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Payton Allen

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Visalia, Calif.
High School:
Golden West HS
Prev School:
College of the Sequoias

2023 (Senior): Played in 35 games in 2023 with 18 starts… made 14 starts at third base, two at second, one at shortstop and one as the designated hitter… went .192 at the plate… accumulated a .299 on base percentage and .288 slugging percentage… totaled 21 bases… added four triples… brought home 13 runs and 14 RBIs… had a season-high three RBIs against Nevada (Mar 11)… crushed the Bulldogs’ first home run of 2023 in a 5-0 win over Arizona in the MLB Desert Invite (Feb 18).

2022 (Junior): Allen played in 54 games for the Bulldogs with 46 starts ... made 28 starts at second base, nine at third base and nine more at shortstop ... hit .303 from the plate with 56 hits in 185 at-bats ... ranked third on the team with 13 doubles ... added a triple and three home runs ... scored 31 runs for the fifth-most on the team ... drove in 28 RBIs for the sixth-most on the club ... totaled 80 bases ... notched a .368 slugging percentage and a .432 on-base percentage ... drew 14 walks and was hit by five pitches ... stole a pair of bases and added five sacrifice hits ... ranked fifth on the team with 13 multi-hit games ... had a season-high four hits in a pair of games, vs. San Francisco (April 26) and vs. Sacramento State (May 10) ... drove in a season-high three RBIs in three games, at New Mexico (March 13), vs. New Mexico (April 8) and vs. San Diego State (May 1) ... scored multiple runs in seven games with a season-high three against San Francisco (April 26) ... finished the season on a nine-game on-base streak, a six-game hitting streak and notched a double in each of the final four games of the year ... Academic All-Mountain West selection ... also named Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

Prior to Fresno State: Attended College of the Sequoias from 2019-21 ... named first-team all-conference and league MVP ... hit .419 from the plate in 2021 playing in 28 games with two home runs, 26 RBI, 37 runs and seven stolen bases ... played for his father, Jody, a former Diamond 'Dog from 1985-86 ... played in 40 games in 2019 registering a .299 batting average with 15 RBI, scored 33 runs and had 14 multi-hit games ... saw action in 22 games in the COVID-19 shortened season in 2020 hitting .295 with 22 RBI and nine extra-base hits.

High School: 2018 graduate of Golden West High School in Visalia ... hit .500 with 20 RBI earned first-team West Yosemite honors ... also played football where he broke the school's single-season touchdown record and guided the Trailblazers to their first Central Section football championship in school history ...

Personal: Son of Lisa and Jody Allen ... has three siblings, Kailey, Lindsey & Cydnee ... father, Jody played at Fresno State from 1985-86 ... kinesiology major ... enjoys wakeboarding, hiking, fishing ... chose Fresno State for its legacy.