St. John's University Athletics
2019 Softball Roster
Peyton Cody
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Mission Viejo High School
- Hometown:
- Mission Viejo, CA
As a Graduate Student in 2023: Appeared in 44 games with 40 starts... hit .316 notching 37 hits and scoring 17 times ... slugged .598 with eight round-trippers and nine doubles... named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll... ranked second on the team with a .455 average in the BIG EAST Tournament, while logging a pair of homers and four RBIs... finished second on the squad in average in conference play hitting .317... eight multi-RBI games was tied for second most on the team with a pair of four-RBi games... notched her 100th career hit in the fifth inning against Georgia (Feb.19).
As a Senior in 2022: Appeared and started in seven games before a season-ending injury.
As a Junior in 2021: Started 28 out of the 30 games she appeared in… batted .309 with 13 extra-base hits (seven doubles, one triple and five home runs)… led the team in RBI with 21 and multi-RBI games with five… named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll following games against Stony Brook and Delaware (May 4 & 8)… opened the season with a seven-game hitting streak with multiple hits in five out of the seven games… hit two home runs and tallied five RBI against Rhode Island (March 5)… hit a double and a home run and tallied two RBI in a win against Creighton (April 10).
As a Sophomore in 2020: Started in 21 of her 22 appearances… recorded 15 hits, eight runs scored and seven RBIs to go along with a pair of stolen bases… closed out the Black & Gold Tournament with a 3-for-3 performance against UCF (Feb. 9)… belted a three-run homer to help lift the Red Storm to its first win of the season against Binghamton (Feb. 14)… recorded a single, a walk and a run scored against Lamar (Feb. 15)… hit an RBI single is the team’s second victory over Binghamton (Feb. 15)… posted back-to-back two-hit, one-run performances against Northern Colorado and Lamar on the opening day of the Cardinal Classic (Feb. 21)… scored a pair of runs while tallying a hit and a run scored against Northern Colorado (Feb. 23)… hit an RBI triple and scored a run in the team’s win against Long Beach State (Feb. 28)… registered a hit and a run scored against Mount St. Mary’s (March 1).
As a Freshman in 2019: Started in 43 of her 46 appearances… at the dish, batted .375 with 19 of her 51 hits going for extra bases, including a team-leading 12 doubles… also led the squad with 45 RBIs while scoring 31 runs… landed on the NFCA Top 25 Freshman of the Year list… picked up BIG EAST Co-Freshman of the Year honors alongside Providence’s Daniela Alvarez… earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST First Team, being the one of two freshmen to land on the top squad… picked up three BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selections… recorded her first hit in the opening game of the season against Georgia (Feb. 8)… cleared the bases with pinch-hit triple in the Johnnies’ win over UNC Greensboro at the Gamecock Invitational (Feb. 15)… smacked her first of six home runs while adding another run and base knock against Campbell (Feb. 16)… went a combined 4-for-6 with five RBIs in the team's split doubleheader against Western Michigan and Toledo (March 8)… against USC Upstate, the best pitching staff in the NCAA at the time, rocked three hits with a run scored and an RBI (March 9)… singled against Hofstra to jumpstart a 19-game hitting streak, followed by a 3-for-4 performance with an RBI and three runs scored in the team’s win over Wagner (March 15)… in the team’s over Holy Cross (March 16-17), she hit a combined 4-for-6 with trio of RBIs and runs scored… opened up BIG EAST play against Providence with three doubles and her first multi-home run game of her career while knocking in and scoring five runs (March 23-24)… singled and doubled with three RBIs and a pair of runs scored against Georgetown (March 30)… hit the team’s only grand slam of the season versus LIU Brooklyn (April 3)… Matched her career high three hits and four knock-in’s to open play against Creighton (April 6)… added a pair of hits, runs and RBIs in the series-sweeping win over the Bluejays (April 7)… posted a perfect day at the dish against DePaul (April 18), recording three hits, two runs scored and an RBI… registered two base knocks and drove in three runs in the first game versus Villanova (April 27)…
Prior to St. John’s: Attended Mission Viejo High School... scholar athlete all four years of her career…honored as the team's Offensive Player of the Year in 2018… was a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Championship team in 2016… received Orange County Athletic Directors Association (OCADA) “Athletes of Character” award in 2018.
Personal: Full name Peyton Cody… born in Mission Viejo, Calif… daughter of Kim and Bobby Cody… major is undecided.
Cody Up Close...
Age you Started Playing Softball: 8 years old
Favorite TV Show: Bob’s Burgers
Favorite Pregame Song: Mo Bamba – Sheck Wes
Favorite Food: In-N-Out
Most Memorable Moment: “Winning CIF in 2016.”
Best Piece of Softball Advice: “Hit the ball forward.” – Marty Tyson