Kennedy Payne
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Akron, Ohio
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- High School:
- Walsh Jesuit
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- Events:
- Sprints
Key relay contributor who will look to continue to develop as an individual sprinter as well, according to the coaching staff.
2016 Indoor: Competed in the 60-meter dash and triple jump at NCACs (March 4-5) … Regularly competed in the 60 and 200 meters during the non-championship portion of the season.
2015 Soccer: Entered into 15 matches, earning the starting nod in five of the last six contests … Scored three goals on the year, including in a 1-0 shutout over Allegheny (Oct. 27) that enabled the Scots to challenge for the last spot in the conference tournament on the last day of the regular season … Also scored against Marietta (Sept. 29) and Oberlin (Oct. 3).
2015 Outdoor: Narrowly missed earning all-NCAC honors (May 2), helping the 4x100 relay to a fourth-place time of 50.20 … Member of runner-up 4x100 relay at the Wooster Invitational (March 28).
2015 Indoor: Saw limited action indoors, competing only in the 60 meters.
2014 Soccer: One of the team’s top reserve forwards, appearing in all 18 games with two starts … Finished the year with two goals and two assists … Accounted for one goal in 2-0 win at Oberlin (Oct. 22) and tallied an assist against Wittenberg (Oct. 25).
2014 Outdoor: Part of fourth-place 4x100 relay team at the NCAC Championships (May 3) … On the winning 4x100 relay team at the Denison Big Red Invitational (April 25).
2014 Indoor: Time of 8.16 during the 60 preliminaries of the NCAC Championships set then-school record … Earned a pair of third-places at the Kenyon Classic (Feb. 22) … Competed in the 60 and the triple jump.
2013 Soccer: Burst onto the scene with a team-leading 11 points (5 goals, 1 assist) during debut season, despite not starting a game … Recorded a goal and an assist in her first game against Mount St. Joseph (Aug. 30) … Scored insurance goal in 2-0 win over defending conference champions DePauw (Oct. 5).
Prior to Wooster: Helped lead powerful Walsh Jesuit High School to a 71-3-6 overall record during her four years with the girls soccer team … Won state titles as a sophomore and senior … Scored 28 goals, including 15 as a senior … Twice voted all-league … Also a standout on the track, winning an individual title at districts in the 100 meters as a sophomore … Also a two-time all-conference honoree in track.
Personal: Born on Jan. 11, 1995 … Daughter of Glenn and Mitzi Payne … Majoring in sociology.