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Payton White Season 2017

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Payton White Season 2017

PositionDS/LIBERO
Height5-7
ClassFreshman
HometownZionsville, Ind.

Awards and Honors
2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2020 
Starting libero in all eight matches… totaled four aces at the service line - two at South Carolina (10/29) and two at No. 3 Kentucky (11/7) … finished tied  first in total aces (4) and aces per set (0.16)... Ranked third on the team with 23 assists ane recorded a career-best 0.92 assists per set mark ... recorded 68 digs, finishing second on the squad ... posted two double-digit dig performances at South Carolina (10/29) and against Tennessee (11/18) … closed season eclipsing 700 career digs.

2019
Appeared in 29 matches, earning 15 starts in the back row … Led the Tigers with 325 total digs to average 3.16 per set … Totaled five 20+ dig performances over the season … Added 51 assists … Racked up 13 aces at the service line … Opened the season with 23 digs versus Tennessee State (8/30) …  Set Auburn’s single-match record with 37 digs in a 3-2 win over Butler (8/31) … Recorded a pair of double-digit dig performances during the Hurricane Invitational, including 14 against George Washington (9/8) … Set a career-high with seven assists against Michigan State (9/20) … Totaled a season-high two aces twice – versus Tennessee State (8/30) and Florida (11/20).

2018
Played in 102 sets for Auburn in the back row … Totaled 156 digs for the Tigers with a 1.53 digs/set average … Both numbers finished fifth on the team … Had three double-digit dig performances on the season … Tied her career best with 14 digs at Mississippi State (9/26) … Picked up 11 digs vs. Michigan (8/25) and 10 digs against then-No. 14 Florida (11/11) … Came in tied for third on the team with 16 service aces … Set a career best with three aces at Kennesaw State (9/11) … Dished out 43 assists on the year.
 
2017
Played in all matches and all sets for the Tigers as a freshman ... Finished with 177 digs on the year with a 1.74 digs/set average ... Had four double-digit dig performances ... Notched a career-best 14 digs on two occasions - vs. North Carolina (9/2), vs. Missouri (9/29) ... Totaled 16 service aces for Auburn ... Had two service aces on three occasions - vs. South Alabama (9/8), vs. South Carolina (10/18), vs. Mississippi State (11/19).
 
High School/Club
Two-time AAU All-American ... 2014 AVCA and PrepVolleyball All-America Watch List ... PrepVolleyball Senior Ace ... 2015 AVCA Phenom Watch List ... Guided Cathedral High School to back-to-back Indiana 4A State titles (2015, 2016) ... Indiana Senior All-Star ... 2015 All-City honorable mention ... High school squad played to a runner-up finish at the state tournament in 2014 ... Competed for Munciana Volleyball Club ... 2014 runner-up at AAU Nationals.
 
Personal
Full name is Payton Mackenzie White ... Daughter of Stephanie and Brad White ... Has three siblings - Sloane, Kendall, Max ... Father, Brad, played both football and baseball at Indiana ... Sister, Sloane, played volleyball at College of Charleston ... Other sister, Kendall, is a current member of the Penn State volleyball team ... Majoring in Management through the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business.