Peyton Graham

Photo by: Ty Russell

Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley

Position:
Infield
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
6-4
Weight:
171
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Waxahachie, Texas
Prev School:
Waxahachie HS

2022: Named a first-team All-American by Baseball America, D1Baseball and the NCBWA, a second-team All-American by the ABCA and a third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... NCBWA District 6 Co-Player of the Year ... finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award for nation's top shortstop ... semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award ... first-team All-Big 12 selection ... named Most Outstanding Player of the 2022 Big 12 Championship and named to the Gainesville Regional and College World Series All-Tournament teams ... led Oklahoma with 20 home runs, four triples, 71 RBIs, 75 runs scored and 34 stolen bases, and batted .333 ... also registered 17 doubles, 29 multiple hit games and a team-best 21 multiple RBI contests ... the first player in OU history to register at least 20 home runs and at least 30 stolen bases in a season ... hit three grand slams: walk-off game winner vs. Baylor (3/26), Big 12 Championship opener vs. West Virginia (5/25) and NCAA Gainesville Regional opener vs. Liberty (6/3) ... had six games with four-plus RBIs and eight games with three or four hits.

2021: Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors … started all 53 games in which he played at third base … batted .288 with 47 runs scored, 28 RBIs, 11 home runs, 11 doubles, one triple, and 30 walks batting predominantly in the leadoff spot … tied for the team lead with seven steals … compiled a .400 OBP and a .502 slugging … registered 17 multiple hit games and six multiple RBI contests … went 3 for 5 with a double and two RBIs in the Big 12 Championship vs. Oklahoma State (5/26) … went 3 for 5 with a homer and three runs at OSU (4/30) … homered and drove in four runs vs. Kansas (4/11) … went 3 for 6 with a homer, a double and three runs vs. Arkansas State (3/14; G1). Summer 2021: Played in 24 games for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League … batted .247 with two home runs, four doubles, seven RBIs and 20 runs in 24 games.

2020: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper… started all 18 games during the season shortened due to COVID-19… compiled a .358 batting average and .457 OBP with three home runs and 10 RBIs... ranked 15th nationally in doubles (8), 45th in stolen bases (8), 49th in runs (19) and 55th in total bases (41)… was 8 of 9 in stolen bases… had multiple hits in nine games and ended the season on a six-game hitting streak… went 3 for 5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run vs. Virginia (2/15; game 1)… doubled in a run, walked and stole a base, then went 2 for 3 with an RBI, walk, steal and a run in a doubleheader vs. Illinois State (2/21)… hit his first career home run in the Shriners College Classic at the Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park vs. Missouri (2/29)… went 2 for 2 with a double, three walks and a steal vs. Dallas Baptist (3/3)… was named Big 12 Player of the Week on March 9, becoming the first Oklahoma freshman to be win the award since 2012… doubled twice vs. San Diego State (3/6); homered twice and scored three runs vs. SDSU (3/7); tallied two hits, scored thee runs, stole two bases and drove in a run vs. SDSU (3/8)… singled, walked and scored two runs at UT Arlington (3/10).

High School: Attended Waxahachie High School in Waxahachie, Texas… selected to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches All-Star Game class 6A roster as a senior… hit .374 with five homers and 19 RBIs and 17 runs scored in 99 at bats, compiling a .626 slugging percentage as a senior… also pitched 30 innings, tallying 22 strikeouts and a 2.80 ERA… as a junior he batted .322 with 20 RBIs and 21 runs, earning District 10-5A Offensive Player of the Year honors.

Personal: Major: organizational leadership.