2021 Beach Volleyball Roster

21 Payton Gidney

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Grapevine HS
  • Hometown Grapevine, Texas

Biography

Career: Has earned two athletic letters in two seasons with the Badgers ... member of both 2017-18 SIAC Commissioner's All-Academic and 2017 SIAC Volleyball All-Academic teams as a sophomore.

2017: Earned a second athletic letter with 97 sets played in 32 matches with 29 starts as a sophomore ... second on team with 224 kills ... second on team with 239 digs ... third on team with 28 service aces ... member 2017-18 SIAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... member 2017 SIAC Volleyball All-Academic Team.

2016: Earned an athletic letter with four starts in 26 matches and 61 sets played as a true freshman.

High School: Prepped at Grapevine (Texas) High School under head coach Nathan Cooper ... member 900 Indoor Club ... member 692 Beach Club ... Member National Honor Society ... UIL Scholar.

Personal: Majoring in Psychology ... favorite food is pizza, but Netflix and chocolate are guilty pleasures ... favorite movie is Step Brothers ... favorite TV show is The Office ... enjoys listening to music and being outside ... favorite professional athlete is Misty May-Treanor ... sister to Wyatt ... daughter of Clay and Emelia Gidney.

Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    2020Senior

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    2021Graduate Student

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