Payton Patrick

2022: Started in 21 of 24 total games…tied for second on the team with six goals on the year, second for points (15), third for assists (3) and third for SOG% (.526)…scored her first goal of the season in SEC play on the road at Georgia (Sept. 22)…played a career-high 64 minutes against Georgia in the SEC tournament semi-finals game (Nov. 3)… SEC Academic Roll…

AWARDS:
Freshman season (2021)
· SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 10)

2021: Played in all 22 matches coming off the bench… Named the SEC Freshman of the Week in week 10, after scoring a goal against Alabama (10/24)… Notched her first collegiate point on an assist on Eveleen Hahn’s goal against East Carolina (8/26)… Scored her first career goal, a game-winner, against Boston College (9/2).

Player Profile
• Member of US National Team U19/U20 Player Pool
* Maryland Girls Gatorade Player of the Year 2020-2021
* USA Today Maryland Player of the Year 2020-2021
* Nominated for USA Today National Player of the Year
* High School All-American 2019-2021
* Selected to 2020-2021 High School All-American Game
* All-time record holder in goals (84), assists (55) and points (223) at Hereford High School including most goals, assists and points in a single season three times in her career
* Selected to Best XI ECNL National Showcase
* Awarded the 2020-2021 U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Female Athlete
• Four-star prospect according to TopDrawerSoccer.com
• Was a two-sport athlete in high school, earning four letters in soccer and two in track and field
• USA Today High School 2019 All-USA First Team
• 2020 High School All-American Watch List
• Three-time First Team All-State, All-Metro, All-District and All-County
• United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Region
• Three-time United Soccer Coaches First Team All-State
• TopDrawerSoccer All-State, All-Region and ranked top player in region
• US Soccer National Camp 2016-18
• Team captain and state finalist
• Finished her club career with 211 goals and 195 assists with Pipeline Soccer Club
• Four-time Maryland State Cup Champion
* Three-time first-team All-State, All-Metro, All-District and All-County (no senior season awards in the state of Maryland due to COVID)
* Three-time United Soccer Coaches First-team All-State (no senior season awards in the state of Maryland due to COVID)
• US Soccer National Championships Finalist
• Finished the 2018-19 season ranked as the No. 1 team in the country with her club program, Pipeline Soccer Club (ECNL) and was crowned the National League Champion
• Was a member of the National Honors Society and Dean’s List
• Grandfather, Dave, is a world record holder, a 1968 Olympian and seven-time NCAA Champion at Villanova University
• Grandfather, Dave, was the first runner in Maryland to break the 4-minute mile, held the 880 yard world record in 1967 and was on the cover of Sports Illustrated
• Father Dave played golf at the University of Maryland
• Grandmother, Denise Dawson, was a three-sport athlete at Towson State University, playing basketball, Lacrosse and Field Hockey)
• Has one sibling, Hunter who plays football at the Coastal Carolina as a kicker
• Daughter of Dave Patrick

Chose the University of South Carolina because: “From my first visit and tour of South Carolina I knew it was the school for me. The atmosphere that Coach Shelley and Coach Jamie created was incredible and the players were all so welcoming. After seeing the Graveyard Shift and the support the women’s soccer program has from the rest of the University and all of Columbia I knew it was something I wanted to be apart of.”