Payton Huscroft Season 2021

Career Honors & Awards

• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
• Nebraska Bronze Academic Medallion (2020)
• Six-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019)

Junior Season (2021)

• Made five starts on the season, starting five of the final eight games at first base
• Was slowed early in the season following offseason surgery
• Appeared as a pinch hitter in game four against Wisconsin
• Led Nebraska with a .333 average (3-for-9) in the Iowa series
• Had a hit in all three games she was in the starting batting order
• Scored a run in game two of the Iowa series
• Had a single and a walk in game three of the series
• Earned her fifth start at first base in game two of the Northwestern series

Sophomore Season (2020)

• Season was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic
• Appeared in 18 games making 17 starts at first base and one start as the designated player
• Recorded one run, six hits, one double, one home run and six RBIs
• Made her first career start at first base in the season opener against NM State
• Had one hit and two RBIs against the Aggies
• Hit an RBI single in NU's first win of the season against UTEP
• Went 1-for-3 with one run and three RBIs against Bradley
• Hit her first career home run against Bradley
• Had one hit and drew one walk in game one against Georgia Tech at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
• Recorded one hit in game two against the Yellow Jackets
• Had one hit and drew a walk against Cal at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic

Freshman Season (2019)

• Made six appearances, including one start as the designated player
• Scored one run and had one hit
• Made her first appearance as a Husker against PItt in the final game of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge as a pinch hitter
• Made her first-career start as the designated player in the series finale against Wichita State
• Recorded her first-career hit in game two against Illinois, appearing as a pinch hitter
• Drew her first-career walk and scored her first-career run in game two against No. 18 Minnesota, appearing as a pinch hitter

Redshirt Season (2018)

• Redshirted during the 2018 season
• Missed the year after suffering an injury

Before Nebraska (Millard South HS)

• Capped her high school career with a dominant senior season for Millard South, helping the Patriots to the 2016 Class A state title, her third state title in four seasons
• Posted a .420 career batting average with 32 doubles and 16 home runs
• Was a first-team Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska honoree and first-team Lincoln Journal Star Super-State selection as a senior
• Posted a career year, setting school records with a .598 batting average and 17 doubles
• Added eight home runs, 31 runs and 36 RBIs with a .636 on-base percentage
• Spent the end of the season as the Patriots’ starting catcher, a position she had never played before after previously serving as Millard South’s starting first baseman
• Hit above .350 as both a sophomore (.353) and freshman (.371)
• Earned Class A honorable-mention all-state accolades from the Omaha World-Herald as a freshman after batting .371 with five doubles, two homers and 19 RBIs
• In travel ball, contributed to Nebraska Gold’s 2015 ASA Gold 16-and-Under National Championship
• Hit .400 with three doubles at the tournament while helping the Gold win the first national championship in state history

Personal

• Majoring in advertising and public relations (bachelor's degree from Nebraska, December 2021)
• Born on June 21, 1999
• Daughter of Scott and Teri Huscroft
• Has two brothers, Jake and Jered
• Has one twin sister, Paige, who is 21 minutes younger
• Favorite activity is talking
• Favorite food is Jambalaya

Coach Revelle on Payton:

“Payton is a winner who continues to improve herself and her game. She is a high energy player who makes everyone else around her better. A leader and a friend to all, we are thrilled that Payton is a Nebraska Cornhusker."