2011 Volleyball Roster
Roster

Bre Payton
- Position:
- Setter
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Columbus
- Hometown:
- Waterloo, Iowa
2010: Started all 33 matches for UNI ... named MVC Player of the Year ... earned AVCA All-America second-team honors ... named to the AVCA All-Central Region first team ... named to MVC All-Tournament team ... tallied six triple-doubles on the season ... notched 17 double-doubles on the year ... averaged 11.1 assists per set, ranking 26th nationally ... averaged 1.94 kills per set ... averaged 2.79 digs per set ... finished the season with a .266 attack percentage ... named MVC Player of the Week Aug. 30 after helping UNI win the Mortar Board Premier hosted by Purdue ... recorded a season-high 14 kills against Purdue (Aug. 28) and Baylor (Sept. 4) ... notched a season-high 53 assists against Missouri (Dec. 3) ... finished the season with 27 service aces.
2009: Named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year as well as MVC Tournament MVP after being the only Valley player to notch a triple-double, doing so seven times during the regular season...ranked second in the league in assists per set (10.51), fourth in hitting percentage (.312), eighth in aces per set (0.26) and 20th in digs per set (2.76)...held a .285 set percentage which helped the team to a league-best .267 attack percentage...Named Collegiate Volleyball Update National Player of the Week for Nov. 23/29 after helping the Panthers to a MVC tournament title averaging 11.71 assists, 3.57 digs, 2.29 kills and 1.14 blocks per set all while hitting .342 for the tournament...also earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honorable mention honors after setting the Panthers to an average of 14.83 kills per set, the fourth-highest in the nation.
2008: Started 25 matches at setter as a redshirt freshman, appearing in 86 sets ... was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman team ... averaged 9.79 assists and 2.26 digs per set ... career high 45 assists at Evansville 11/1 ... topped 40 assists on seven occasions ... reached double-figures in digs three times, with career high 19 digs against Illinois State 10/25 ... also had career best eight blocks that night versus the Redbirds ... recorded career high eight kills, 34 assists, four blocks and six digs versus Drake 11/20.
2007: Redshirted.
High School: Four-time first-team all-conference selection ... three-time first-team all-metro and all-district ... second team all-state as a sophomore and first team all-state as both a junior and senior ... elite all-state and state all-tournament team in 2006 ... also a standout in basketball, softball and track and field ... named to Waterloo Columbus honor roll.
Personal: Daughter of Bill and Barb Payton ... full name is Breann ... has two older siblings, Brett and Lindsey ... major is movement and exercise science: sport psychology... enjoys listing to music and hanging out with friends ... born November 9, 1988 in Waterloo.
CAREER HIGHS Kills: 17, vs. Drake (11/21/09 Aces: 5, vs. Robert Morris (9/11/09) Blocks: 8.0 vs. Illinois State (10/25/08) Digs: 21 at Creighton (9/19/09) Assists: 63 vs. Wichita State (10/16/09) Points: 18.0 vs. Drake (11/21/09)