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2026 Softball Roster

13 Payton Shimansky

  • Position Catcher / Outfielder
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • School CC
  • Hometown Greenwood, Ind.
  • Highschool Center Grove

Biography

Honors and Awards
Second Team All-Ivy League - 2025
Ivy League Player of the Week - 4/7/25 
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete - 2024

2025
Earned Second Team All-Ivy League … put up career-best numbers in every statistical category … slashed .325/.408/.528 … her .325 average was third on the team … finished with 450 hits in 123 at-bats … of her 40 hits, 15 went for extra bases (11 doubles, a triple, four home runs) … drove in 20 which was fourth on the team … in Ivy League play she was sensational hitting .379 (25-for-66) with 18 runs scored and 12 driven in - the 12 RBIs in conference play was tied for second on the team … had nine muli-hit games … scored three runs and drove in four in the win over Cornell on Apr. 27 … finished the regular season reaching safely in 10-consecutive games.


2024
Appeared in 37 games as a freshman and started in 33 of them… Went 23-for-86 for a .267 average… Recorded six RBI… Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

Prior to Columbia
A four-year letterwinner for coach Alyssa Coleman at Center Grove High School … Helped lead the team to the softball County Title in 2022 and 2023 … Won the Sectional and Conference Title in 2021 … Named team captain for the 2023 season … Recognized as All-County and Academic All-State as a senior … Recipient of the Triple A Award from Center Grove High School as a senior … Named Player of the Week for the week of April 17-22, 2023 by the Indy Star … Named All-County Honorable Mention as a sophomore and junior … Recorded a .417 batting average, .479 on base percentage and .600 slugging percentage as a senior catcher … Had a 1.000 fielding percentage in 2022.
 
Personal
Enrolled in Columbia College.

Statistics

Season:
2026

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2024First Year

    Catcher / Outfielder
    5'7"
    10
  • 13

    2025Sophomore

    Catcher / Outfielder
    5'7"
    13
  • 13

    2026Junior

    Catcher / Outfielder
    5'7"
    13