Wamego softball, the two-time defending 4A state champions, won its fifth straight regional championship last week. Having another dominant season on the mound and at the plate is senior Peyton Hardenburger.
Pitching this season, Hardenburger has a 2.40 ERA, 198 strikeouts, four no-hitters and has earned nine wins. At the plate, she has a .440 batting average, .627 slugging percentage, 13 RBIs, 19 runs scored and has only struck out one time this year. Hardenburger will go down as one of the best pitchers in Kansas high school history. She owns the state record for career no-hitters with 17. Four thrown in the state tournament. Plus, she’s thrown 850 strikeouts and an ERA of .271 in her career. Hardenburger is a member of the National Honor Society and will continue her softball career next year at the University of Tennessee.
Congratulations to Peyton Hardenburger of Wamego High School, the K-State Credit Union & Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center/KMAN “Student-Athlete of the Week!”