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Updated 7/11/11
FRESHMAN (2011)
2011 honors
• NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team
• Big 12 All-Freshmen Team
2011 highlights
• Went 1-for-4 with two runs in his career game against Maryland (2/18).
• Hit 6-for 15 with four doubles, five runs and four RBI in his first collegiate series against Maryland (2/18-20).
• Batted 2-for-4 with one RBI in the series opener against Hawai'i (2/25).
• Went 2-for-4 with a run in the series finale against Hawai'i (2/27).
• Logged one triple, a run and one RBI against Stanford (3/4).
• Went 2-for-4 with a run against Texas State (3/15).
• Hit 2-for-6 with one run in the series finale against Kansas State (3/20).
• Batted 2-for-3 with one RBI against Houston Baptist (3/23).
• Hit 2-for-5 with two runs in the series finale against Oklahoma State (3/27).
• Logged four stolen bases in two games against Baylor (4/8-4/9).
• Went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI against UT-Pan American (4/19).
• Hit 2-for-4 with two runs against Kansas (4/22).
• Batted 3-for-6 with three runs and two RBI against Nebraska (5/7).
• Went 2-for-3 with one run in the night cap against Texas Southern (5/14).
• Hit 5-for-13 with two RBI in the series against Texas A&M (5/19-5/22).
• Batted 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI in the Big 12 Tournament against Oklahoma State (5/27).
• Went 2-for-2 with one RBI against Princeton in the NCAA Baseball Austin Regional (6/3).
• Connected for two hits in each of the last three games of the NCAA Baseball Austin Regional against Texas State (6/5) and Kent State (6/5-6/6).
HIGH SCHOOL
• A four-year varsity letter winner as an outfielder for Coach Mike Zunica at St. Rita High School in Orland, Illinois.
• Garnered the Chicago Catholic League All Conference title as a sophomore, was named Chicago Catholic League All-Conference, All-Area, and All-State as a junior and a senior. Tabbed Illinois Player of the Year his junior year and received the Tony Cawless Award as a senior. He was also named Preseason Louisville All-American his senior year.
• Batted .440 his senior year, logging 59 runs, 51 hits, 47 RBI's, 12 doubles, two triples and ten home runs.
• Played in the Illinois Sparks summer league under Coach David Payton.
• Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 31st round of the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL
Born Mark Payton on December 7, 1991 ... son of David and Susan ... has two younger brothers, Troy and Jack ... father played baseball for the University of Illinois ... majoring in education.
