2017-18 Softball

23 Kyleigh Payne

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bourbonnais, Ill.
  • High School Bishop McNamara

Biography

2017 (at PNW): All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) First Team ... played and started in 52 of the team's games ... team-leader in batting average (.422), hits (70), home runs (11), triples (3), RBI (52), total bases (118), slugging percentage (.711) and on-base percentage (.476) ... second on team with nine doubles ... scored 37 runs, drew 19 walks and was hit-by-pitch twice ... tallied four sacrifice flies and sacrifice hits ...  was a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts ... recorded a team-best 442 putouts, had nine assists and eight errors for a .983 fielding percentage.

2016:
 Played at Kankakee Community College (Ill.) ... helped lead the Cavaliers to a NJCAA National Championship third place finish at the national tournament … NJCAA All-American Second Team ... NJCAA Region IV First Team ... played in all 64 of the team's games ... hit .476 (100-for-210) and slugged a team-high 25 doubles ... belted 21 home runs and had one triple ... was second on the team in total bases (190) and slugging percentage (.905) ... drove in a team-best 98 RBI and scored 82 runs ... team-leader in walks with 29, was hit-by-pitch once and had an on-base percentage of .528 ... hit a team-high six sacrifice flies and a perfect 8-for-8 on stolen bases ... tallied a team-best 390 putouts and help turn a team-leading 21 double plays ... also had 15 assists and six errors for a .985 fielding percentage. 

2015: Played at Kankakee Community College (Ill.) ... helped lead the Cavaliers to a NJCAA National Championship in her freshman season ... played in all 51 of the teams' games ... hit .394 (98-for-249) with 19 home runs, 17 doubles and three triples ... collected 178 total bases and had a .715 slugging percentage ... scored 94 runs and had 93 RBI ... drew 27 walks, was hit-by-pitch twice and had a .450 on-base percentage ... was 17-for-19 in stolen base attempts ... tallied a team-high 432 putouts and help turn 10 double plays ... had 13 assists and 13 errors for a .972 fielding percentage. 

Prep: Multi-year letter winner at Bishop McNamara Catholic High School in Kankakee, Ill. … led team to a state championship during senior campaign … earned second-team all-state and second-team all-area accolades.

Personal: Daughter of Vilma Wood and Robert Payne … majoring in Sociology

 

2017 (at PNW): All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) First Team ... played and started in 52 of the team's games ... team-leader in batting average (.422), hits (70), home runs (11), triples (3), RBI (52), total bases (118), slugging percentage (.711) and on-base percentage (.476) ... second on team with nine doubles ... scored 37 runs, drew 19 walks and was hit-by-pitch twice ... tallied four sacrifice flies and sacrifice hits ...  was a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts ... recorded a team-best 442 putouts, had nine assists and eight errors for a .983 fielding percentage.

2016: Played at Kankakee Community College (Ill.) ... helped lead the Cavaliers to a NJCAA National Championship third place finish at the national tournament … NJCAA All-American Second Team ... NJCAA Region IV First Team ... played in all 64 of the team's games ... hit .476 (100-for-210) and slugged a team-high 25 doubles ... belted 21 home runs and had one triple ... was second on the team in total bases (190) and slugging percentage (.905) ... drove in a team-best 98 RBI and scored 82 runs ... team-leader in walks with 29, was hit-by-pitch once and had an on-base percentage of .528 ... hit a team-high six sacrifice flies and a perfect 8-for-8 on stolen bases ... tallied a team-best 390 putouts and help turn a team-leading 21 double plays ... also had 15 assists and six errors for a .985 fielding percentage. 

2015: Played at Kankakee Community College (Ill.) ... helped lead the Cavaliers to a NJCAA National Championship in her freshman season ... played in all 51 of the teams' games ... hit .394 (98-for-249) with 19 home runs, 17 doubles and three triples ... collected 178 total bases and had a .715 slugging percentage ... scored 94 runs and had 93 RBI ... drew 27 walks, was hit-by-pitch twice and had a .450 on-base percentage ... was 17-for-19 in stolen base attempts ... tallied a team-high 432 putouts and help turn 10 double plays ... had 13 assists and 13 errors for a .972 fielding percentage. 

Prep: Multi-year letter winner at Bishop McNamara Catholic High School in Kankakee, Ill. … led team to a state championship during senior campaign … earned second-team all-state and second-team all-area accolades.

Personal: Daughter of Vilma Wood and Robert Payne … majoring in Sociology

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2016-17Senior

    1B
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2017-18Senior

    IF
    5'7"
    23