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Kennedy Payne

Kennedy Payne

  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Akron, Ohio
  • High School:
    Walsh Jesuit
  • 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.