2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Peyton Blythe
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Hughes Springs, Texas
2020-23 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2019 All-Big 12 Second Team
2019 All-Big 12 Freshman Team
2019 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
FIFTH YEAR SENIOR (2023)
Started all 41 games played… led the team with a 1.194 OPS and a .455 on-base percentage… batted at a .374 clip with 11 doubles, a pair of triples and nine home runs… finished the season with the second-highest slugging percentage on the team (.739)… tallied nine multi-hit games and eight mutli-RBI games… boasted the second-highest reached base streak on the team at 21 games… went 5-for-6 on stolen base attempts… finished the season with a .988 fielding percentage… went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a pair of doubles in the Big 12 Conference Tournament game against Texas… went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and an RBI in Tech’s win over Rutgers… named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
SENIOR SEASON (2022)
Started in all 47 games played… batted at a .245 clip with a .415 slugging percentage and .341 on-base percentage… tallied 10 extra-base hits, six doubles and four home runs… also added 13 RBIs… was a perfect 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts… recorded three multi-hit contests and three multi-RBI contests… went 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Kansas… totaled a .971 fielding percentage in the outfield with 65 putouts
JUNIOR SEASON (2021)
Made 12 starts out of her 24 appearances as an outfielder...went 2-for-3 against Southeast Missouri (2/28) and Texas State (3/3)...racked in a season high five RBIs in a matchup against Tarleton State (3/21) where she also belted a home run...hit a double against Southeast Missouri (2/28).
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)
Made 14 starts and 23 appearances in her second season with the Red Raiders … tied for second on the team with two sacrifice bunts … drew two walks and blasted a double against Louisiana Tech (2/8) for her first hit of the season … powered her second double of the season and scored one run in Tech’s 5-2 win over No. 15 Georgia (2/15) … collected one base hit against USF (2/15) … laid down one sacrifice bunt and tallied a season-high three putouts and one assist against No. 1 Washington (2/16) … produced one hit and one run in Tech’s second matchup with Louisiana Tech (2/22) … went 1-for-2 with one walk and one run against No. 4 LSU … went a perfect 1-for-1 with one steal and two runs scored against Delaware State (3/6) … was plunked by two pitches … on March 13, the remainder of the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
After missing the first 14 games due to a back injury, Blythe was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and All-Big 12 Freshman Team … made 26 starts and 42 appearances in her rookie season … ranked fourth on the team with nine stolen bases … made her collegiate debut against UT Arlington on Mar. 1 … recorded the first hit of her Texas Tech career against Northern Colorado (Mar. 10) … went 1-for-2 with one walk and a season-high two stolen bases against North Alabama on Mar. 16 … made her first start in the outfield on Mar. 30 at Iowa State where she went 2-for-3 with one RBI, one run and two doubles … laid it all on the line and made a diving catch on the right-field like to help secure Tech’s series win over Iowa State on Mar. 31 … carried a four-game hit streak from Mar. 30-Apr. 6 … posted a 2-for-4 outing with one walk, one RBI and one double to help Tech sweep Baylor for the first time in program history (Apr. 14) ... sparked the Red Raiders’ come-from-behind victory over No. 21 Kentucky with the first home run of her collegiate career … collected two hits in Tech’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2012 … finished the season 9-11 on the base paths ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
2019 TTU Leaderboard: 4th in stolen bases (9); 5th in steal attempts (11)
HUGHES SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Hughes Springs HS … helped the Mustangs to an impressive 31-4 overall record that ended in the Class 3A State Finals …. along with District 14-3A MVP laurels, she was honored as the Longview News-Journal All-East Texas MVP and Texarkana Gazette All-Area MVP ... first-team member of the Tyler All-East Texas Team and ETSN.FM Softball Super Team as a senior ... four-time TGCA Class 3A All-State First-Team selection … named the 2017 ETSN.FM East Texas Softball Player of the Year, ETVarsity.com All-East Texas MVP, Texarkana Gazette All-Area MVP and District MVP following the conclusion of her junior campaign … earned her first District MVP honor as a sophomore in 2016 and was named to the 2015 District 16-3A First Team as a freshman.
PERSONAL
Born on May 27, 2000 … daughter of Shaun Blythe and Mandy Higgins … has one sister, Kadence ... majoring in kinesiology.
