2021 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 7
Nicole Payne
- Position:
- Forward/Defender
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Oak Mountain HS
- Member of the Nigerian Women’s National Team
2020-21 (So.)
- All-Big 12 Second Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Competed in 12 matches, earning nine starts for 925 total minutes of game action
- Tallied five shots on the year, including three on goal
- Finished the year with two points (1 G, 0 A)
- Credited with the game-winning goal in the Mountaineers’ 4-1 victory over Kansas State on Sept. 25
- Helped the WVU defense tally a pair of clean sheets
- Played 90 or more minutes nine times, including all nine Big 12 matches
2019 (Fr.)
- All-Big 12 Freshman Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in 21 matches, earning 15 starts in 1,510 minutes of action
- Scored three goals and added two assists for eight total points
- Finished with 10 shots, five on goal
- Scored first career goal at Virginia on Sept. 1
- Recorded a brace against Stony Brook on Sept. 12, including the game-winner
- Tallied her first career assist at Texas on Oct. 6
- Also had an assist at Kansas State on Oct. 27
- Played 90 or more minutes 12 times, all in the final 14 games of the season
- Helped the Mountaineers to nine shutouts on the season
High School
- Member of the United States U-19 National Team and traveled to Netherlands in November 2018 for a pair of matches
- Previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-17, U-15 and U-14 National Teams
- Named to the 2018 U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-18/19 Eastern Conference Best XI
- Multi-year player for Concorde Fire and finished as the 2017 Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) National Runner-Up
- Also ran cross country and track for Oak Mountain High, where she graduated owning two state records, as well as six state championships and nine total state medals
- 2018-19 Gatorade Alabama Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year
- Ten-time All-State performer
- Swept the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash events at the 2019 Class 7A State Outdoor Track & Field Championship, setting records in the 200 (23.74) and the 400 (53.55)
- Finished first in the girls’ 400-meter dash and third in the girls’ 200-meter dash at the 2017 Class 7A State Outdoor Track and Field Championship
- 2017 7A 400-meter state champion
- TopDrawerSoccer.com four-star rating and No. 4-ranked midfielder regionally
- Girls IMG Academy Top 150 (No. 27 overall, No. 11 midfielder)
Personal
- Daughter of Oyeleke and Mojemilat Payne
- Has one sister and one brother
- Sister, Toni, played soccer at Duke, and brother, Stephen, played for UCLA
- Birthday is Jan. 18
- Majoring in psychology
- Dean’s List
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
Ajanae Respass | Cincinnati Postgame | Oct. 30
Thursday, October 30
Nikki Izzo-Brown | Cincinnati Postgame | Oct. 30
Thursday, October 30
Nikki Izzo-Brown | Oklahoma State Postgame | Oct. 26
Sunday, October 26
WSOC | Iowa State Cinematic Recap
Friday, October 24
