2022-2023: Peden, captain, earned six top-5 finishes during her senior season. She placed third in both the 500-yard freestyle (5:30.55) and 200-yard butterfly (2:18.24) against Emory & Henry. During the Tennessee Invitational, Peden recorded five season best times, and she finished seventh in the 1000-yard freestyle against Georgia Tech with another season best time of 11:27.49. On senior night, Peden raced with teammates Summer Osborne, Alexis Bender, and Linda Ungerboeck in the 200-yard medley relay and placed second in 1:52.43. During the South Atlantic Conference Championships, Peden swam a personal best in the 1650-yard freestyle timed finals (18:33.67).

2021-2022: Peden's 200-yard medley relay took the win over Emory & Henry with a time 1:50:30. She was also an Open Water National Swimmer.

2020-2021: Peden set the fourth fastest program time in the women's 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:15.21.. Gathered a third-place finish in the women's 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:19.04 versus Mars Hill.. Finished top-5 for C-N in the women's 100-yard butterfly against Emmanuel (Ga.) with a time of 1:06.09.. Collected top-20 finishes in the women's 400-yard IM (4:49.85), women's 1000-yard freestyle (11:08.48), women's 200-yard butterfly (2:16.16), and the women's 1650-yard freestyle (18:46.91) at the 2021 Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships. 

2019-2020: Peden participated in every event for C-N.

High School: Attended Boiling Springs High School in Inman, South Carolina... received All-Region honors in 2016 and 2017