Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
2025 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 14
Payton Deidesheimer
- Position:
- Right-Side Hitter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev school:
- Bishop Fenwick HS
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Ohio
Honors and Awards
Miami (OH) Invitational All-Tournament Team (2025)
Carrie Yerty Classic All-Tournament Team
Lindenwood Invitational All-Tournament Team
Academic All-District ASUN Team
Three-time Dean’s List
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2023)
2025 (Senior)
2024 (Junior – Austin Peay)
2023 (Sophomore – Austin Peay)
2022 (Freshman – Austin Peay)
High School
Personal
Miami (OH) Invitational All-Tournament Team (2025)
Carrie Yerty Classic All-Tournament Team
Lindenwood Invitational All-Tournament Team
Academic All-District ASUN Team
Three-time Dean’s List
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2023)
2025 (Senior)
- Started 22 matches, playing in 96 sets
- Finished fourth on the team with 180 kills
- Totaled 56 blocks, third on the team, including three solo blocks
- Surpassed 500 career kills
- Recorded a season high 15 kills against Evansville (8/30/25)
- Named to the Miami (OH) Invitational All-Tournament Team
2024 (Junior – Austin Peay)
- Played in 28 matches/100 sets and made 26 starts
- Ranked second on the team in kills with 219 and blocks with 64.0
- Recorded 254.5 points and 40 digs
- Set new career-highs of 17 kills on a .441 hitting percentage, eight blocks and seven digs in a win vs. Bellarmine (11/02)
- Tallied 16 kills on a .324 hitting percentage with three blocks
2023 (Sophomore – Austin Peay)
- Played in 20 matches/57 sets
- Had 109 kills on the season for an average of 1.91 per set
- Had a career-high of 17 kills at Stetson (10/14)
- Season best .435 attack percentage came against Florida A&M (08/28)
2022 (Freshman – Austin Peay)
- Played in seven matches, totaling seven sets, including a start at Florida State (09/03)
- Recorded first collegiate kill against East Tennessee (09/16)
- Posted a pair of blocks at Liberty (10/28), the first of her career
High School
- Attended Bishop Fenwick High School
- Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II State Championship in 2019
- Won four-straight conference titles, two District Championships and a pair of Regional Champions
- First Team All-Conference and All-District selection as a senior
- Named a Division II All-Ohio Honorable Mention by the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association
Personal
- Birthday is December 14, 2003
- The daughter of Tonia and Jerome Deidesheimer
- Her sister, Sami, is a member of the Eastern Kentucky beach volleyball team.
- Major: Exercise Science
MTSU Volleyball Recap 10/17-18/25
Tuesday, October 21
Middle Made Moments - MTSU Volleyball clean sweep - October 7th
Tuesday, October 07
MTSU Volleyball Recap 9/27-28/25
Monday, September 29
True Blue Testimonials - Caroline Macander MTSU Volleyball Setter - Presented by MMC
Tuesday, September 16































