Payton Smith

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Atherton, Calif.
High School:
Sacred Heart School

Notes: Finished her career as Brown’s all-time leader in hitting percentage (.287) … Ranks third all-time at Brown in total blocks (301) and fourth in blocks per set (0.82).

2016 | Stats: Garnered Second Team All-Ivy honors … Served team as captain … Played in all 92 sets, one of four Bears to do so … Led the team with 2.23 kills per set … Recorded 0.79 blocks per set … Added 31 digs, 12 service aces, and five assists on the year … Hit. .238 … Increased her output to 2.58 kills per set on .280 hitting in Ivy League matches … Posted 10 or more kills in each of seven matches … Notched five or more blocks six times … Landed 17 kills on .607 hitting vs. Penn (Nov. 4) … Notched 15 kills on .545 hitting vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 8).

2015 | Stats: Gained Honorable Mention All-Ivy accolades … Played in 22 matches and 82 sets … Averaged 2.49 kills and 0.73 blocks per set … Finished the year with a .297 hitting percentage … Posted double-figure kills in each of nine matches … Tallied a season-high 20 kills at UTEP (Sept. 11) … Charted a .900 hitting percentage – the second-highest single-match mark in school history – vs. Holy Cross (Sept. 18) … Compiled 204 kills, 19 aces, 28 digs, and 60 blocks on the year … Won CCSU Invitational MVP honors.

2014 | Stats: Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Played in all 26 matches and 98 sets … Finished third in the Ivy League with a .333 hitting percentage – the third-highest hitting percentage in a single season in Brown history … Ranked fourth in the conference with 0.34 service aces per set … Set career highs in kills (247), blocks (82), service aces (33), and digs (57) … Averaged 2.52 kills per set, 0.84 blocks per set, 0.34 aces per set, and 0.58 digs per set … Recorded a career-high 20 kills vs. Columbia (Oct. 17) … Registered double-figure kills in each of 11 matches … Hit above .300 in each of 16 matches … Posted a season-best seven blocks against Central Conn. St. (Sept. 13), Columbia (Oct. 17), and Harvard (Oct. 31) … Served a season-high four aces vs. Princeton (Nov. 15).

2013 | Stats: Played in all 93 sets as a freshman … Led the team with 78 total blocks and ranked ninth in the Ivy League with 0.92 blocks per set … Ranked second on the team in service aces (24), fourth in hitting percentage (.279) and fifth in kills (130) … Recorded a season-high 10 blocks in the Bears’ win over Delaware State (Sept. 21) … Registered four aces and seven kills in a five-set win over Dartmouth (Oct. 4).

Before Brown: Won the Prep League Championship with her team during the 2011-12 season … Helped her team to the Central Coast Sectional Championship and the Northern California Championship in both 2010 and 2012 seasons … A three-year selection to the All-Division Palo Alto Daily News Team, the West Bay Athletic League Team and the All-Division San Mateo County Team … Selected as an honorable mention 2012 All-Sports Player of the Year by the San Mateo Daily Journal … Earned First Team Max Preps, California All-State honors for Division IV volleyball … Competed in the open division at Junior Nationals for three consecutive seasons.

Personal: Born on Sept. 12, 1995 … Daughter of Sandra and Stephen Smith … Has two sisters, Sarah and Reagan … American Studies and Literary Arts concentrator.

CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 20, 2x, last at UTEP (Sept. 11, 2015)
Digs: 7 at Penn (Oct. 11, 2014)
Assists: 2, 4x, last at Cornell (Sept. 30, 2016)
Service Aces: 5, vs. Bucknell (Sept. 4, 2015)
Total Blocks: 10 vs. Delaware St. (Sept. 21, 2013)