PRONUNCIATION
Honors and Awards
- Two-time All-Summit League First Team (2024 & 2025)
- Two-Time All-Summit League All-Tournament Team (2023 & 2025)
- Three-Time Summit League Academic All-League Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Three-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024, 2025)
- 2024 Summit League Peak Performer of the Week (April 8)
- Four-Time Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Four-time Summit League Academic Honor Roll
- Three-time Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
- SDSU Athletic Department Impact Award Winner (Spring 2025)
- Program record holder in career runner's caught stealing (33)
2025: Started all 55 games with 46 as a catcher, six as the designated player, and three at third base … batted career best .378 behind 58 hits with 16 doubles, two triples, and 11 home runs … had 46 RBIs and scored 30 runs … posted a program single-season record on-base percentage of .515  as well as a slugging percentage of .718 … threw out seven runners … had 14  multi-hit games including two four-hit games against Houston Christian (February 15) and Wichita State (March 2) … had a team-high 25-game on-base streak … conference play saw her finish first among all league players in walks (18) and triples (3), third in on-base percentage (.543), sixth in OPS (1.153) and doubles (5), seventh in slugging percentage (.608), ninth in batting average (.373) and 10th in RBIs (13) ... was tabbed with All-Summit League First Team honors …  named to the Summit League All-Tournament Team … in SDSU single season record book ranked first in on base percentage, second in walks (42), third in runners caught stealing (7), fourth in slugging percentage (.718), fifth in doubles (16), eighth in RBIs (46) and total bases (111), as well as ninth in home runs (11) … in career record book finished ranked first in caught stealing (33), second in fielding percentage (.989) and walks (101), third in doubles (43), fourth in on base percentage (.426), sixth in putouts (845), seventh in chances (932), eighth in slugging percentage (.536), 10th in RBIs (106) and 11th in home runs (22).Â
2024: Played 49 games with 48 starts behind the plate ... hit .288 behind 36 hits including five home runs and 13 doubles ... recorded 27 RBIs, scored 15 runs, and slugged .512 ... threw out 14 runners out of 23 attempts ... Had nine multi-RBI games including a four RBI performance against St. Thomas (April 27) ... tallied eight multi-hit games including two three-hit games against Kansas City (April 5) and Omaha (May 4) ... Â
First Team All-Summit League selection … Peak Performer of the Week (April 8) following a 6- for-9 performance over a three-game series against Kansas City with a home run, two doubles, a run scored and seven RBIs ... ended season in SDSU career record book ranking second in caught stealing (26) and 11th in putouts (659).Â
2023: Played in 47 games and started in 44 over course of season … hit .215 with a home rrun, five doubles and 14 RBIs … home run came in Summit League Tournament victory over NDSU … was an All-Tournament Team by going 4-for-10 at the plate with two runs scored along with three runners picked off … was a .241 hitter in 13 conference games … had 22 walks to 17 strikeouts during the year … had a 2 of 4 game with three RBIs in an April 29 win over Kansas City … recorded four multi-hit games and three multiple RBI contests … had a season-high eight-game reached base streak … finished season with nine runners picked off from behind the dish … mark is second most in a single season by a Jackrabbit … also had a .990 fielding percentage … a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
2022: Played in 42 games and started in 27 over the course of the season … hit .277 with five home runs, 19 RBIS and 18 runs … nine of her 23 hits were doubles … walked 15 times on the year to 18 strikeouts … had four multi-hit efforts … hit an RBI double that served as the eventual-game winning hit in a victory over Nebraska on Feb. 13 … smacked two hits and three RBIs in an 18-0 win over Creighton on Feb. 27 … crushed two home runs in a home win against St. Thomas on April 28 … recorded no errors playing behind the dish in 175 chances … finished the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll … an Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete honoree.Â
Before SDSU: Graduated in May 2021 from Papillion LaVista High School... four-year all-state pick... named to the All-Nebraska, Super State, Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star All-State teams all four years... hit .500 as a senior with a .524 on-base percentage and .965 slugging percentage while recording 44 hits, 37 RBIs and 11 home runs... batted .487 with a .602 on-base percentage and .884 slugging percentage as a junior to go with 38 hits, 34 RBIs and seven home runs... recorded a career-best .602 batting average as a sophomore with .661 on-base and .965 slugging clips... had 53 hits, 48 RBIs and six homers as a sophomore... hit .448 with a .518 on-base mark and .739 slugging percentage as a freshman with 43 hits, 36 RBIs and four home runs... two-year academic all-state honoree.
Personal: Born May 20, 2003 in Omaha... daughter of Erin Payne and Chad Dumont.