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11 Peyton Rivas

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position OF
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • Prev School Coastal Carolina

Biography

Career Stats
R-Senior Highlights
(2024)
  • Has career-highs in games played and tied for most starts in a season
  • As of May 6 she is 3rd on the team with 15 stolen bases (15-of-17)
  • Leads the outfield with five assists
Senior Highlights (2023)
  • Played in 40 games with 27 starts
  • Had a career-high three hits in two games (Feb. 18 vs. North Carolina A&T / Apr. 6 at USC Upstate)
  • Had six multi-hit games
  • Batted .458 when leading off an inning
  • Had a season-best seven game streak of reaching base
Junior Highlights (2022)
  • Played in 25 games with five starts as she continued to recover from injury
  • Made first start as an Eagle on Feb. 11 vs. North Carolina State
  • Scored a run in six different games, including the first as an Eagle on Feb. 18 vs. Youngstown State
  • Had a season-high four putouts vs. N.C. State
  • Named NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Sophomore Highlights - at Coastal Carolina (2021)
  • Had season cut short due to injury
  • Played in 16 games, started 11
  • Batted .296 in 27 at-bats
  • Added a hit in each of the two games and an RBI at Charleston Southern on 3/24.
  • Had a hit in three of the four games versus Lipscomb (2/26-28) along with scoring two runs, adding a walk, and swiping a base.
  • Spring of 2021 Dean's list (3.50-3.99 GPA)
  • Fall of 2020 Dean's list (3.50-3.99 GPA)
  • Named NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Freshman Highlights - at Coastal Carolina (2020) *ended early due to COVID
  • Played in 15 games, started 14
  • Was second on the team with a .381 batting average, fourth in the Sun Belt
  • Singled in her first career at-bat and  2-for-4 in the first career game versus Virginia Tech on Feb. 7
  • Went 7-of-15 in the opening weekend’s Kickin’ Chicken Classic
  • Batted  .556 (5-for-9) at the Battle at the Beach with a walk and three RBI
  • Seven-game hitting streak to start the season.
  • Batted .333 (4-for-12) during the Ripley’s Chanticleer Showdown where she had two hits in against Seton Hall on Feb.22  and UMBC on Feb.23
  • Ninth  in the conference with a .458 on-base percentage
  • 2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (3.50 or better GPA)
  • Spring of 2020 President's List (4.00 or better GPA)
  • Fall of 2019 Dean's List (3.25-3.99 GPA)
Prior To Winthrop
  • Four-year varsity letter winner at Charlotte Catholic High School
  • In her four seasons she helped her team to back-to-back South Mecklenburg 8 Conference titles (2016-17) and once in the Southern Carolina 3A Conference (2018)
  • Batted .390 in her high school career, had an on base percentage of .500, scored 79 runs, stole 37 bases, and a fielding percentage of .935
  • Named three-time first-team all-conference selection: twice in the South Carolina 3A Conference (2016-17)and once in the South Mecklenburg 8 Conference (2018), a two-time all-district selection (2016-17), and a two-time conference champion (2016-17)
Personal
  • Born August 29, 2001 in Denver, CO
  • Is the daughter of Rochelle and Eric Rivas
  • Seeking a degree in Business Administration

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 55

    2022Junior

    Outfielder
    5'2"
    55
  • 11

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Outfielder
    5'2"
    11
  • 11

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Outfielder
    5'2"
    11