Peyton St. George

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Peyton St. George_Oklahoma State_2.11.22

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Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mechanicsville, Va.

Awards/Honors: NFCA All-America (Third Team, 2022) ... NFCA All-Region (First Team, 2022, Third Team, 2021) ... ACC All-Tournament MVP (2021) ... ACC All-Tournament Team (2021) ... All-ACC First Team (2022, 2021) ... ACC Pitcher of the Week (3/15/22, 3/2/21, 3/16/21) ... ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week (2/16/21) ... All-ACC Second Team (2019) … All-ACC Freshman Team (2018) … ACC All-Academic Team (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) … ACC Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22).

2022 - Graduate Student: Made a team-high 37 appearances in the circle, including 26 starts ... Went 22-4 with a 2.07 ERA (155.2 IP), throwing 14 complete games, five solo shutouts and striking out 190 ... Set new Duke single season records in wins (22) and complete games (14) ... Opened her season with a three-hit shutout of No. 5 Oklahoma State, striking out nine on Feb. 11 ... Struck out eight in a two-hit shutout of Elon on Feb. 23 ... Set a new single game Duke strikeout record with 15 against NC State, allowing just one hit on Mar. 11 ... Followed it up against the Wolfpack with a two-hit shutout and 12 strikeouts on Mar. 13 ... Struck out 11 batters en route to a complete game win over Clemson on Mar. 20 ... Struck out 10 in a win over James Madison on Apr. 12 ... Spun a four-hit shutout win over Syracuse on Apr. 22, striking out eight ...Threw back-to-back complete game shutouts in the NCAA Regional over UMBC and Liberty on May 20 and 21 ... Became the first All-American pitcher in program history after the season ... Selected by Athletes Unlimited Softball as a draft pick following her collegiate career.

2021 - Senior: Made a team-high 36 appearances with 22 starts during her senior season … compiled an 18-8 record with 13 complete games and program-record five saves … held a 2.21 ERA through 158.2 innings pitched and a program-record 199 strikeouts … recorded eight punchouts in each of the first four games of the year … led the team with a .176 opposing batting average … set single-season records for saves (5), innings pitched (158.2), complete games (13), shutouts (4), strikeouts (199) and strikeouts looking (35) … threw two innings to earn the save and secure Duke’s first ACC Championship title against top-seeded Clemson on May 15 … season-high 11 strikeouts in five frames against UConn on March 7 … opened the season with a complete-game victory at No. 5 LSU on Feb. 12, limiting the Tigers to three hits and racking up eight strikeouts.

2020 - Junior: Made 14 appearances with seven starts before the season was shortened by COVID-19 ... Put together a 10-2 record with a 2.05 ERA through a team-high 68.1 innings ... Racked up a team-high 66 strikeouts ,,, Helped the Duke pitching staff lead the ACC in ERA (1.61) ... Tied for second in the ACC in most wins ... Pitched six complete games in 2020 ... Tied her career-high strikeouts in a single game with 12 through 5.2 innings versus Indiana on Feb. 14 ... Hurled seven complete innings in Duke's 1-0 shutout victory over fourth-ranked Texas on Feb. 22.

2019 - Sophomore (Stats): Made 30 appearances in the circle this season, earning 13 starts and picking up eight wins (four in ACC play) while throwing three complete games and earning a pair of saves en route to earning All-ACC Second Team laurels … Threw 89.2 innings of work with a team-high 90 strikeouts … Her 2.58 ERA led the squad and finished eighth in the ACC … Continued her streak of dominating in ACC play, tallying a 1.83 ERA that finished fourth in the league … Held ACC foes to a .196 average at the plate, which finished third in the league … Also led the program in hits allowed (73, 2nd ACC), runs allowed (41, 3rd ACC), earned runs allowed (33, 3rd ACC) and opponent batting average (.220, 5th ACC) … Tallied a 5.70 hits allowed average that finished fifth in the conference … Averaged 7.0 strikeouts per seven innings, finishing eighth in the ACC and 87th nationally … Made her season debut with a start in the season opener against Notre Dame, tossing 4.0 innings and striking out four … Threw a complete game shutout against NC Central, allowing just two hits and striking out seven to pick up her first win of the season … Threw 3.2 innings of relief with three strikeouts at Virginia (March 22) to pick up her second win of the season and first in ACC play … Picked up a pair of wins during Duke's dominant weekend at Georgia Tech (March 29-31), tossing nine strikeouts and allowing just one run on four hits in 7.2 innings of work (all relief appearances) … Turned in her most dominant showing of the season in game one against Longwood (April 1), tossing 5.1 frames and striking out a season-high nine batters while allowing no runs on two hits for her fifth win of the campaign … Struck out two to close out the win against Radford (April 9) and secure her first save of the season … Racked up seven strikeouts in a complete game victory against Charlotte on April 10 … After tossing seven K's in game one, she returned for game two at Syracuse (April 13) to strike out eight batters and allow just one run (unearned) for her eighth win of the year … Capped her weekend at Syracuse by throwing 2.0 innings of relief and striking out a pair to pick up her second save.

2018 - Freshman (Stats): Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team, joining Rachel Crabtree as the first two Blue Devils in program history to earn that honor … Saw action in 38 games, including 10 starts and eight of those in the circle … Finished the season leading the program in ERA (1.79), opposing batting average (.227) and strikeouts (96) … Her ERA finished fifth in the ACC and 58th nationally … Finished 10th in the league in opposing BA and top 15 in strikeouts … Went a perfect 6-0 in conference play with a 1.40 ERA, .193 opposing batting average and 51 strikeouts … Her ERA in ACC play finished third in the league while her opposing BA came in fifth and her strikeouts in 12th … Capped the year with 7.2 strikeouts per seven innings, finishing fourth in the ACC and 65th nationally … Averaged 2.82 strikeouts per walk, a mark good for fifth in the conference … Allowed just 24 earned runs and 37 runs all year, both tops in the ACC … Capped the year third in the league with only 80 hits allowed … Recorded a five-plus strikeout performance five times and one 10-plus strikeout game … Finished the year with two one run or less complete games and one complete game shutout … Made her first start on Feb. 9 against Ohio State … Set the school record for single-game strikeouts with 12 against Morgan State (Feb. 23), also recording the first complete game shutout and victory of her career … Earned the win in all three victories of Duke's sweep against Boston College (March 16-18), not allowing a single run en route to the first ACC series win and sweep in program history … Picked up her first-career save in the series finale win against Louisville (March 24) … Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the series opener against Georgia Tech (April 6), including driving in the tying run in the second inning … Recorded 11.1 scoreless innings from April 14 to May 5 … Hit a walk-off single against Virginia (April 27) to secure the series-opening win.

High School/Travel Ball: Went 63-10 over her career for head coach Tom McIntyre and the Atlee High School Raiders … Recorded 40 of those victories over her last two seasons and proved to be dual-threat player, batting over .300 in each of those years as well … Led Atlee High School to the VHSL 5A State Championship from 2015-17, as well as conference championships from 2016-17 and a regional title in 2017 … Four-time All-State member, including being named first team from 2015-17 and culminating in being named All-State Player of the Year in 2017 … Twice named All-Metro and Region Player of the Year (2016 & 2017), while being honored as the Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2014, 2016 and 2017 … Was named First Team All-Conference, All-Region and All-Metro all four seasons … Posted a 21-1 record behind 276 strikeouts, a 0.05 ERA and .069 opponent batting average in 135.2 innings of work in her final season … Her 276 Ks, 0.05 ERA and .069 opponent clip all stand as school records … Went 19-2 and tossed 163 strikeouts over 121 innings of work, recording a 0.81 ERA and keeping opponents to a .152 average at the plate during her junior season … Proved to be a threat at the plate in both seasons as well, going .382 BA/.603 SLG/.475 OBP with 27 runs batted in, four doubles, three home runs and a triple her senior season … The year prior, she went .311 BA/.557 SLG/.377 OBP with 19 RBI, six doubles and three homers at the plate … Played for head coach Jim Adkins and the Vienna Stars 16U in 2015 and 2016 and Terry Warren and the Hornets 18U in 2017 … Named a FloSoftball All-American Pitcher in 2017 and led her team to PGF Nationals appearances in 2015 and 2016 … Is a star in the classroom as well, earning the Atlee Outstanding Academic Achievement award and reeling in numerous Academic All-District and Academic All-Conference honors … Named a Hanover Scholar (4.0+ GPA through high school) … Member of the Beta Club.

Personal: Born Peyton Louise St. George in Richmond, Va., on June 16, 1999 … Daughter of Deborah and John St. George … Has one sibling, Avery … Father played basketball at Christopher Newport University and also refereed college basketball for 12 years … Planning on majoring in psychology.

Last updated: August 24, 2022