2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Paige Peterson
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Johnston HS
- Hometown:
- Johnston, Iowa
2025: MVC Commissioners' Academic Excellence Awards and MVC Honor Roll ... CSC Academic All-District … Appeared in 43 games making 34 starts … Finished the season with 10 hits and 13 runs including a home run against Murray State (Apr. 11) … Recorded 49 putouts and two assists for a .944 fielding percentage ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2024: MVC Honor Roll ... Easton/NFCA Scholar All-America ... Appeared in 30 games with 12 starts … Recorded a .125 batting average with three hits, one double, one RBI and two walks drawn … Made her collegiate debut against Western Illinois (Feb. 9) … Drove in first career run in win over St. Francis (March 9) … Stole first collegiate base in win against Southeast Missouri State (Feb. 25) … Notched 11 putouts and one assist defensively for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner playing second base at Johnson High School under Coach Todd Merical ... Helped the Dragons reach the Iowa Class 5A state tournament in 2019, as well as the regional finals four times (2020-23) ... Four-time All-Central Iowa Metro League (CIML) selection, including three first team honors (2021-23) ... Three-time All-State honoree with first team honors as a senior, second team as a junior and third team as a sophomore ... Two-time IGHSAU Class 5A All-West District (2022, 2023) ... 2023 IGHSAU Senior All-State selection ... Four-time Academic All-Conference ... Also ran cross country and track for the Dragons.
PERSONAL: Native of Johnston, Iowa ... Daughter of Eric and Jana Peterson ... Sister of Avery ... Majoring in Real Estate/Marketing ... Volunteers for the Spina Bifida Fundraiser, donates blood for local blood drives and coaches youth softball for JGSA ... Enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to Starbucks and getting coffee everyday, working out and online shopping.
