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2021 Baseball

8 Payton Jancsy

  • Weight 190
  • Height 5-11
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Position OF
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Marblehead, Mass.
  • High School Phillips Andover

Biography

School Records:

  • Career: No. 2 in stolen bases (61); No. 3 in triples (13); No. 5 in hits (184); No. 7 in runs (127); No. 8 in batting average (.373)
  • Season: No. 1 in stolen bases (31 in 2021); T-No. 3 in triples (6 in 2019); No. 7 in batting average (.439 in 2021); T-No. 9 in runs (42 in 2021)

2021:

  • First Team All-Region (ABCA)
  • All-Midwest Conference North Division Team
  • CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American
  • Started all 29 games
  • Led the team in batting average (.439), stolen bases (31), triples (4), runs scored (42), hits (50), hit-by-pitches (8), slugging percentage (.588) and on-base percentage (.511)
  • Led NCAA Division III with 1.07 steals per game
  • His school-record 31 stolen bases ranked fifth in the nation
  • Ranked 23rd nationally with 1.45 runs scored per game
  • Added six doubles, one homer, 19 RBI and 10 walks on the season
  • Accumulated a team-high 16 multi-hit games
  • Stole a career-high four bases in one game versus Illinois College
  • Batted 5-for-8 with a homer, triple, two walks and six RBI in a doubleheader at Knox
  • Went 6-for-9 with two steals in a doubleheader at Ripon
  • Hit 5-for-8 with a triple and three steals in a doubleheader at Lawrence
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • MWC Academic All-Conference
  • Team co-MVP

2020:

  • Started six games
  • Batted .385 with eight RBI, one double, four walks, two stolen bases and nine runs on the season
  • Went 3-for-4 with two RBI versus Illinois Wesleyan
  • Went 2-for-5 with two RBI against Loras
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • MWC Academic All-Conference

2019:

  • ABCA Third Team All-Region
  • All-Midwest Conference North Division Team
  • Started 35 games
  • Posted a .361 batting average with 26 RBI, eight doubles, six triples, 38 runs, 14 walks and 13 stolen bases on the season
  • Batted 6-for-9 with four RBI, seven runs, two doubles, a triple and two stolen bases versus Lawrence
  • Went 4-for-4 with three RBI, one double and two steals against Illinois Tech
  • Batted 4-for-7 with three RBI, two doubles and two walks versus Ripon
  • Went 4-for-7 with two RBI and a triple at St. Norbert
  • Totaled 16 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games
  • MWC Player of the Week (April 29)
  • MWC Academic All-Conference 

2018:

  • Started in 35 games
  • Led the team with a .367 batting average to go with 35 RBI, three doubles, two triples and five stolen bases on the season
  • Batted 4-for-5 with two RBI at Greenville
  • Hit 4-for-6 with three RBI versus Illinois Tech
  • In a three-game series at Grinnell, went 5-for-10 with seven RBI
  • Batted 4-for-6 with four RBI in a doubleheader at Illinois College
  • Posted 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games

2017:

  • Started 23 of 30 games played
  • Posted a .309 batting average with 14 RBI, one double, one triple and 10 stolen bases on the season
  • Batted 3-for-4 with one RBI and one walk versus Southern Maine
  • Went 2-for-3 with two RBI against North Central
  • Hit 2-for-2 with one RBI, one triple and one stolen bases versus D'Youville

Personal:

  • Major: Economics
  • UChicago activities: Metro-Squash volunteer, Polsky Exchange Center
  • Dean's List
  • Earned nine varsity letters in high school
  • Team captain in hockey and baseball as a senior
  • Sumner Smith Award - Team MVP in hockey
  • Hit game-winning home run in extra innings to win the Central New England Prep School Championship his senior year
  • Campuses Against Cancer board member, 'It's On Us, Andover' campaign manager

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2017Freshman

    INF/C
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2018Sophomore

    INF/C
    5'11" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2019Junior

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2020Senior

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2021Graduate Student

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    8