Florida State University Athletics
2018-19 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Payton Rund
- Height:
- 6-1
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Albany, Ore.
- High School:
- West Albany
STATS
| Year | Overall | Tournament | Dual |
| 2019 | 26-11 | 2-2 | 24-9 |
| Total | 26-11 (.703) | 2-2 | 24-9 (.727) |
Accolades:
- 2019 CCSA All-Tournament Team w/ Sara Putt (2019)
- AVCA Top Flight Award, No. 2 (2019)
SENIOR (2019):
Went 26-11 on the season with a 24-9 record in dual matches (2-2 tournament) including 17 wins against ranked teams with two different partners… Started the season with Brooke Kuhlman and went 9-6 as a pair with an 8-6 record on court one and a 1-0 record on court two… finished the season with Sara Putt… the pair went 16-5 overall and 14-3 in dual matches… the duo won 11 in a row together before the NCAA Championship… went 5-0 in the CCSA Championship with all five wins coming in straight sets, earning them CCSA All-Tournament Team honors… earned AVCA Top Flight Award honors for flight two with Putt for their 13-3 record on court two.
JUNIOR (SAINT MARY'S, 2017-18):
Beach: Earned 2018 First Team All-West Coast Conference honors and WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention accolades … Played exclusively with Morgan Hughes and had a team-best 18-10 record, going 13-9 at No. 1 and 5-1 at No. 2 … Won nine straight matches from March 2-28, part of starting the season an impressive 11-1 … Defeated nationally ranked teams LMU on March 31 and Stanford on April 9, both at the No. 1 pairs … Rund and Hughes were named SMC Muscle-Milk Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of March 12-18 after going 4-0 during the week, including a road win over the top pair of then-No.16/19 California … Rund and Hughes went undefeated on the year against nationally ranked Cal, beating them three times.
Indoor: Named West Coast Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention … Appeared in 15 matches for the Gaels before missing the rest of the season due to injury … Collected 103 digs and 97 kills on the season… Named to the All-Tournament team at the Ameritas Players Challenge hosted by then-No. 12 Nebraska on Sept. 1-2 … Recorded a double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs versus Pittsburgh on Aug. 26 in a five-set loss … Had 11 kills in two straight matches versus UMBC on Sept. 1 and at No. 12 Nebraska on Sept. 2 … Had multiple service aces at Gonzaga (Sept. 21) and versus No. 8 BYU (Oct. 5).
SOPHOMORE (SAINT MARY'S, 2016-17):
Beach: Named to the 2017 All-West Coast Conference First Team and All-WCC Preseason Team along with partner Lindsey Knudsen … Placed on the WCC All-Academic First Team … Honored as the DiG Magazine National Pair of the Week for the week of March 20 as the Gaels went undefeated and handed No. 11/14 California as a team its first loss … Played with Knudsen at the No. 1 spot the whole season going 24-5 after starting the season with eight straight wins … On April 9, took down USC’s No. 1 pair of Kelly Claes and Sarah Hughes, breaking their 103-match winning-streak … Finished with major wins over the top pairs of ranked schools such as USC, Hawai’i, Loyola Marymount, California and Stanford … Selected for the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championships along with partner Lindsey Knudsen, making it all the way to the quarterfinals … Named to the WCC All-Academic Team.
Indoor: Named a 2016 WCC Volleyball All-Academic Team Honorable Mention … Played in 18 matches and 58 sets after having to sit out the first part of the season due to injury … Came back to record 103 kills and 53 digs over the rest of the season … Tallied up 13 kills in her first game back in a 3-1 win at home over Gonzaga on Sep. 22 … Racked up a season-high 14 kills against Gonzaga on Nov. 19 … Recorded her season-high of 12 digs against BYU on Nov. 5 … Ended the season with 20 blocks and only 2 blocking errors.
FRESHMAN (SAINT MARY'S, 2015-16):
Beach: Named to the WCC All-Freshman Team as well as the All-WCC Second Team … Teamed with Mary Hernandez to win a remarkable 22 straight matches before losing in the WCC final (to a Pepperdine duo they had defeated during the opening rounds) … Received Silver Honors on the 2015-16 WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll for maintaining a 3.71 GPA during her freshman year.
Indoor: Played in all 99 sets for the Gaels, starting every match as a freshman … Finished fourth on the team with 214 kills (2.16/set), second in digs with 243 (2.45/set), and fourth in blocks with 61 (.62/set) … Hit .198 on the season … Led the team with seven double-doubles on the year including a 20 kills-20 digs performance in a four-set home loss to Portland on Nov. 21 … Also recorded double-doubles at Long Beach State on Aug. 30 (11 kills/13 digs), vs. Bethune Cookman on Sept. 4 (14 kills/13 digs), at Pepperdine on Oct. 1 (11 kills/11 digs), vs. Pacific on Nov. 13 (12 kills/10 digs), and vs. San Francisco on Nov. 24 (10 kills/21 digs) … Tallied double digits in kills on three other occasions.
HIGH SCHOOL:
PRIOR TO SAINT MARY’S: Native of Albany, Ore., brought a lengthy and impressive resume to Moraga after starring for four years at West Albany High School … As a senior, named Gatorade State Player of the Year, MaxPreps.com Medium School All-America second team, Greater Valley Conference Player of the Year and first team All-State after helping West Albany place third in the Class 6A state tournament … Concluded prep career with 1,143 kills and 742 digs … As a junior, named Mid Valley Conference Player of the Year, Oregon 5A Player of the Year and was a finalist for both Gatorade State Player of the Year and Oregon Sports Award Volleyball Player of the Year after leading West Albany to its second straight state title … Also a standout on the sand and qualified for the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships in Hermosa Beach, Calif. … Played with seven different sand partners in 2013 and never finished lower than second in 12 tournaments … Won first place in the Women’s AA division of the Seaside Tournament at age 15.
PERSONAL:
Born December 30 … Pursuing her master’s degree in Exercise Physiology, studied kinesiology in undergrad … Parents are Aaron and Barb Rund and has one sibling (Parker).
