2020 Softball Roster
Roster
Paige Clark
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- null
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Tenn.
- High School:
- Macon County HS
- Previous School:
- Macon County HS
Awards and Honors
- 3x All-OVC Second Team (2019, 2021, 2022)
- 2021 OVC Preseason Player to Watch
- 2019 NFCA All-Region Third Team
- 2022 UT Martin Sportsmanship Award
- 2x Team MVP (2019, 2022)
- Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athletes (2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21)
- OVC Medal of Honor (2019-20, 2020-21)
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
- Ranked first in program history with a 90.7 stolen base percentage
- Ranked second in program history with 97 stolen bases
- Ranked third in program history with 224 hits
- Ranked fourth in program history with 135 runs scored
- Ranked fifth in program history with a .344 batting average
- Ranked sixth in program history with 225 games played
- Ranked sixth in program history with eight triples
- Ranked seventh in program history with 652 at bats
- Ranked eighth in program history with 285 total bases
- Ranked eighth in program history with a .396 on-base percentage
- Ranked ninth in program history with 202 games started
2022: Named to All-OVC second team…Played and started in all 53 games in left field…Notched a .331 batting average with 44 runs scored, 59 hits, eight doubles, three triples, three home runs and 25 RBIs…Posted a .414 on-base percentage and .461 slugging percentage…Drew 15 walks, including a pair against both Memphis (March 6) and SIUE (Apr. 23)…Stole 27 bases, including six multi-steal performances against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 25), Bellarmine (March 1), Memphis (March 6), Saint Louis (March 16) and Arkansas Pine Bluff (twice, March 23)…Posted a 18 multi-hit games, including a season-high three-hit game against Southeast Missouri (May 13)…Led the team with a season-long 16-game hitting streak stretching from Feb. 11 through March 6…Notched six multi-RBI contests against Jackson State (Feb. 26), IUPUI (March 5), Saint Louis (March 16), Austin Peay (May 1), Tennessee State (May 7) and Southeast Missouri (May 13), including a season-high three-RBI day against Tennessee State…Ranked amongst OVC leaders in stolen bases (27, second), runs scored (44, fourth), triples (3, fourth) and hits (50, 10th)…Tallied a base hit in 40 games…Hit a home run against Georgia Southern (Feb. 19), Morehead State (Apr. 10) and Austin Peay (May 1)…Tallied a triple against Jackson State (Feb. 26), Southern (Feb. 26) and Saint Louis (March 16)…Posted a .964 fielding percentage with 77 putouts, three assists and three errors…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
2021: Named to All-OVC second team…Played and started in all 46 games in left field…Notched a .372 batting average with 25 runs scored, 58 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, one home run and 17 RBIs…Posted a .387 on-base percentage and .468 slugging percentage…Drew two walks…Stole 16 bases, including two against Chattanooga (Feb. 24), Murray State (March 5), Tennessee State (March 21), Eastern Kentucky (March 26) and Morehead State (Apr. 18)…Ranked amongst OVC leaders in hits (58, second), batting average (.372, seventh), doubles (10, ninth), stolen bases (16, ninth)…Tallied 21 multi-hit games, including season-best three hit performances against Tennessee State (March 20) and Belmont (Apr. 25)…Posted three multi-hit RBI contests against Alabama A&M (Feb. 20), Jackson State (March 16) and Morehead State (Apr. 17) – including a season-high four RBI day against Jackson State…Strung together a season-long eight-game hitting streak which stretched from March 13-26…Tallied a base hit in 35 games…Hit a home run against Morehead State (Apr. 17)…Stroked a triple against Austin Peay (Apr. 30)…Posted a .972 fielding percentage with 69 putouts, zero assists and two errors…Earned OVC Medal of Honor…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall and spring…Named to OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Tabbed Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2020: Saw action and started in all 22 games for the Skyhawks in a COVID-19 abbreviated season…Notched a .319 batting average with 16 runs scored, five doubles, one home runs and 14 RBIs…Posted a .372 on-base percentage and a .431 slugging percentage…Drew six walks…Stole eight bases, including two against Green Bay (Feb. 20)…Tallied six multi-hit games against Alabama State (Feb. 7), Green Bay (Feb. 20), Wright State (Feb. 23), Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 23), Alcorn State (Feb. 28) and Alcorn State (Feb. 29)…Posted four multi-RBI contests against Grambling State (Feb. 9), Green Bay (Feb. 20), Green Bay (Feb. 20) and Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 23)…Strung together a season-long six-game hitting streak which stretched from Feb. 23-29…Tallied a base hit in 16 of the team’s 22 games…Launched her first career home run against Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 23)…Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with 35 putouts and zero errors...Named to OVC Medal of Honor with 4.0 GPA...Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
2019: Tabbed to NFCA All-Region third team...Named to All-OVC second team…Saw action in 55 games for the Skyhawks while earning 54 starts primarily in left field…Notched a .383 batting average with 35 runs, 62 hits, four doubles, four triples, one home run and 24 RBIs…Posted a .446 on-base percentage and .475 slugging percentage…Drew 17 walks…Tallied 34 stolen bases in 37 attempts to lead the OVC, ranking tied for fourth in program history…Recorded 16 multi-hit outings, including three three-hit contest against Western Carolina (Feb. 17), Evansville (March 21) and Belmont (March 23) along with a four-hit performance against Eastern Illinois (Apr. 6)…Strung together a 15-game hitting streak and a 29-game on-base streak which ranked second in program history…Tallied six multi-RBI outings, including a three-RBI contest against Evansville (March 21)…Posted six multi-steal contests against Western Carolina (Feb. 17), Alabama State (Feb. 17), Green Bay (March 15), Green Bay (March 16), Tennessee State (March 24), Southern Illinois (March 27) and Memphis (Apr. 23)…Recorded 77 putouts, six outfield assists and one error for a .988 fielding percentage...Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Easton/NFCA Division I Scholar-Athletes.
2018: Saw action in 49 games for the Skyhawks while notching 27 starts primarily in the outfield and designated player…Tallied a .262 batting average with 15 runs scored and 14 RBIs…Posted a .287 on-base percentage and a .262 slugging percentage…Drew three walks and successfully stole 12 bases…Tallied five multi-hit contests against Murray State (Apr. 9), Evansville (Apr. 11), Eastern Illinois (Apr. 13), Eastern Kentucky (Apr. 21) and Morehead State (Apr. 22)…Notched five multi-RBI contests against Akron (March 18), Jacksonville State (March 23), Murray State (Apr. 9), Ole Miss (Apr. 25) and Tennessee State (Apr. 29)…Posted a .933 fielding percentage with 14 putouts and one errors…Named OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Named Easton/NFCA Division I Scholar-Athletes.
High School: Joins the Skyhawks from Macon County High School where she played for Tabitha Centers…As a senior, notched a .582 batting average with four home runs and scored 45 runs while tallying 82 base hits…Named to the Tennessean’s All-Midstate Softball first team…Missed her junior season due to injury…Named 8AA Offensive MVP and 8AA Co-MVP as a sophomore…Led the Tigers to an 8AA regular season title and the school’s first sub-state appearance…Named to the 8AA All-Freshman team while earning first team all-district honors.
Personal: Born on Oct. 14, 1998…Daughter of Rick and Cindy Clark…Has one sibling, Peyton…Graduated with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance in December of 2020...Currently pursing a Master's degree in education.
