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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

Biography

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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