Coastal Carolina's Payton Eeles (Aaron Fitt)

Fitt: Electric Eeles Sets Tone For Relentless Coastal Offense

CONWAY, S.C. — Payton Eeles was a four-year hitting machine at Division II Cedarville (Ohio). In 2022, he reached base safely in all 47 games he played, recording a hit in 44 of them. He led the team with a .371 average, 14 doubles and 27 stolen bases. He was a dynamo.

But as a 5-foot-7, 180-pound scrapdog middle infielder in the D-II ranks, Eeles didn’t exactly fit the profile of the kind of player that Division I powerhouse programs are seeking in the transfer portal. Then Eeles paid a visit to his old high school, Allatoona High in Georgia,[…]