University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

AIKEN, S.C. - University of South Carolina Aiken softball standout Payton Baker as been named the Hutson-Etherredge Companies and Auto-Owners Insurance USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending March 20, 2022.

Baker, a freshman from Denver, N.C., helped the Pacers register a mark they had not reached in a decade.

The left-handed hurler went 1-1 on the week in three appearances. She tossed a pair of complete games, including a 6-2 win at Young Harris on Saturday.

The complete-game victory against the Mountain Lions marked the team's fourth straight PBC win on the road – something the program had not done since March 25-28, 2012. 

Baker struck out 11 batters on the week. In her loss, she gave up just one run in the first inning. 

The Hutson-Etherredge Companies and Auto-Owners Insurance USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Week honors one student-athlete each week from an in-season sport for their hard work and effort.
 


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March 21, 2022 - Payton Baker
March 14, 2022 - Joel Haney
March 7, 2022 - Joel Haney
Feb. 28, 2022 - Emily Ayers
Feb. 21, 2022 - Mallory Shaver
Feb. 14, 2022 - Jackson Hannon
Feb. 7, 2022 - Jena Dewalt
Jan. 31, 2022 - David Strother
Jan. 24, 2022 - Tehree Horn
Jan. 17, 2022 - Tehree Horn
Jan. 10, 2022 - Chidinma Okafor
Jan. 3, 2022 - Tehree Horn
Dec. 27, 2021 - Chidinma Okafor
Dec. 20, 2021 - David Strother
Dec. 13, 2021 - Preston Parks
Dec. 6, 2021 - Preston Parks
Nov. 29, 2021 - Delaney Trushel
Nov. 22, 2021 - Tehree Horn
Nov. 15, 2021 - Tehree Horn
Nov. 8, 2021 - Alicia Pitt
Nov. 1, 2021 - Emily Lammers
Oct. 25, 2021 - Patrick Davis
Oct. 18, 2021 - Mary Cecil
Oct. 11, 2021 - Leo Johansson
Oct. 4, 2021 - Patrick Davis 
Sept. 27, 2021 - Caroline Foster
Sept. 20, 2021 - Tashiana Kwatowski
Sept. 13, 2021 - Alicia Pitt
Sept. 7, 2021 - Jaymee Kambel