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2012 Softball

8 Justine Payne

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Nottoway High School
  • Hometown Blackstone, Va.

Biography

2012: Team captain ... Played in 26 games, making five starts between second base and designated player ... Appeared mostly as a pinch-hitter or pinch-runner ... Went 1-for-2, reaching base twice, with a two-RBI double against Detroit (3/6) ... Had a pinch-hit RBI single in game two against Yale (3/31) ... Recorded a pinch-hit RBI double on Senior Day during the second game against Columbia (4/27) ... Also had a pinch-hit single against Cornell in the South Division playoff and came around to score (5/5).

2011: Team captain ... Appeared in 30 games, starting 26 appearing mostly as a designated player, but also seeing action at second base ... Recorded a hit in 15 of the 26 games that she started ... Went 2-3 with a home run, while scoring twice and driving in three runs against Detroit (3/7) ... Went 2-3 with a home run and three RBI at La Salle (3/30) ... Drove in two runs on two hits at home against Columbia in game one (4/30) ... Committed just one error in 47 chances.

2010: All-Ivy Honorable Mention Selection...Appeared in 37 games, 33 as a starter primarily at second base ... Went 2-for-3 with four runs batted in, and belted her first collegiate home run in Penn's 7-1 win over Saint Joseph's (3/17) ... Slugged six home runs on the year, including hitting one in three consecutive games with Princeton (4/23-4/24) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, double, and three runs batted in versus Cornell (4/17) ... Recorded a perfect stolen base percentage, swiping five bags ... Batted .306 and tallied 11 games with multiple hits ... Finished second on the squad with a .561 slugging percentage and third with 23 RBI.

2009: Appeared in 19 games, starting eight ... Doubled and knocked in two runs in Penn's 3-3 tie to Lehigh (3/25) ... Went 1-2 as DH against Buffalo (3/13) ... Her speed was often utilized in the pinch runner role, scoring six runs for the Quakers.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in softball ... First-team all-district in 2005-06 and 2008 ... First-team all-region and first-team all-state in 2008 ... 2008 district and regional Player of the Year ... 2007 southside district co-Player of the Year, first-team all-district and all-region and second-team all-state in 2007 ... Also lettered in volleyball, basketball and indoor track ... Captain of softball, volleyball, indoor track and basketball ... In volleyball, first-team all-distict and second-team all-region in 2007 ... National Honor Society member. 

Personal: Daughter of Brenda and Dexter Payne ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2009Freshman

    2B
    8
  • 8

    2010Sophomore

    2B
    8
  • 8

    2011Junior

    2B
    8
  • 8

    2012Senior

    2B
    8