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2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

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12 Payton Gannaway

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Lawrence Free State
  • Hometown Lawrence, KS

Biography

2021: First Team All-GLVC Selection...CoSIDA Academic All-District Selection...AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention...Started 27 of the 30 matches in which she appeared...among the GLVC leaders in kills and aces...For the season, recorded 427 kills, 119 digs, 70 blocks and 60 service aces...Recorded nine double-doubles (kills/digs) during the year...Turned in six 20-kill matches including three-straight during the UIndy Tournament (9/10-9/11)...Season-high 22 kills came against Bemidji State (9/10)...Posted a season-high 18 digs with 13 kills and four blocks against William Jewell (10/2)...Season-high seven blocks came against SBU (10/1)...Recorded 10 or more kills in 26 or 30 matches played...Finished career as leader in aces (161), second in points (1,543), third in kills (1,264), fifth in sets played (144) and total blocks (227) and sixth all-time in matches played (125).

2020: Unanimous first-team All-GLVC selection...finished third in the GLVC with a team-high 288 kills and second in points with 4.30 per match and service aces with 43...reached double figures in kills in 16 matches, including three matches with more than 20...had 25 kills against Lewis with a .333 hitting percentage in the GLVC semifinal victory over top-seeded Lewis, then posted 23 kills in the championship game against Southern Indiana the next day...set a new program record for service aces in a four-set match and tied the overall mark with seven against Drury...her 30.5 points in the win over Lewis was the most by a Miner in any match in program history.

2019: Appeared in 26 matches with 305 kills, 36 service aces, 143 digs, and 64 total blocks...2nd on the team with 3.82 points/set and 3.08 kills/set...led the team with 0.38 service aces/set...6th on the team with 1.51 digs/set...3rd on the team with 64 total blocks and 0.67 blocks/set...3rd on the team with 362.5 points...Had a career best 21 kills against Mississippi College (9/14)...Recorded 16 10+ kill games...Hit .531 (18-1-32) against Lindenwood (11/16)...Went on a six game streak of having at least one service ace (9/14-9/21)...Recorded six service aces against Ouachita Baptist (9/21) and five against Missouri-St. Louis (11/15)

2018: Appeared in 25 matches and made 11 starts...Finished 4th on the team with 155 kills and 3rd withy 1.68 kills/set...Had a season high 15 kills against William Jewell twice (9/08 & 11/02)...Picked up 13 kills in a 3-2 match win over Ursuline (10/13)...Had double-digit kills in five other matches...Had a season best eight digs against Ursuline (10/13)...Hit .571 (4-0-7) in the team's win over Maryville (10/05) and finished with a .306 percentage (15-4-36) against William Jewell (9/08)...Had a season best three service aces against Ursuline (10/13)...Recorded three block assists on three different occasions...Named a 2018-2019 Geico GLVC Academic All-Conference Honoree

2017: A GLVC Academic All-Conference Team member…Played in 23 matches and had eight starts…Registered a squad second-best .257 hitting percentage (89-30-230)…Recorded a squad seventh-most 21 block assists…Placed eighth among team leaders in both kills (89) and total blocks (21)…Generated three double-figure kill performances…Compiled double-digit kills in three consecutive matches (10/14-20), highlighted by a season match-high 16 and three block assists in a 3-1 win over Lake Superior State (10/14) at the Midwest Region Crossover…Tallied 10 kills apiece in back-to-back outings against Davis & Elkins (10/14) at Midwest Region Crossover and at Missouri-St. Louis (10/20)…Hit a personal season match-best .588 (10-0-17) versus Davis & Elkins…Garnered nine kills while racking up a season match-best eight digs and three assists against Bellarmine (10/27)…Notched eight kills, five digs, and a season match-high four block assists in season finale at William Jewell (11/11)…Netted a .363 (41-8-91) hit percentage with a 2.16 kills a set average in 10 non-league contests…Posted a month-best .301 attack percentage (65-19-153) and averaged 2.32 kills a set in 28 October sets...Named to the Dean's List for both fall and spring semesters

High School: A two-time (2015-16) second-team all-area selection at Lawrence (Kan.) Free State High School…Attained all-area honorable mention recognition twice (2013-14) …Played for  coaches Nancy Hopkins (2015) and then Amy Hoffsommer (2016-17)…Earned three letters at LFSHS…A 2017 graduate…Was a team captain for her senior season...Registered 172 kills, a .252 hitting percentage, 65 digs, 48 service aces, 39 block solos, 35 block assists, and 80 assists in 90 sets played in as a senior…Member of 2016 squad which compiled a 35-7 overall record and placed fifth in the state tournament to go along with a conference runner-up finish…Played both basketball and softball as a freshman in the 2013-14 campaign…A three-time (2015-17) National Honor Society member and held membership for one year in the Link Crew Club…Competed for the Dynasty Volleyball Club team under head coach Geno Frugoli.  

Personal: Daughter of Ben and Shawna Gannaway...Born in Lawrence, Kan….Has a younger sister…A biochemical engineering major.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Senior

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    2021Fifth Year

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