Boyd-Buchanan softball player looking to win youth athlete of the year

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A softball player at Boyd-Buchanan is looking to win a big honor as a youth athlete.16 year old Peyton Pryor is a pitcher for the Bucs.

She is one of five finalists for Sports Illustrated’s Youth Athlete of the Year.

Payton Pyror (Courtesy: Youth Athlete of the Year)

That award is given out by that magazine, the cancer research foundation Jimmy V Foundation, and the Why Not You Foundation established by N-F-L quarterback Russell Wilson and singer Ciara.

Pryor looks to use this to raise money for childhood cancer research, as her younger cousin, Hayden Hudgins, is a 7 year cancer survivor.

If given the award, she would feature in an edition of Sports Illustrated and receive 25-thousand dollars to donate in honor of her cousin.

Peyton’s grandmother, Stephanie Hudgins, said, “We really try to teach her to dream big, so this would be a big dream for her realized… They’re really close, and she has a sister Blakely, they’re all really tight.”

Voting for this contest ends on Thursday.

We have a link to it here.