Paytn Monticelli

Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma

Position:
Right Handed Pitcher
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
6-1
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Cedarburg, Wis.
Prev School:
Wisconsin

Career Highlights & Honors:

2024 National Champion
2-0 with a 2.58 ERA and 34 appearances through two seasons with the Sooners
2024 Great Britain U22 Women’s National Team (U22 European Championships)
2023 Great Britain Senior Women’s National Team (WBSC World Cup)
Spring 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2025 (Junior at Oklahoma): Made 16 appearances and two starts, turning in a 3.94 ERA and a 2-0 record with 20 strikeouts in 21.1 innings ... Picked up the win against Abilene Christian Feb. 24, her 1st at OU ... Helped combine for a staff no-hitter against East Texas A&M March 19 ... earned the win at No. 12/15 Arkansas March 16 ... struck out four in an 8-0 win against Hofstra Feb. 15.

2024 (Sophomore at Oklahoma): Joined Oklahoma for her second collegiate season and quickly became a weapon out of the Sooner bullpen … Recorded a 1.09 ERA while making 18 appearances and one start … Finished off 12 games … Struck out 23 across 19.1 innings of work, leading the Sooner staff in K/7 (8.33) and strikeout percentage (28.8%) … Limited opponents to a .149 batting average and a .482 OPS … Was particularly stingy vs. right-handed hitters, holding them to go just 6-for-44 (.136) with 19 strikeouts in 53 PA’s (35.8%) … Allowed just one extra-base hit in 80 opponent plate appearances … 16 of her 18 appearances were scoreless … Struck out multiple batters seven times.

2023 (Freshman at Wisconsin): Made 21 appearances, starting 13 games in the circle and going 7-4 ... Pitched to a 2.71 ERA over 80.0 innings, striking out 82 ... Led all Badger pitchers in strikeouts, recording the ninth-most by a UW freshman in the program’s history ... Held opponents to a .235 average ... Walked just 21 batters, registering a strong 3.90 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Threw three complete games with one shutout ... Won four straight appearances Feb. 24-Mar. 5 ... Punched out seven and did not issue a walk over 5.0 scoreless innings of three-hit ball vs. Iowa (5/6) ... Earned the win with 6.0 innings of three-run ball at Nebraska (4/22) ... Allowed a lone run over 5.0 frames at Indiana (3/5) ... Retired 12 of 14 batters faced with seven strikeouts in a win vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/4) ... Fanned a career-high 13 batters across 7.0 innings of work in a win vs. North Carolina (2/24) ... Earned her first collegiate win with seven strikeouts over 6.0 innings of one-run ball vs. Georgia Tech (2/18) ... Made her collegiate debut vs. Oregon (2/10), striking out four over 3.0 scoreless.

FUN FACTS: Nickname is P ... favorite food is steak ... favorite professional team growing up is the Green Bay Packers ... favorite athlete is Serena Williams ... hidden talent is that she can sing ... favorite movie is Step Brothers ... wanted to be a veterinarian when she was growing up ... favorite musical artist is Luke Bryan ... dream vacation spot is The Maldives ... dream job is to be a head softball coach ... favorite book series is The Hunger Games ... would love to play volleyball if not softball

HIGH SCHOOL: A right-handed pitcher from Cedarburg High School in Cedarburg, Wis. … The No. 32 player in the class by Extra Inning Softball ... 2021 and 2022 Gatorade Wisconsin Softball Player of the Year ... 2021 and 2022 USA Wisconsin Softball Player of the Year ... Two-time first-team all-state, district player of the year and North Shore Conference Player of the Year ... Struck out 826 over her career and registered a 0.33 ERA as a senior ... Set her program’s single-season strikeout record as a freshman with 220 in 125.0 innings pitched ... Threw three no-hitters.

CLUB: Played club ball for the Beverly Bandits (IL) … 2022 PGF All-American.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Adam and Lauren Monticelli ... Has one sibling (Nathan) … Brother, Nathan, plays club hockey at OU … Journalism and communications major.