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Jersey Number 5
Payton Eeles
- Class:
- Super Senior
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 180
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Acworth, Ga.
- High School:
- Allatoona
- Previous School:
- Cedarville University
2023 (Super Senior)
- Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or better) for the 2022 fall semester
Prior to Coastal Carolina
2022 (Senior) at Cedarville University
- Named to the 2022 NCCAA Midwest All-Region first team
- Earned a spot on the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) second team
- Reached base in all 47 games on the season, hitting safely in all but three games
- Scored 63 runs to break the previous school record by 13 runs
- Led the Yellow Jackets with a .371 batting average
- Also led the team in hits (72), doubles (14), and stolen bases (27)
- Had a season-high four hits and seven RBIs in the series-opening win at Hillsdale (April 8)
- Also had four hits, going 4-for-6, with a home run, double, an RBI, and three runs scored in the series-opening win over Ohio Dominican (April 15)
- Posted a 20-game hitting streak midway through the season
- Totaled 22 multi-hit games on the season, a team-high
2021 (Junior) at Cedarville University
- Named to the 2021 NCCAA Midwest All-Region team
- Earned a spot on the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) second team
- One of two players to start in all 40 games on the season, playing 27 at shortstop and 13 at second base
- Was second on the team with a .344 batting average while leading the team with 39 base hits, 29 runs scored, and 22 stolen bases
- Produced a team-high .359 batting average against right-handed pitchers (42-for-117)
- Ranked second on the team with eight doubles
- Was also third on the team in RBIs (23) and total bases (66)
- Tied for a team-best 16 multiple-hit games, including a four-hit effort against G-MAC foe Lake Erie
- Led the team with eight three-hit games on the year
- Scored three runs in a game on five occasions
- Finished fourth in the G-MAC with 22 stolen bases
- Tied for 12th in the G-MAC with 39 runs scored and was17th with a .344 batting mark
- Named to the 2021 G-MAC Academic Team
2020 (Sophomore) at Cedarville University *Season Ended Early Due To Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic*
- Started all 11 games in which he played at second base before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Posted a team-leading .396 batting average with two doubles, a triple, a home run, and 14 RBIs
- Ranked first on the team in runs scored (24). steals (7), slugging percentage (.542), and on-base percentage (.483)
- Recorded six multi-hit games, including a four-hit contest versus the University of the Sciences
- Voted to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- Earned a spot on the 2020 G-MAC Academic Team
2019 (Freshman) at Cedarville University
- Named to the Conference Commissioners Association Division II All-America third team
- Was named to the NCCAA All-America second team
- Also earned a spot on the NCCAA Midwest All-Region team
- Named to the ABCA/Rawlings Division II Midwest All-Region first team
- Was named to the CCA Division II Midwest All-Region first team
- Named the 2019 Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Freshman of the Year
- Voted to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) first team
- Led the league with a .424 batting average and 27 stolen bases
- Racked up 13 doubles, two triples, 17 RBIs, and 41 runs scored
- Started all 46 games with 40 at second base and filled in behind the plate six times
- Ended his rookie year with a school-record 30-game hitting streak
- Topped the club in slugging percentage (.523) and on-base percentage (.510)
- Tallied 22 multi-hit games featuring two four-hit efforts and eight three-hit outings
- Had one string of six contests of at least two hits per game (16 total)
- Named to the 2019 G-MAC Academic Team
High School
- Produced an outstanding prep career at Allatoona High School
- Set the Georgia High School record for most hits in a single season with 76 in 2018
- Four-year varsity player and three-year letterwinner with a .451 career batting average
- Recognized as part of the Atlanta Braves .400 Club
- Tabbed the 2018 Georgia High School Baseball Co-Player of the Year
- Named to the Georgia Class 6A All-State first team after helping his team to a state runner-up finish
- Two-time all-region first-team selection and named to the 2018 All-Cobb County first team
- Named a Metro-Atlanta All-Star
- Played four seasons of football with two letters and was a member of the 2015 Class 5A state title team
- Was an all-region first-team defensive back in football in 2017
- A member of the National Honor Society
- Graduated in the top 20 in grade point average for his class
- Has two siblings - Brady and Kaelyn
- Older brother, Brady, graduated from North Georgia and was a member of the baseball program
- Father, David, played baseball at Liberty
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