THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

Three-year starter at shortstop with 137 starts in 144 total games with the Lions…Has started all 51 games each of the last two seasons…UNA 2018: Started every game in 2018 at shortstop with a 2.11 batting average (37-of-175)…Scored 22 runs and drove in 25 runs…Had nine extr-base hits with eight doubles and one home run…Slugging percentage of .274 and had a .338 on base percentage with 30 walks and was hit-by-pitch five times…Struckout 48 times…Had three sacrifice flies and six sac bunts…Four steals in 10 attempts…Fielded .901 with 20 errors in 202 chances…Had seven multiple hit games and six multiple RBI games…Longest hitting streak of the season was eight games and he reached base in a team-high 24 consecutive games at one point…UNA 2017: Started 51 games at shortstop as a sophomore…Earned a spot on the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll…Hit .299 (50-of-167) with 32 runs scored and 26 runs batted in…Eight doubles, one triple and two home runs for a .395 slugging percentage…32 walks and hit-by-pitch seven times for a .428 on base percentage…Struck out 32 times…Two sac flies and three sac bunts…16-of-23 on stolen base attempts and ranked eight in the GSC in steals…14 errors in 213 chances for a .934 fielding percentage…13 multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games…Longest hitting streak of the season was seven games but he reached base in 19 consecutive games…. UNA 2016:  Earned starting shortstop role as a true freshman in 2016…Earned Gulf South Conference Player of the Week honors for February 9...Played in 42 games with 35 starts…hit .309 with 34 hits in 110 at bats…24 runs scored with 10 runs batted in…Seven doubles, 15 walks, three hit-by-pitch and .403 on base percentage…One sac fly and two sac bunts…Five steals in seven attempts…Had a .958 fielding percentage with six errors in 144 chances…Seven multi-hit games, including one with four hits…Longest hitting streak of the season was six games…Reached base in 10 straight games…One multi-RBI games…2016 Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll...HIGH SCHOOL:  Played shortstop and second base at Lawrence County High School under head coach Nathan Hartsfield…Helped lead the Wildcats to a district championship in 2015…Named all-district in baseball as a junior and senior and all-district in basketball as a junior and senior…Had a batting average of .360 and led the team in runs batted in… Broke school three-point record in basketball as a junior, and scored 1,000 points as a senior… Also lettered in golf…graduated Cum Laude…PERSONAL:  Full name is Peyton Vance Sockwell…Born on August 31, 1996…Son of Chris and Jennette Sockwell and has two sisters…Major is Professional Finance…BATS RIGHT, THROWS RIGHT
 
STATS AT NORTH ALABAMA
Year         Avg           G-GS         AB            R               H               RBI
2016        .309          42-35       110             24               34             10
2017        .299          51-51       167             32               50             26
2018        .211          51-51       175             22               37             25
Totals       .268          144-137  452             78             121             61
 
Year         2B             3B             HR            BB             HP             SO             SB
2016          7              0                0               15               3              30             5-7
2017          8              1                2               32               7              32           16-23
2018          8              0                1               30               5              48           4-10
Totals       23             1                3               77             15             110           25-40