Peyton Cody has made a name for herself as a freshman on the St. John’s Softball team.
Don’t take an eye off a puppy. Look away for too long, and it might grow up; or it might break something.
Peyton Cody was, by her own admission, “clumsy.” She’d stumble around California softball fields, growing too fast for coordination to keep up. The local moms saw her akin to a young canine and, from age 10, the nickname stuck.
Nearly a decade later, she’s still the Pup. But she’s also — wait for it — the “Big Dog on the St.