THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2022: Played in 36 games with 33 starts ... Started 27 games at first base and the remaining six at third base ... Hit .155 with 17 hits, 13 walks and five extra-base hits ... Homered in the Lions' May 29th game against Lipscomb ... Had three multi-hit performances on the season, with his lone three-hit game coming on the road against Arkansas-Little Rock on March 12th ... Batted .500 (2-for-4) with the bases loaded in 2022.

UNA 2021: Played in 38 games with 33 starts … Started 19 games at third base, 13 at first base and one as designated hitter … Hit .232 (26-of-112) with 15 runs scored and 18 runs batted in … Had six doubles and led the team with five home runs … Led the team with a .420 slugging percentage … Walked 23 times, hit-by-pitch three times and struckout 38 times … Had a .369 on base percentage … Three sacrifice flies … Had four multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … Had three-hit games at Bellarmine and Lipscomb … Longest hitting streak of the season was seven games and he reached base in 11 straight games … Hit .483 (14-of-29) when leading off an inning … Homered twice at home against Lipscomb … Also homered at home against Kennesaw State and on the road at Louisiana and Auburn … Fielded .946 with eight errors in 149 chances.

UNA 2020:  Played in seven games with four starts at first base ... Hit .125 (2-for-16) with two runs batted in ... Walked once and struckout 10 times ... Had one sac bunt ... Fielded 1.000 with no errors in 35 chances ... Had hits in back-to-back games against Northwestern State.

UNA 2019:  Played in 29 games with 21 starts, 18 at first base and three as designated hitter ... Hit .213 (16-of-75) with 11 runs scored and 10 runs batted in ... Four doubles and two home runs ... .347 slugging percentage and .302 on base percentage ... Walked six times and was hit-by-pitch four times ... One sacrifice fly and was one-for-two on stolen base attempts ... Fielded .971 with 117 putouts, 15 assists and four errors in 136 chances ... Had five multi-hit games and three multiple-RBI games ... Longest hitting streak was three games ... Thomas scored UNA’s first run of the Division I era at Jacksonville State on February 15, 2019 ... Also hit UNA’s first pinch-hit home run of the Division I era on April 23, 2019 in the eighth inning at Memphis.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played shortstop and second base at Phil Campbell for head coach Jonathon Raper … Helped lead the Bobcats to the first round of the state playoffs in 2014-15 and the second round in 2016-18 … A four-time, first-team all-state honoree, Class 2A Hitter of the Year, two-time Times Daily Hitter of the Year … Also lettered in football and basketball … Participated in National Honor Society … Graduated in the top 10 with an advanced diploma.

PERSONAL:  Full name is Peyton Morgan Thomas … Born on September 22, 1999 … Son on Graig and Amy Thomas and has one sibling … Majoring in Sport & Recreation Management ... BATS RIGHT, THROWS RIGHT.

STATS AT NORTH ALABAMA
Year         Avg       G-GS     AB        R     H     2B    3B    HR    RBI    BB     HP    SO     SB
2019       .213       29-21      75       11    16      4       0     2       10        6        4      19    1-2
2020       .125         7-4        16         0      2      0      0      0         2        1        0      10    0-0
2021       .232       38-33    112       15    26      6      0      5       18      23        3      38    0-0
2022       .155       36-33    110       10    17      4      0      1         5      13        3      41    2-3    
Career    .195     110-91    313       36    61    14      0      8       35      40      10    108    3-5