2013 Softball Roster

Alex Peyton
- Position:
- Pitcher/First Base
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Rosary
- Hometown:
- Fullerton, Calif.
At Princeton
2013
First-team NFCA All-Mid-Atlantic as utility/pitcher ... second-team All-Ivy League as a pitcher, honorable mention All-Ivy as a first baseman ... two-time Ivy League Pitcher of the Week ... led team in pitching appearances (19) and innings pitched (120 2/3) ... struck out a staff-best 83 batters ... ended her career fifth on the Princeton career home run list, with 24 ... with 11 home runs, became the sixth player in program history to hit at least 10 home runs ... at the plate, led team in home runs, RBI (36) and total bases (90) ... had 14 multi-hit games and four three-hit games ... homered twice in the same game on two occasions, against Brown on Mar. 30 and against Cornell on Apr. 27 ... season-high nine strikeouts in the circle came at Dartmouth on Apr. 6 ... in career finale, went 14 1/3 innings before surrendering the game's only run at Cornell on Apr. 28.
2012
All-Ivy League honorable mention ... played in all 46 games, splitting time between pitching and playing first base ... made 24 appearances and 21 starts in the circle ... tossed a complete-game shutout against Dartmouth on March 30, giving up four hits ... shut out Columbia on April 21, giving up five hits ... had 10 multi-hit games ... went 3 for 4 against Cornell on April 28 ... homered seven times, including in three straight games against Rhode Island (two games) and Maryland on March 10-11 ... homered in back-to-back games against Dartmouth and Harvard on March 30-31 ... hit two home runs against La Salle on April 12.
2011
All-Ivy League honorable mention ... co-led Princeton with 10 multi-hit games at the plate, including three three-hit games, and threw a team-high 116 2/3 innings in the circle, tying for the team lead with six wins ... went 3 for 3 at the plate against Central Connecticut State on March 30, as well as 3 for 5 against Yale on April 3 and 3 for 3 at Penn on April 17 ... homered March 13 against Syracuse, March 16 at Georgetown in a three-RBI game, March 27 against Marist in a four-RBI game, and March 30 against Central Connecticut State ... pitched seven or more innings in a game 11 times ... season-high nine strikeouts came in seven innings of work against Hampton on March 19 ... had a four-hit, two-walk shutout at Dartmouth on April 9 ... gave up one earned run in the season finale at Cornell on May 1 ... all six wins were complete-game outings.
2010
Pitched in nine games with eight starts ... played in 36 games overall, starting 33, including starts at first base and as the designated player ... had five multi-hit games, including a 2-for-4 game against Mount St. Mary's in her collegiate debut on March 5 ... had a 3-for-4 game in the last half of a doubleheader at Brown on April 10 ... homered in back-to-back games against Mount St. Mary's on March 6 and Santa Clara on March 13 ... defeated Mount St. Mary's on March 6, Pacific in the first game of a doubleheader on March 17, and Saint Mary's on March 19 for her three pitching wins.
At Rosary
Finished her high school career with a 0.96 ERA and a .330 batting average ... earned league Most Valuable Pitcher honors as a senior ... hit .367 with an 0.83 ERA as a junior, leading to a first-team All-California Southern Section honor.
Personal
Parents are Gerald and Laura Peyton ... both parents work in real estate ... brother Reid is a 2008 Princeton graduate and pitched three seasons for the baseball team ... sister Taylor is a 2010 Boston College graduate who played softball for the Eagles ... ecology and evolutionary biology major.
Batting Statistics
Season | GP-GS | BA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB-A | BB | HBP | SAC | SF | GDP | SO | PO | A | E |
2010 | 36-33 | .200 | 95 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 89 | 26 | 2 |
2011 | 42-42 | .279 | 136 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 150 | 53 | 4 |
2012 | 46-46 | .286 | 147 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 150 | 58 | 0 |
2013 | 45-45 | .343 | 140 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 36 | 0-0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 150 | 58 | 0 |
Totals | 169-166 | .284 | 518 | 63 | 147 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 91 | 0-0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 389 | 137 | 6 |
Pitching Statistics
Season | GP-GS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | WP | BK | HBP | CG | SHO/CBO | W-L | ERA | SV |
2010 | 9-8 | 51.0 | 64 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0/1 | 3-5 | 3.16 | 0 |
2011 | 21-16 | 116.2 | 130 | 82 | 59 | 39 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 1/0 | 6-12 | 3.54 | 0 |
2012 | 24-21 | 140.1 | 159 | 79 | 65 | 31 | 79 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 2/0 | 6-14 | 3.24 | 0 |
2013 | 19-17 | 120.2 | 109 | 51 | 36 | 49 | 83 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 2/0 | 6-14 | 3.24 | 0 |
Totals | 73-62 | 428.2 | 462 | 246 | 183 | 136 | 254 | 69 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 55 | 40 | 5/1 | 15-31 | 3.34 | 0 |