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Jersey Number 3
Payton List
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Right Handed Pitcher/Utility
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Beaver, Pa.
- High School:
- Beaver High School
- Previous:
- Virginia Tech
- Major:
- Sport & Recreation Management
As a Sophomore (2025):
- First Team All-Sun Belt
- NFCA Second Team All-Region
- Named Sun Belt Player of the Week on March 11
- Preseason All-Sun Belt Team
- Ranked No. 11 in D1 Softball's P/UTL preseason rankings
- Started in all 54 games primarily as the designated player and in the circle, with starts at first base and right field
- Offensively, she led the Dukes and earned career highs in batting average (.380), slugging (.709), runs scored (39), hits (60), RBI (34), home runs (14), total bases (112)
- Notched the first triple of her career in the SBC Championship Game against Coastal Carolina (5/10)
- Her 14 home runs tied for 10th in a single-season in school history
- Amongst Sun Belt batters, she ranked 9th in slugging percentage and OPS, while placing seventh in home runs
- Had two-plus hits on a team-high 19 different occasions, with three contests for three hits and 10 multi-RBI games
- Set single-game career-high in hits with three against Jax State (2/22)
- Reached base 12 straight games, and recorded a career-long 11-game hitting streak, which also led the Dukes
- Went 3-for-4 against Louisiana on April 12 with a single-game career high four runs batted in
- Made 29 appearances in the circle with 18 games started while putting up a team-leading 3.07 earned run average
- Struck out 74 batters in a career-high 107 innings pitched
- Recorded a team and career-best 12 strikeouts against Georgetown on April 12
- Earned the first shutout of her career against Louisiana (4/11), allowing just four hits in a 1-0 Dukes victory
- In total, she had three complete games, including in back-to-back appearances against Georgia State (4/5) and Louisiana
- Her earned run average placed ninth amidst Sun Belt pitchers, as she held hitters to a .207 batting average which ranked second in the conference
- Allowed the seventh-fewest hits and ranked ninth with 12 wins
- Racked up the 150th strikeout of her career against Troy (5/7)
- Dean's List (Fall 2023)
- NFCA Third Team All-Region
- Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
- First Team All-Sun Belt
- Appeared in 45 games, making 40 starts at multiple positions
- Two-way player made 32 appearances (15 starts) in the circle, leading the team in wins (10).
- Struck out five batters and earned the win vs. North Florida (Feb.10) in pitching debut
- Worked season high 7.0 innings vs. Charlotte (Feb.23), fanning seven batters
- Tallied season-high in strikeouts (8) vs. Omaha on March 2 in 5.1 innings
- Finished with a slash line of .333/.375/.649 with nine home runs, eight doubles, and 29 RBI
- Scored 23 runs and recorded 37 hits, including eight walks
- Notched 14 multi-hit games, including a team-leading 11 instances with multiple RBI
- Reached base safely in 16 straight games
- Hit .395 with a team leading seven home runs and 22 RBI in Sun Belt Conference games
- 2022 MaxPreps All-American
- Beaver County Times Female Athlete of the Year and 4A Softball Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022
- Racked up 297 strikeouts and a 0.56 ERA, while hitting .620 at the plate and smacking 11 home runs
- Two-time All-Section honoree
- Redshirted her freshman year at Virginia Tech
JMU Softball | Dukes Advance to 2025 Sun Belt Title Game
Saturday, May 10
JMU Softball | Recap vs. Texas State
Monday, June 03
JMU Softball | Weiler Orthodontics Invitational Recap
Monday, June 03
JMU Softball | Recap vs. Marshall
Monday, June 03
