2017 Soccer Roster
Roster
Payton Gruenewald
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Southlake Carroll HS
- Hometown:
- Southlake, Texas
2017ย (SENIOR)
Worked her way into a starting role as a senior, seeing action in 16 of Stateโs 18 matches and drawing 11 starting nodsโฆ Finished her career with 11 straight startsโฆ Played in a career-high 1,096 minutes in her final season at MSU, going the distance twiceโฆ Found the net twice, also a career bestโฆ Attempted 29 shots with 10 being on-targetโฆ Scored her first goal of the year against Southeast Missouri State on Sept. 8โฆ Played a season- and career-best 106 minutes vs. Auburn on Sept. 29โฆ Netted her second score of the season at No. 3 South Carolina on Oct. 5
2016 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 11 games, making a start once for the Bulldogsโฆ Her only start of the season came in the overtime win at South Alabamaโฆ Logged 163 minutes, with a season-high 42 coming against South Alabamaโฆ Took two shots, with one on target.
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 12 games for the Bulldogs, getting the start twiceโฆ Recorded 271 minutes in her sophomore season, with a season-high 59 coming against Southern Miss (Sept. 6)โฆ Netted her first collegiate goal in the 4-0 win against Nicholls State (Sept. 4)โฆ Tallied two points on the seasonโฆ Took five shots, with one on target.
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2014 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 15 games, with eight having come in a starting roleโฆ Logged 805 minutes of playing timeโฆ Attempted 12 shots and five shots on goalโฆ Made her collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Iowa State (Aug. 22) and made her first-career start against Cincinnati (Aug. 24)โฆ Made four-straight starts, starting with the Cincinnati game, up until the game at Arkansas State (Sept. 4).
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HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a standout in the midfield and on the attack for Matthew Colvinโs Southlake Carroll High School squadโฆ Helped the squad to a 23-2-1 record, the fewest losses in program history, and the 5A state quarterfinals her senior seasonโฆ Also led the team to a third-straight district crown and the area championshipโฆ Named the teamโs โQueen of the Airโ and first team all-district after tallying 14 points on five goals and four assistsโฆ Helped the Lady Dragons deposit 97 shots while surrendering a program-best sevenโฆ Added a stellar senior campaign following a junior season that saw her earn second team all-district honors after leading Carroll to a school-best 30-3-0 record and the 5A state runner-upโฆ Claimed a district title and went to the region quarterfinals with the squad as a sophomoreโฆ Excelled off the pitch as well, earning academic all-district honors all four yearsโฆ Received academic all-state accolades following her senior campaignโฆ Played club soccer for Solar Chelsea โ96 and coach Adrian Solcaโฆ Helped Solar Chelsea to the 2013 ECNL national tournament and a third-place finish in the Champions League.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE/ACADEMICS
Named to the 2016 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll...ย Participated in Relay for Lifeโฆ Donates her time as a camp counselor and youth group leaderโฆ Volunteers as a referee for middle school soccer gamesโฆ Spends time with local school children at area car pools with teammatesโฆ Named to the Presidentโs List at MSU after earning a 4.0 GPA in 2016.
PERSONAL
Born Payton Gruenewald on June 9, 1996, in Naperville, Illโฆ Daughter of Trevor and Rhonda Gruenewaldโฆ Her father played baseball at Purdueโฆ Two siblings play volleyball, Taylor at Cal Poly and Brayden plays beach volleyball at UABโฆAlso has one other younger sibling, Mitchellโฆ Majoring in business administrationโฆShe chose MSU because of the traditionsโฆ Has moved eight times... Member of the Deans List every semester at MSUโฆ Favorite thing about soccer is headingโฆ Favorite team to face is Ole Miss... Goal after college is to work for American Airlines as a financial analyst.
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