Peyton Grantham

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Bat/Throw:
R/R
Hometown:
Daphne, Ala.
High School:
Daphne HS

2017

Started 60 games, splitting time at first base and third base ... led the team with 10 doubles and was second with seven home runs and 39 RBIs ... drove in a career-high six RBIs in the season opener vs. Towson (Feb. 10) on a three-run homer and a three-run double ... posted two-hit performances in each of the next three games ... hit an RBI double to score the first run of the game against South Alabama (Feb. 15) ... hit a solo home run in the game one win at Louisiana (Feb. 18) ... went 2-4 with three RBIs against Texas Tech (Feb. 24) ... drove in two runs on a second-inning double against Gardner-Webb (Feb. 25) went 2-5 in the extra-inning win over UAB (Feb. 28) ... went 2-2 including an RBI single against Loyola (March 7) ... went 2-3 with an RBI in game one against Arkansas (March 10) ... drove in the game-tying run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh in game two against Arkansas (March 12) in Alabama's eventual comeback victory ... scored the final run in Alabama's 9-0 win over Georgia Southern (March 15) ... hit a three-run home run in the series opener at Mississippi State (March 17) ... earned a hit in two of the three games against South Carolina (March 24-26), driving in a run in the series opener ... tied a school record with three home runs against Missouri (April 1), driving in six runs in the Tide's 9-3 win ... hit an RBI double as part of a 2-3 day against Lipscomb (April 5) ... drove in two runs on a first-inning double in the opening game against LSU (April 7) ... went 2-3 against UAB (April 11) including a third-inning grand slam.

2016

Started 56 games at third base ... hit .248 with 36 hits, including 10 doubles and eight home runs ... drove in 39 RBIs ... second on the team with 55 assists ... knocked in her first hit of the year against James Madison (Feb. 13), a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to give Alabama the 2-1 comeback victory ... went 2-3 against Georgia State (Feb. 20), including a three-run homer in the fifth inning ... slugged a two-run homer in the fourth inning against Troy (Feb. 24) ... posted a career-best five RBIs in the run-rule win over Arizona (Feb. 27), hitting a two-run double in the first inning and a three-run triple in the sixth that ultimately gave Alabama the eight-run lead to end the game in the sixth ... went 2-4 with four RBIs against Tennessee (Feb. 28), including a three-run homer in the first inning and a game-tying RBI double in the seventh ... was named the MVP of the Easton Bama Bash tournament ... slugged a two-run homer against ULM (March 4) as part of a 2-3 performance with three RBIs ... hit a fourth-inning grand slam against DePaul (March 5), the team's first grand slam of the year ... hit two doubles in the series opener at LSU (March 11) ... went 2-3 against DePaul (March 19) in Fullerton, including an RBI triple ... slugged a pinch-hit home run to lead off the third inning against Mississippi Valley State (April 5) ... scored twice and hit a solo home run in the win at Southern Miss (April 12) ... set a school record with three sacrifice bunts against Kentucky (April 23) ... drove in Alabama's first run in the game-three win over South Carolina (May 1) ... hit an RBI single during Alabama's big sixth-inning comeback in game two over Georgia (May 7) ... went 2-2 with a run scored in the series finale vs. the Bulldogs (May 8) ... drove in two runs on a first-inning double in the SEC Tournament win over Mississippi State (May 11) ... blasted a solo home run in the first inning of the NCAA Regional title game vs. Cal (May 22).

2015

Redshirted ... did not play after recovering from offseason ACL surgery.

2014

Made 54 appearances, including 44 starts primarily at third base ... hit .228 with 28 hits including four doubles and five home runs with 21 RBI ... went 3-3 in her first career start against Northwestern State (Feb. 8), finishing one home run shy of hitting for the cycle ... went 2-3 with an RBI in her start against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 8) ... hit 1-2 with two runs scored against Virginia Tech (Feb. 22) ... knocked in a pinch-hit RBI double in the seventh inning at UAB (Feb. 25) ... went 1-3 against Houston (Feb. 28), scoring two runs and driving in three ... drove in the first run of the game for Alabama against Houston (March 1) with a first-inning sacrifice fly ... hit a two-run single in her first at-bat in game two against South Carolina (March 8) ... launched her first career home run in the series finale at Ole Miss (March 16), pinch-hitting in the seventh inning ... went 1-3 in game two against Florida (March 22) ... earned a hit in every game during the LSU series ... went 1-2 in game one vs. the Tigers (March 28), with a sixth-inning RBI single that was the final run in the 9-1 run-rule victory ... went 2-3 in game three vs. LSU (March 30), with a third-inning single and a seventh-inning double ... earned a hit and drove in a run in both the first and second games of Arkansas series (April 4-5) ... went 2-3 against UAB (April 9) ... made the most of her only official at-bat in game one at Mississippi State (April 11), blasting a solo home run to right center for her second RBI of the day after a second-inning sacrifice fly ... went 2-3 in game one against Georgia (April 24), including a fourth-inning solo home run and a sixth-inning double ... hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 12th inning to give Alabama a 6-5 win over Nebraska in the opening game of the NCAA Super Regional round (May 22) ... blasted a three-run homer against Oklahoma (May 29) in the opening game of the Women's College World Series, giving Alabama the lead in the eventual 6-2 victory ... went 1-3 with a run scored in the 2-0 victory over Kentucky (May 30) in the second game of the WCWS.

High School

Nominated for the Gatorade Player of the Year ... Max Prep All-American ... AHSAA North/South All-Star Game MVP in 2012 ... two-time all-state selection ... twice named Class 6A Hitter of the Year ... 2013 Press-Register Player of the Year ... named to the ASWA Super All-State team in 2013 ... member of the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Key Club.