2027 Demon Softball Roster

Zoey Fitts, NSU Photographic Services
Zoey Fitts, NSU Photographic Services
Zoey Fitts, NSU Photographic Services
Zoey Fitts, NSU Photographic Services
Zoey Fitts, NSU Photographic Services
Paige Fontenot, NSU Director of Marketing and Digital Media
Paige Fontenot, NSU Director of Marketing and Digital Media
Paige Fontenot, NSU Director of Marketing and Digital Media
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

34 Peyton Young

  • Position:
    Shortstop
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Hometown:
    Forney, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Rockwall-Heath HS
  • Prev School:
    Texas State / Weatherford College

Summary

Biography

2026 Season
Saw action in 48 total games making 39 starts, including the final 21 games as the Demon shortstop…finished second on the team with a .331 average on 40hits with 21 RBI…her 10 HBPs was tied for the second most on the team, helping her to a .401 on-base percentageMade NSU debut and first Demon start against No. 24 Mississippi State (Feb. 6)…get her first career hit against New Mexico (Feb. 7)…went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI against Grambling (Feb. 10)…drove in two runs in two different game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on consecutive days (Feb. 27-28)…finished a single shy of the cycle in game one against East Texas A&M (March 27) going 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double, a triple and driving in six…she also scored four runs in the game, becoming the first player since Natalie Landry in 2016 to do that in a game…the home runs were the first two of her career and she finished the three game series going 6-for-9 at the plate with an OPS of 2.394…picked up hits in each game at SFA including a two-run single in the finale (April 3) and also scored two runs in the game…produced hits in all three games at Lamar (April 14-15)…went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI and two runs scored against Nicholls (April 24)…also went 3-for-4 against Nicholls in the SLC Tournament (April 30) with a double and two RBIhad a season-long nine-game hitting streak from March 20 through April 3.

Prior to NSU
NFCA Second-Team All-Region (Weatherford College, 2025)

Played her freshman season at Texas State (2024) before earning all-region honors at Weatherford College in 2025...hit .406 for the season with the Coyotes with six extra-base hits, 20 RBI, 17 runs scored, 10 stolen bases and an OPS over 1.000...upped her batting average to a .422 clip during conference games...produced seven multi-hit games during the season and had hits in 11 of 12 games from March 19 through April 9...helped WC to a No. 20 ranking by the end of the 2025 season...appeared in nine games as a pinch hitter in her lone season at Texas State...drove in one RBI against Northern Colorado. 

High School
First-team all-district selection at Rockwall-Heath HS...member of the Bombers Gold Vasquez travel-ball team...earned a pair of first-team all-tournament honors at the Glory Summer Shootout and Colorado Sparkler (Power Pool) with the Bombers...had the top batting average on the team to go along with the sixth most hits and seven highest RBI.

Personal
Daughter of Roxanne and Rob Young...has two siblings, a brother, Carter, and sister, Kinsley...majoring in business and wants to work as a human relations specialist.
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  • 34

    2026Junior

    Shortstop
    5'6"
    34
  • 34

    2027Senior

    Shortstop
    5'6"
    34