University of Toledo Athletics

2025 (Freshman)
Started 36 games throughout her freshman campaign, primarily at third base…Recorded a .256 batting average to go along with 21 hits, including three doubles…Scored six runs and drew eight walks…Drove in five runs and stole three bases…Had a season-high three hits vs. Merrimack (Feb. 14) and at Ball State (March 21).

High School
Earned a varsity letter and all-conference honors every year at Sherwood High School.

Personal
Full name is Payton Claira Abiley...Parents are Meleana and Patrick Abiley, jr. ...Has one sister, Mackenzie and one brother, Dawson...Sister runs cross country and plays softball at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (2022-present)...Brother Dawson played baseball at Coe College (2018-19)...Anticipated major is nursing.

Why Toledo?
"I was allowed to form relationships with the softball coaching staff here at Toledo. The second that I stepped onto campus, I instantly fell in love with the atmosphere, the culture, and the sense of family that the coaches portrayed."