JUNIOR SEASON (2010): All-SoCon Second Team Selection by both the media and the coaches... Drafted in the 44th round by the Kansas City Royals... Hit .345 with 15 doubles and five home runs and 33 RBIs in 57 games... Stole a team best 43 bases and was caught only twice... Stole 38 straight bases without being caught... Started in 53 contests with every start coming in the outfield... Played primarily in center field with two starts coming in left field... Third on the team with 22 multi-hit games and tallied seven multi-RBI games... Posted a season-best 10 game hit streak from April 23rd against Western Carolina to May 10th against Alcorn State... Hit .529 with five doubles and three home runs and stole 17 bases during the 10-game stretch... Finished the season with a nine-game hitting streak... Started the streak at Davidson on May 13th and is hitting .413 with two doubles and two RBIs during the streak... Recorded five hits drove in four runs and scored three more in the Holy Cross series opener (2-27)... Tallied four hits and was a homer shy of the cycle in the series finale with Appalachian State (3-14)... Went a perfect three-for-three in the April 27th mid-week game against Kennesaw State... Plated four runs and homered twice in the series opener against Alcorn State (5-9)... Stroked two doubles and scored three runs at Jacksonville (5-18)... Committed only three errors all season... Recorded five outfield assists and posted a .978 fielding percentage.
MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE: Started at second base his sophomore season, finishing with a .310 batting average and .471 on-base mark... Drafted in the 29th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers... Drew 27 walks, scored 46 runs and drove in 35...Was named to the Georgia State All-Tournament team after leading the team to a 2009 Junior College Georgia State Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: Posted a team-leading .494 batting average with 10 doubles, six home runs, 38 runs scored and 35 RBI in four years...Helped lead the team to consecutive Region 2-AAAAA titles... Selected to the First Team All-DeKalb County and Georgia Dugout Club All-State East Metro teams...MVP at the Senior All-Star game where he hit for the cycle and drove in five runs... Lettered in baseball and basketball during high school.
PERSONAL: Born July 7, 1989 in Nashville, Tenn... Favorite sports memory was having the game winning hit in 2009 that sent Middle Georgia into the JUCO College World Series... Brandon Phillips has been a major influence because "he came from my high school and he plays my position in the major leagues"... Admires Coach Timothy Jones because he for teaching him to work hard and saying "we'll fight to we can't fight anymore"... Enjoys playing sports, listening to music and traveling... Son of Angela Payne.
MAJOR: General Studies.
