2024 Baseball Roster
Roster
Payton Tolle
- Position:
- LHP/INF
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 250
- Hometown:
- Yukon, Okla.
- High School:
- Bethany H.S.
- Prev School:
- Wichita State
Career Honors
• Drafted in the 11th Round of the 2024 MLB Draft - Boston Red Sox (404)
• 2024 MLB Draft Combine Participant
• 2024 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
• 2024 NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy Award Semifinalist
• 2024 2nd-team All-American (D1Baseball, NCBWA)
• 2024 3rd-team All-American (Perfect Game, ABCA)
• 2024 ABCA 1st-team Central All- Region
• 2024 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
• 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
• 2024 1st-team All-Big 12
• Unanimous National Pitcher of the Week (March 25, 2024)
• Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 25, 2024)
• Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (March 25, 2024)
• 2023 2nd-team All-American (NCBWA, Baseball America, ABCA)
• 2023 3rd-team All-American (Perfect Game, D1Baseball)
• 2023 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year finalist
• 2023 1st-team ABCA All-Central Regional
• 2023 1st-team AAC All-Conference
• 2023 AAC All-Academic team
• 2022 AAC All-Academic team
• 2022 Frisco Classic MVP
2024 (Junior)
Made 14 starts on the mound and appeared in 17 games with 15 starts at the plate… led the team with seven wins, going 7-4 on the year… also paced the squad with 81 1/3 innings pitched… ranked second in the Big 12 and tied for 11th nationally with 125 strikeouts… topped the league and ranked 12th nationally with 13.83 K/9… team was 9-5 in games he started… total six quality starts on the year… posted a 3.21 ERA to rank third in the Big 12… had two doubles and two home runs as part of 10 hits on the year… drove in 13 runs at the plate… made TCU debut as the Opening Day starter against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 16)… struck out seven and allowed four runs over three innings… hit what proved to be the game-winning three-run home run in the eighth inning as part of two hits in Game 2 against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 17)… drove in two more runs in the series finale against FCGU (Feb. 18)…made it three straight multi-RBI games with two in a win over Texas State (Feb. 20)… fanned seven and surrendered two runs on three hits in five inning to earn first victory of the season against UCLA (Feb. 23)… record eight strikeouts and allowed three runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings against USC in a no-decision (March 1)… took the loss after allowing two runs on five hits in four innings at Kansas (March 8)… collected 10 strikeouts over six innings in a no-decision against Oklahoma (March 15)… earned unanimous National Pitcher of the Week for his performance at Oklahoma State (March 22)… struck out 15 and allowed just five hits in a complete-game 1-0 shutout win over the Cowboys… came an out short of second straight complete game in a win over Houston (March 29)… fanned 13 in the contest… fell to 3-2 on the season with a loss at Cincinnati in which he allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings (April 5)… struck out 11 over five innings in a loss to Texas Tech (April 12)… did not allow an earned run over next three starts (at Texas, vs. Kansas State and at Baylor)… struck out seven and allowed just four hits over seven innings at Texas (April 19)… fanned seven over five shutout innings against Kansas State (April 26)… allowed an unearned run and struck out eight in 6 1/3 at Baylor (May 3)… recorded 11 strikeouts and surrendered three runs on five hits over 7 innings to improve to 7-3 on the year in a win over West Virginia (May 16)… struck out nine and gave up four runs in final start of the year against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Tournament (May 22).
At Wichita State
One of the nation’s top two-way players in his two seasons at Wichita State... started 26 games as part of 28 appearances on the mound... appeared in 97 total games while starting 92... in addition to the starts on the mound, made 43 starts at first base and 23 starts as the designated hitter... totaled 13 quality starts, including eight as a sophomore, in his career... compiled a 13-9 record with a 4.56 ERA over 152 innings of work... racked up 146 strikeouts and limited opponents to a .267 batting average... at the plate, was a .313 hitter... of his 99 career hits, totaled 16 doubles and 16 home runs... collected 68 runs driven in... tallied 28 multi-hit games and 23 multiple-RBI contests... recorded a hit in 60 games and reached safely in 65... had an outstanding sophomore campaign that saw him hit .311 with nine doubles, 13 home runs and 50 RBIs at the plate... also posted a 9-3 record with a 4.62 ERA in 15 appearances on the mound... racked up 97 strikeouts over 85 2/3 innings.
High School
Four-year letterwinner and four-year starter at Bethany High School in Bethany, Oklahoma... varsity captain as a sophomore, junior, and senior... named first-team All-State by The Oklahoman and OBCA after a senior season when he hit .490 with nine home runs and also recorded a 0.25 ERA... selected as the MVP of the OCABCA All-Star Game, throwing three innings and allowing just one hit... four-time All-City selection, three times honorable mention and first-team as a senior... set Bronchos school record with 106 strikeouts as a senior... ranked as the number one first baseman in Oklahoma by Perfect Game.
Personal
Parents are Chad and Jina... has a brother, Charlie.
