (1992–1994) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Other information | |
Baseball player Baseball career | |
| Outfielder | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| New York–Penn League (Class A Short Season): 1995, for the Oneonta Yankees | |
| Pacific Coast League (Class AAA): 1998, for the Las Vegas Stars | |
| Last Southern League (Class AA) appearance | |
| 1999, for the Mobile BayBears | |
| Stats atBaseball Reference | |
| Former teams | |
| Oneonta Yankees (1995) Greensboro Bats (1996) Tampa Yankees (1997) Norwich Navigators (1998) Las Vegas Stars (1998) AZL Padres (1999) Mobile BayBears (1999) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Shea Brian Morenz (born January 22, 1974) is an American businessman, strategist, philanthropist, and the CEO and president of Morenz Group and Bobcat Group. Morenz played collegiate football and baseball at theUniversity of Texas before being drafted by theNew York Yankees organization in the first round of the1995 Major League Baseball draft.
Shea attendedSan Angelo Central High, where he excelled in academics and athletics and was named a first-team High School All-American in both football and baseball. Morenz was the 1992 Texas Player of the Year in both football and baseball and played in two Texas High School Coaches All-Star Games (football and baseball). He was inducted into the Bobcat Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
Upon graduation, Shea went on to attend the University of Texas on an athletics scholarship, where he started two years as quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, was first-team All-Southwest Conference as a right fielder for the UT baseball team and was selected in the first round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Yankees. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance and made the All-Southwest Conference Academic Honors list.
Morenz was drafted with the 27th pick in the first round of the1995 Major League Baseball draft by theNew York Yankees organization. He played four seasons with the organization and one season in theSan Diego Padres system before retiring from professional baseball in 2000.
Following his baseball career, Morenz got his Master of Business Administration at theUniversity of Michigan and began working atGoldman Sachs in 2001. Morenz spent 10 years at the company and became a managing director in the investment management division and region head for private wealth management for the southwest region during his time there.
In 2011, Morenz joinedStratfor, a geopolitical intelligence firm, where he served as president and CEO before starting his own company.
Shea founded Morenz Group,[1] a Houston-based holding company, in 2016, where he currently serves as president and CEO.
In 2017, Morenz Group launched their first operating platform, Bobcat Group,[2] a privately-held land, midstream and mineral rights company operating in theMidland Basin.
Morenz is involved with a number of community organizations, including the Texas Business Leadership Council,[3] the Board of Visitors for the Menninger Clinic,[4] and the Navy Seal Foundation.[5] He also serves on the Chancellor's Council and Development Board for the University of Texas System[6] as well as the Advisory Council for theMcCombs School of Business.[7] Morenz is the founder of the University of Texas 1883 Council, as well as a member of Young Presidents’ Organization, Austin Chapter.