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Payton Woods Season 2025

PositionOH
Height6-1
ClassJunior
HometownMontgomery, Texas
High SchoolLake Creek
Previous SchoolMississippi State

2025 (Junior): Named tournament MVP at the Blue Hen Invitational and earned all-tournament team honors at the Seahawk Classic to open the season... Competed in and started all 31 matches, appearing in 105 sets. Led the Hokies with 331 kills (3.15 per set), the highest total on the team, and ranked 18th in the ACC in kills per set. Added 13 assists, nine service aces, 109 digs and 49 total blocks... Recorded double-digit kills in 18 matches, including a season-high 20-kill performance against Boston College. Led Virginia Tech in kills in 19 matches during the 2025 season.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Saw action in four sets across three matches at Mississippi State in 2024... Tallied one kill in wins over ULM (Sept. 14) and Grambling (Sept. 15).

Prior to Mississippi State: Appeared in 14 matches, playing 49 sets with seven starts at Sam Houston State… Had a total of 157, 175 points and 21 blocks…  Collected 15 kills and a .414 hitting clip to help earn the win versus Nicholls (Aug. 25)… Registered a total of 38 kills in the Louisiana Tech series (Oct. 3-4), garnering 19 kills apiece in each match… Earned a season-high 21 kills and points against UTEP (Oct. 13), while collecting 15 kills the following match against UTEP (Oct. 14)… Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team.

High School: Prepped at Lake Creek High School under head coach Taryn Driver… Tallied 1,164 kills, 1,158 digs, 283 aces, 128 blocks and 70 assists for her career... Holds Lake Creek High School records in career kills, digs and aces… Named 2022 GHCVA Offensive Player of the Year, Vype Houston Player of the Year finalist, Vballrecruiter.com Senior Player of the Year finalist, and AVCA All-Region Team… Selected to the 2022 21-5A All-District First Team, TGCA All-State First Team, All-Greater Houston Second Team… Earned the 21-5A District Co-Offensive MVP selection… In 2021, earned a spot on the 20-5A All-District First Team, All-Montgomery County First Team and GHCVA Post-Season team (2020-21)… Named the 20-5A District Hitter of the Year and was selected to the All-Montgomery County Second Team… Academically, earned a spot on the 2022 TGCA All-State Academic Team and was named 2019-2020 Academic All-District... Finished 3rd in State 2022.

Personal: Daughter of Annie and Scott Woods... Has two siblings, Taylor and Logan... Father, Scott, played baseball at Fairleigh Dickinson... Majoring in finance.