FMU: 2-year starter....Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Team 2025....Appeared in and started 53 games as part of the 2025 squad that reached the NCAA Super Regionals....Conference Carolinas rankings: T-3rd in sac flies (5), T-8th in hit-by-pitches (6), T-12th in sac bunts (6), T-21st in home runs (6), and T-23rd in RBIs (32)....11 multi-hit games and 7 multi-RBI games....Played and started 59 games in 2024 (55 at 2B and 4 at 3B)....Hit .278 with 6 homers and 42 RBIs....Conference Carolinas rankings: 6th in hit by pitches (9), 8th in doubles (15), 14th in triples (2) and walks (21), 17th in RBIs, 19th in runs scored (40), and 20th in fielding assists (74)....Shared team lead in doubles....12 multi-hit games and 9 multi-RBI games....Reached base at a .462 clip when leading off an inning....A perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases....Transfer from the University of Northern Colorado, where she played two years....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete 2025, 2024....Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award 2024....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).
UNC: As a sophomore,played in 35 games and made 18 starts....Batted .210 with a double and 9 RBIs....As a freshman, played in 46 games, with 41 starts....Hit .268 with an on-base percentage of .351, five doubles, 2 homers, and 21 RBIs....Finished the season with a fielding percentage of .873....Part of the Academic Honors College....2022 Fall Academic Scholar Deans list for GPA 4.0....NFCA/Easton All-American Scholar-Athlete 2023, 2022....Big Sky All-Academic Team 2022, 2023....HOBY Award winner....Student Council....Bio Med Program....State Qualifier for FBLA.
PERSONAL:
- Born in Firestone, CO
- Graduate of Frederick High School, where she played for coaches Roger Dufour and (her dad) Randy Gale
- Led her team to a pair of State Tournaments, including 2017 regional champions
- 2020 first-team All-State CHASSA
- 2019 All-State honorable mention
- 2019 & 2020 BOCO first-team All-Region
- 2020 CCGS All-State and CHSCA All-State
- 4-time All-Conference selection
- 2-time All-Academic All-State
- 3-time team Slugger Award
- Team Captain
- 4-time Honor Roll letterwinner
- Dean's list
- HOBY Award winner
- Student Council
- Bio Med Program
- Extra Innings' 2021 Top Defensive Player of the Year (#91 in 2019)
- Nicknames are Pey and P
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Lawyer
- How you got your nickname: Just from growing up, what was easy for people to call me
- Favorite Athlete: Derek Jeter
- Favorite Sports Team: N.Y. Yankees
- Favorite Movies or TV Show: Hunger Game, Twilight, Maze Runner
- Favorite Food: Mom’s Homemade Gumbo
- Favorite Vacation Spot: Kauai, Hawaii
- Favorite Musical Artist: Lee Brice
- Favorite Thing About FMU: The campus and the facilities
- Favorite Off-Field Activity: Weight lifting and hanging out with my friends
- Goals for Upcoming Season: To come out and win the conference
- Why you first choose your sport: It’s in my blood as my mom played college softball, dad played semi-pro baseball, my grandma played softball, and my grandpa coached softball
- Biggest mental challenge in your sport: How to get out of a hitting slump
- Interesting Notes: My uncle Rory Vaden is a New York Times best selling author; Member of a Big Sky Conference champions and NCAA Regional participant; 2022 two-time Nomination Big Sky Player of the Week; 2023 Nomination for Big Sky Player of the Week; 2021 Alliance Fastpitch All-American; 2021 Extra Innings Top 100 Player; 2021 Extra Innings first-team All-American; 2021 Alliance National Player of the Month; 2021 Extra Innings first-team All-American Infielder; I lived in England my first grade summer
- Brush With Greatness: I was part of the first Alliance All American Game, as a Top 40 player in the country
