Payden Bordeau

Photo by: Tony Walsh

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Lake Brantley HS
Hometown:
Apopka, Fla.
Shop:
R/R

Career Honors and Awards
Softball SAAC Representative… 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll… 2020-21 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

2023 // Junior
Redshirted… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)… Named to Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2022 // Sophomore
Made 20 starts behind the plate in 37 total appearances… Hit .146 with seven hits with two home runs and a double… Scored 10 times… Knocked home runs against Purdue (2/19) and Ohio (3/4)… Had two three-RBI games, Purdue (2/19) and at South Carolina (3/12)… Threw out seven would-be base stealers.

2021 // Freshman
Started 43 games behind the plate as a true freshman, appearing in 47 total games… Concluded the season hitting .193… Recorded nine extra-base hits including five doubles and four home runs… Drove in 13 runs on the season… Caught six runners stealing from behind the plate… Strung together a six-game hitting streak, adding a hit in every game of the Ole Miss and Florida series… Had a pair of two-hit games, both against Florida… Hit her first career home run, a two-run shot, to tie the game against #5 Florida (4/3)… With Georgia ahead only 1-0 in the first game of the Super Regional at #4 Florida, hit a three-run home run in the sixth to add some extra insurance for Georgia… Had a hit against #5 Oklahoma State (6/5) in the WCWS… Member of SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.

High School
Was a four-year varsity player at Lake Brantley High School… Was a first team all-conference honoree and was the varsity defensive player of the year as a rookie… During her sophomore season, she was named the offensive player of the year while earning first team all-conference honors once again, also garnering conference academic accolades… Was named Seminole Athletic Conference All-Academic Team as a junior and senior… Earned first team all-conference senior season after hitting .447 and fielding 1.000 in the abbreviated season… Played club for the Firecrackers and hit .389 during the 2019 season with 12 home runs… She did not allow a single runner to steal during the 2019 PGF Nationals tournament… Off the field, she was a member of the National Honor Society and Student-Athlete Leadership Team… Ranked t-58th on Extra Innings’ Elite 100 list and 11th on the catchers list.

Personal
Daughter of Stacy and Mark Bordeau… Has an older brother, Logan, and a younger sister, Bristin… Her uncle, Ryan Dillon, was a pro golfer… Born Sept. 1, 2002… Majoring in Consumer Economics.