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Peyton McNamara

Midfielder

Player profile

  • Year Jr.
  • Hometown Norwalk, Conn.
  • Club CFC United

NCAA Career Stats

CAREER HONORS

  • Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2021 spring)
  • Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2021 spring)
  • TopDrawerSoccer.com Second Team Best 11 Freshman (2021 spring)
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2021 fall)
  • OSU Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022)
  • Trained with the Jamaican National Soccer Team in advance of the Tokyo Olympics (summer, 2021)

2021 Fall (Sophomore)

  • Appeared in five games before suffering an ankle injury
  • Had an assist and a pair of shots in the 4-1 win over Akron (Aug. 28)

2021 Spring (Freshman)

  • Appeared in all 14 games
  • Scored six times with two game-winners (vs. Maryland 3.4 and Indiana 3/25)
  • Credited with assist in wins vs. Wisconsin (3-1) and Stony Brook (5-1) and in a tie vs. Penn State (2-2 2 ot)
  •  Took 25 shots, third on the team, and 10 on net
  • Named the 2021 Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a member of the All-Freshman Team

Prior to Ohio State

  • Four-year letterwinner at Brien McMahon High School
  • Three-time first team all-state and All-FCIAC
  • 2019 All-American
  • Two-time team captain
  • Four-year letterwinner in track
  • Competed for Jamaica at 2020 Concacaf U-20 Championship
  • Two-time ECNL All-Conference Team
  • 2018 ECNL All-American and Northeast Conference Player of the Year

Personal

  • Daughter of James and Eileen McNamara
  • Has an older brother, Benjamin