Alyssa Clayton

Class:
Senior
Position:
LHP
Height:
5-8
Experience:
3L
Hometown:
Section, Ala.
High School:
Pisgah
Prev. School:
Shelton State CC

2018 (Redshirt Senior): Appeared in one game in the circle, throwing a pair of innings against Rutgers ... allowed one unearned run on a pair of hits, striking out a batter.

2017 (Redshirt Junior): Went 6-2 with a 2.74 ERA in limited innings coming off her injury in 2016 … Made seven starts and totaled two shutouts with three complete games … Held opponents to a .215 average in 46 innings … Struck out 32 and allowed 18 earned runs … Went five scoreless innings in her first appearance back since last February … Struck out five in 3.1 innings vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (2/17) … Threw a four-hit shutout against No. 23 USF (2/24) … Went 2-0 in the Red & Blue Classic with a three-hit shutout over Austin Peay, before earning the win in relief vs. Nicholls State … Allowed just one hit in three innings of relief vs. No. 7 Texas A&M (3/19) … Named an Ole Miss M-Club Student-Athlete of the Month for August 2016.

2016 (Junior – Redshirt): Was on pace for a record season in the circle until a rib injury sidelined her in late February … Started eight games in the first three weeks of the season going 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA and three shutouts in four complete game efforts … Struck out 26 and allowed just 10 runs in 43.2 innings pitched with a .175 batting average against before the injury … Named to the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Paradise Classic All-Tournament Team after going 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA in 12.1 innings in Hawaii … Went 2-0 at the Troy Classic and carried a perfect game into the sixth inning at Southern Miss (2/24) … Will have two years of eligibility remaining after receiving a redshirt due to the early injury … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2015 (Sophomore – Shelton State Community College): Tallied a 2.92 ERA and 6.49 strikeouts per game with 131 total punch outs.

2014 (Freshman – Shelton State Community College): Averaged 5.09 strikeouts per game with 87 total for a 1.81 ERA … Named to the state all-tournament team and ACCC Second Team selection.

High School: Lettered four years at Pisgah High School … Helped her team to the high school state championship in 2008, 2011 and 2013 … Team finished as state runners-up in 2012 … Also named to the 2012 state championships all-tournament team … Also lettered in basketball four seasons.

Personal: Full name is Alyssa Noell Clayton … Born November 27, 1994 … Daughter of Cathy and Rudell Clayton … Has one sister, Ashley, and one brother, Alex … Majoring in communication of sciences and disorders.