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Payton Manca
Jersey Number 55

Payton Manca

  • Position:
    LHP
  • Year:
    Freshman
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    259
  • Hometown:
    Winchendon, Mass.
  • High School:
    P27 Academy (S.C.)
  • Bats/Throws:
    L/L

2025 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN

  • Academic All-ACC Team
  • Helped Florida State to a second consecutive NCAA Super Regional appearance, a first since 2015-17, and a runner-up finish in the ACC, the team’s first in 11 years
  • Appeared in 13 games with four starts with a 2-1 record and a 6.56 ERA
  • In 23.1 innings, allowed 19 runs, 17 earned, on 17 hits with 24 strikeouts and 16 walks while holding opponents to a .202 batting average
  • Earned the win with 4.0 shutout innings with four strikeouts, two hits and no walks in a start against USF on April 15
  • Registered two strikeouts in 0.2 no-hit innings at Notre Dame on March 30
  • Got the win while making first start and struck out three and allowed one run on two hits with one walk in 2.1 innings against Bethune-Cookman on March 5
 

2024 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Redshirt season
 

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Graduated from the P27 Academy in Lexington, South Carolina
  • 2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-American honors
  • Ranked the No. 3 overall pitcher and No. 2 LHP in home state of Massachusetts
  • Also played basketball in high school
 

PERSONAL

  • Born on May 4, 2004
  • Majoring in business
  • Parents are Peter and Amanda Manca
  • Has a sister, Mia
  • Father, Peter, played Division III baseball and coached Payton at Winchendon High in Massachusetts
2025 Florida State Baseball Season Recap
Friday, August 01
2024 Baseball Season Recap
Friday, August 01
FSU Baseball vs Mississippi State - Regional Final Rally
Monday, June 02
NCAA Regional Final: FSU vs Mississippi State Postgame Press Conference
Monday, June 02