University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ahrenstorff, Payton
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Jersey Number 19
Payton Ahrenstorff
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Spirit Lake
- Hometown:
- Spirit Lake, Iowa
Bio
2022: MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... UNI's State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award winner (Fall 2022) ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... appeared in all 130 sets and all 35 matches including nine starts with 228 digs at 1.75 digs per set, 61 assists at 0.47 assists per set, and 33 aces ... team-high .508 assist percentage with 61 assists on 120 attempts ... libero for third set against Illinois State (10/8/22) with other action at defensive specialist ... season-high 14 digs at Valparaiso (9/23/22) and against Illinois State (10/8/22) ... double-digit digs in three consecutive matches beginning at Illinois State (11/4/22) and ending against Southern Illinois (11/11/22) featuring 500th career dig at Bradley (11/5/22) ... career-high four aces against Belmont (10/29/22) and versus Drake (11/23/22) ... finished with career totals of 543 digs, 130 assists, and 56 aces.
2021: MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll... played in 98 sets over 28 matches ... 18 starts at libero including North Dakota State (8/27/21), Ball State (8/28/21), and the final 16 contests of the season ... finished with 295 digs at 3.01 per set, 63 assists, and 21 service aces ... double-digit digs in 15 matches including final nine outings in a row ... career-high 23 digs at Evansville (11/13/21) ... personal-best eight assists at Southern Illinois (10/9/21) ... career-high three service aces against Southern Illinois (11/5/21).
2020 (Spring 2021): Played in 32 sets … finished the season with 20 digs, six assists, and two service aces … recorded a season-high three assists against Missouri State (2/15/21) ... also recorded a season-high five digs against Missouri State (2/15/21).
2019: Redshirt.
High School: Payton Ahrenstorff has been a four-year varsity starter between Spirit Lake High School and Harris-Lake Park High School (freshman year) ... a three-sport athlete, Ahrenstorff has excelled in volleyball, track, and softball in her time as a Spirit Lake Indian ... as a freshman, she earned an All-Conference honorable mention nod and a Second Team All-Conference honor as a sophomore as the team’s libero ... as a junior, she was a unanimous First Team All-Conference selection while leading Class 3A in digs with 622 ... as a senior, Ahrenstorff once again earned a First Team All-Conference nod and ended her prep career at Spirit Lake with school records for career digs (1,899), single-season digs (622), and digs per set (5.47).
Personal: Payton is the daughter of Stacey and Todd Ahrenstorff and sister to Dawson and Carlie Jo ... Payton is majoring in Social Work.
2021: MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll... played in 98 sets over 28 matches ... 18 starts at libero including North Dakota State (8/27/21), Ball State (8/28/21), and the final 16 contests of the season ... finished with 295 digs at 3.01 per set, 63 assists, and 21 service aces ... double-digit digs in 15 matches including final nine outings in a row ... career-high 23 digs at Evansville (11/13/21) ... personal-best eight assists at Southern Illinois (10/9/21) ... career-high three service aces against Southern Illinois (11/5/21).
2020 (Spring 2021): Played in 32 sets … finished the season with 20 digs, six assists, and two service aces … recorded a season-high three assists against Missouri State (2/15/21) ... also recorded a season-high five digs against Missouri State (2/15/21).
2019: Redshirt.
High School: Payton Ahrenstorff has been a four-year varsity starter between Spirit Lake High School and Harris-Lake Park High School (freshman year) ... a three-sport athlete, Ahrenstorff has excelled in volleyball, track, and softball in her time as a Spirit Lake Indian ... as a freshman, she earned an All-Conference honorable mention nod and a Second Team All-Conference honor as a sophomore as the team’s libero ... as a junior, she was a unanimous First Team All-Conference selection while leading Class 3A in digs with 622 ... as a senior, Ahrenstorff once again earned a First Team All-Conference nod and ended her prep career at Spirit Lake with school records for career digs (1,899), single-season digs (622), and digs per set (5.47).
Personal: Payton is the daughter of Stacey and Todd Ahrenstorff and sister to Dawson and Carlie Jo ... Payton is majoring in Social Work.
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