Payton Van Veen

Photo by: Zach Del Bello / Mean Green Sports

Position:
OPP
Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Willard HS
Hometown:
Springfield, Mo.
Prev School:
CSU Pueblo

Prior to UNT
Played the previous two seasons at CSU Pueblo … Named AVCA All-American Honorable Mention as a freshman … Won Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year in 2022 … Two-time First-Team All-RMAC selection … Won conference offensive player of the week on Oct. 16, 2023 … Holds top-10 single-season marks for kills (333), kills per match (3.23) and hitting percentage (.280) … Tallied the seventh-most career kills per match (3.09) in program history … Appeared in 202 sets over 55 matches for the ThunderWolves … Recorded 626 kills on 1,610 attacks for a .290 hitting percentage … Posted 141 total blocks and 732 points over two seasons … Added 153 digs and 33 service aces … Led team in kills, points and attempts in each season … Tallied double-digit kills in 38 career matches … Awarded RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll in 2023 … Utilized redshirt at Washburn in 2021 … Named to the 2021 MIAA Academic Honor Roll … Three-year letter winner at Willard High School … Named an AVCA All-Region selection as a senior … Selected as a member of the all-state team in 2020 … Led Missouri Class 4 with 446 kills as a senior … Two-time all-conference honoree … Awarded Southwest Missouri Player of the Year by the Springfield Sports Commission Awards (SCA) in 2020 … Letter winner in track and field as a discus thrower her freshman year … Member of the National Honors Society … Played club for 417 Junior Volleyball.