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MSU BILLINGS

14 Payton Flynn

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kennewick, Washington
  • Previous School Washington State
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

PRONUNCIATION: washington
Career Single-Game Bests
Category Total Date Opponent
At-Bats 6 3-1-24 2 times
Runs 4 2-23-24 2 times
Hits 4 2-25-24 2 times
RBIs 5 2-23-24 at MSU Denver
2B 2 2-15-24 3 Times
3B 1 3-16-24 4 Times
HR 2 4-19-24 3 Times
Walks 2 3-18-23 Saint Martin's
Stolen Bases -- -- --
Putouts 5 3-31-23 at Central Washington
Assists 5 2-11-22 at Cal Poly Pomona
*Date of last occurrence if multiple
 
 
Awards
All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Season
First Team 2024 (Senior)
First Team 2023 (Junior)
GNAC Player of the Week April 22-28
Academic All-GNAC 2023 (Junior)
Academic All-GNAC 2024 (Senior)
NCAA D-2 All-West Region Season
NCBWA Second Team All-West Region 2024 (Senior)
NCBWA Preseason All-West Region 2024 (Senior)
ABCA/Rawlings Division II All-West Region First Team 2023 (Junior)
NCBWA First Team All-West Region 2023 (Junior)
D2CCA All-West Region Second Team 2023 (Junior)
NCAA D-2 All-American
NCBWA Preseason Honorable Mention All-American 2024 (Senior)
 
Year-By-Year Career Summary
2024: Started all 50 games for the Yellowjackets in 2024...hit .330 in 200 at-bats...hit a team high 14 home runs and 48 RBIs...hled a .615 slugging percentage and a .364 on base percentage...totaled 66 hits, 40 runs, 11 doubles, two triples, and 14 home runs...now sits second all-time in the MSUB record books in career home runs (28)...sits fourth all-time in career slugging percentage (.605)...seventh all-time in career runs scored (97)...11th all-time in career hits (135)...seventh in career runs batted in (99)...named First Team All-GNAC for the second season in a row...Academic All-GNAC for the second straight year...named Preseason Honorable Mention All-American...named Preseason All-West Region...named NCBWA Second Team All-West Region.

2023: Appeared in and started 47 games in his second year as a Yellowjacket, playing primarily in in left field... hit .361 in 169 at-bats... hit a team high 14 home runs and 46 RBIs... scored 44 runs... totaled a career high three hits four times... led GNAC in home runs and RBIs... unanimous First Team All-GNAC selection... D2CCA All-West Region selection... ABCA/Rawlings Division II All-West Region First Team... Academic All-GNAC.

2022: In first season as a Yellowjacket appeared in 23 games making 14 starts primarily at third base…hit .119 in 59 at-bats…hit two doubles and added four RBIs…scored 12 runs…collected first MSUB hit on Feb. 5 against CSU Los Angeles…had a season-high two hits on May 6 against Central Washington…had a season-high five assists on Feb. 11 at Cal Poly Pomona.

Washington State University: Saw action in four games during career with the Cougars…batted .286 with two hits in seven at-bats…drove in two runs…collected first collegiate hit – a double – on March 8, 2020 against Niagara.
 
Kamiakin High School: Three-sport athlete, competing in baseball, football, and basketball…earned all-conference recognition two times in baseball and helped team to the state tournament…earned Washington State Baseball Player of the Week in 2017…all-conference selection as quarterback of the football team…passed for 2,400 yards and 23 touchdowns and led his team to the state tournament…team captain…as a forward on the basketball team helped the Braves to three Eastern Washington regional titles…four-year honor roll member.
 
Coach Waddoups on Flynn: “Payton comes to us from Washington State University.  He is a versatile fielder that can play the corner infield and outfield spots.  The big thing that stands out, he has thunder in his bat.  He has the ability to impact the baseball with the best in the business.  We are so excited to watch him flourish in our Jackets uniform.  He has friendships and relationships that run deep in our program.  He will hit the ground running this fall and we expect great things from him.”
 
Flynn on choosing MSUB: “MSUB offers quality higher education in the degree program and specialties I am most interested in. The baseball program is top-notch – a highly competitive program with expectations of winning championships. The community of Billings is much like my hometown of Kennewick in both size and activities. I’m genuinely excited to continue my academic and athletic career at MSUB.”

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2022Sophomore

    Third Baseman
    6'3"
    14
  • 14

    2023Junior

    Third Baseman
    6'3"
    14
  • 14

    2024Senior

    UTL
    6'3"
    14