2020 Softball
Jersey Number 5
Peyton Ward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Winfield, Mo.
2019 (Junior):
- Played in and started all 58 games
- Led the team with 47 runs scored
- Hit .279, had a .372 slugging percentage and a .398 OBP
- Notched 51 hits, 11 doubles, three triples (tied for the team lead), 21 RBI, 68 total bases, and 28 walks
- Stole a team-high 31 bases in 33 attempts
- Posted a .946 fielding percentage with a team-high 102 assists
2018 (Sophomore):
- One of five players to play in and start all 50 games
- Hit .227 collecting 30 hits, five doubles, one triple and three home runs
- Drove in 17 RBI and scored 20 runs
- Led the team in stolen bases for the second straight year, stealing 18 bases in 21 attempts
- Recorded a .920 fielding percentage with 87 putouts
2017 (Freshman):
- Named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team
- One of six players to start all 56 games
- Batted .217 with 35 hits in 161 at-bats
- Drove in 19 RBI and finsihed second on the team with 28 runs scored
- Recorded two home runs and two doubles
- Led the team and ranked 9th in the ASUN with 21 stolen bases on 26 attempts
- Finished 5th in the conference with eight sacrifice hits
- Posted a .941 fielding percentage in 185 chances
High School:
- Prepped at Winfield High School
- In three years of varsity softball, she batted .557, including a .541 average her senior year
- In three seasons, Ward compiled a .950 slugging percentage with 10 home runs, 14 triples and 22 doubles
- First team All-Conference and All-District in all four years
- Three-time All-Region pick (2012-14) and was named Team captain in 2015
- Played in Missouri/Illinois All-Star Game (2014 & 2015)
- Also lettered in basketball three years and was Second Team All-Conference and First Team All-District and All-County her junior year
- Lettered in soccer for one year
- Honor Roll all four years
- Recognized as outstanding student by local Board of Education
- All-Conference Academic Teams for both basketball and softball
Personal:
- Daughter of Carrie and Chad Ward
- Has one sister, Olivia, who also plays softball at Lipscomb
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