2016 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Harris, Payton
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Jersey Number 1
Payton Harris
- Position:
- L/DS
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- Cy-Fair HS
- Hometown:
- Houston, TX
Bio
Awards/Honors
- 2015 Academic All-SEC
- 2014 AVCA All-American (Honorable Mention)
- 2014 AVCA All-Region
- 2014 All-SEC Freshman Team
- 2014 First Year Academic All-SEC
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- SEC Record - Digs In A Match:Â 59 vs. Northwestern State (Sept. 13, 2014)
- School Record - Digs In A Season:Â 735
- School Freshman Record - Digs In A Season:Â 735
- School Record - Digs In A Match:Â 59 vs. Northwestern State (Sept. 13, 2014)
- School Record - Digs In A Five-Set Match:Â 59 vs. Northwestern State (Sept. 13, 2014)
- School Record - All-Time Digs leader with 1,864.
- Holds the fifth place spot for most career digs in the SEC with 1,864.
- Finished fifth in SEC career digs, 63 shy of fourth place.
- Led the Bulldogs in digs all four seasons at MSU.
- Stands fifth in the MSU freshman record book with 32 service aces in her rookie campaign.
- Is ninth in MSU's freshman record book with 86 assists.
- One of two players in SEC history and first in MSU history to record more than 700 digs in a season.
- Fell five digs short of tying the SEC single-season record for digs, held by LSU's Elena Martinez (740 - 2007).
- On Oct. 1, 2017, against No. 10 Kentucky, Harris eclipsed the MSU all-time digs record surpassing Melissa Kariker with 1,707 digs.
- Finished with 1,864 digs, the most in school history.
- Led the team with 347 digs on the season.
- Played in 112 sets and 32 total matches.
- Completed 19 matches with double-digit digs.
2016 (Junior)
- Played in 31 games (114 sets) throughout her junior season, making three starts
- Finished the season leading the Bulldogs with 348 digs and 3.05 digs per set
- Tallied 15 matches with double-digit digs
- Also tallied 46 assists, 23.0 points, 19 aces and four kills
- Put together six multi-ace matches
- Started the season with 10-straight matches with double-digit digs, including five contests with 20-plus
- Set a season high with 23 digs at Kansas State (Sept. 9)
- Tied a season high with a pair of aces against Kentucky on Sept. 25
- Recorded one of her 10-career kills on Oct. 2 against Alabama, earning laurels as the NCAA’s Volleyball Play of the Month
- With 17 digs at Arkansas (Oct. 26), passed Kayla Woodard for third on MSU’s career digs list
2015 (Sophomore)
- Competed in 30 of MSU's 32 total matches, leading the Bulldogs in digs for the second-straight season with 434
- Finished sixth in the Southeastern Conference with 4.06 digs per set
- Was eighth in league matches for the year with 3.98 digs per set
- Had the most digs amongst SEC players in a four-set match with 33 against Chattanooga on Sept. 5
- Her 9 assists against Chattanooga set a career high
- Her 52 digs, 12 assists, two aces and 44 total receptions without an error led her to be named the Most Valuable Libero for the 2015 Maroon Classic
- Earned a season-high three aces against Austin Peay on Sept. 19 at the Tiger Invitational in Memphis
- Tied that season high in aces with three in a straight-sets victory at Ole Miss on Sept. 27
- With nine digs against Texas A&M on Oct. 18, she became the 10th player in MSU history to eclipse the 1,000-career digs mark
- Her nine digs against A&M also helped her crack the Top 10 in career digs at Mississippi State
- Tallied a season-high 34 digs against Auburn on Nov. 13, tying for the eighth-most in a match in Bulldog volleyball history
- That total was also the fifth-most digs in a match amongst SEC players in 2015
2014 (Freshman)
- An AVCA All-American freshman libero who holds one of the best rookie campaigns in Mississippi State volleyball history
- Earned numerous honors in her first season, including All-SEC Freshman Team, AVCA All-Region and became only the third AVCA All-American in MSU history, earning a spot on the AVCA Honorable Mention All-America team
- One of three Bulldogs to play in all 33 matches and one of two to compete in all 12 sets
- Finished the season ranking second in the nation in total digs (735) and digs per set (6.12), both of which also led the SEC and MSU
- Set a school record with her 735 digs, falling five short of tying the SEC single-season record
- Became the first player in MSU history and only the second in SEC history to eclipse the 700-digs mark in a season
- Owns the record for most digs in a season by a freshman with 735
- Also capped the year with a team-leading 32 aces, 86 assists (second on team) and six kills
- Her 32 aces and 86 assists rank tied for fifth and ninth in MSU's freshman record book, respectively
- Led the team with 729 reception attempts, only allowing 47 errors for a reception percentage of .936
- Ranked 10th in the SEC in service aces with 0.27 per set
- In SEC-only matches, topped the league in digs per set (5.16), while standing third in total digs (330), 10th in service aces (17) and 11th in service aces per set (0.27)
- In 22 of MSU's 33 matches, she tallied at least 20 digs, with a pair of 40-plus matches
- Led MSU in digs in 32 of its 33 total matches
- Set a school and SEC record with 59 digs on Sept. 13 against Northwestern State
- Started off the season by record 20-plus digs in six of the first seven matches
- Her 29 digs against Ole Miss on Nov. 5 pushed her past former Bulldog libero Roxanne McVey for the single-season school record
- Talled eight matches with multiple service aces
- Recorded a career-high five aces against Nicholls State on Sept. 13, which teamed with Katlyn Mataya's five aces to make it the first time that a pair of Bulldog teammates have both had at least five aces in one match since 2004
- Earned four matches of at least 20 total reception attempts without an error
- Strung together three-straight matches of at least 10 reception attempts without an error, a career high
- Her season-best reception performance came in a five-set home win against Tennessee, where she was flawless with 37 reception attempts
- Recorded her first-career kill on Aug. 30, in a four-set victory against Texas-Pan American
- Set a career high in assists with six in that very same match
High School
- A two-time letterwinner and team captain at Cy-Fair High School
- Broke the Cy-Fair digs record her junior season with 710 digs and broke her own record her senior campaign, posting 818 digs
- Led her Cy-Fair freshman squad to a district championship, followed by earning the junior varsity district championship her sophomore year
- Crucial in the Bobcats reaching the regional semifinals of the state playoffs in 2012 and the regional finals in 2013
- Named to TGCA All-State Team her senior year
- Tabbed as First Team All-District in her last two seasons
- Earned Honorable Mention All-Texas Team honors her junior season
- Named Newcomer of the Year in 2012 and Libero of the Year in 2013
- Two-time Academic All-District selection
- Placed on the Cy-Fair Academic Honor Roll all four years in high school
- Graduated Cum Laude in 2014
Personal
- Born Payton Harris on Aug. 27, 1996, in Houston, Texas
- Daughter of Sandra and James Harris
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
Career Highs
- Kills: 1, 10x, last at Alabama (Oct. 12, 2016)
- Attack Attempts: 10, vs. Northwestern State (Sept. 13, 2014)
- Assists: 9, vs. Chattanooga (Sept. 5, 2015)
- Aces: 5, vs. Nicholls State (Sept. 13, 2014)
- Digs: 59, vs. Northwestern State (Sept. 13, 2014)
- Points: 5.0, vs. Nicholls State (Sept. 13, 2014)
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