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Jersey Number 14
Payton Deidesheimer
- Position:
- Right-Side Hitter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev school:
- Bishop Fenwick HS
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Ohio
Bio
Honors and Awards
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.
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 Season (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
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.
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 Season (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
Middle Made Moments with senior setter Caroline Macander
Saturday, September 06
Middle Made Moments with Head Coach Alexa Keckler
Saturday, September 06
Season Preview – MTSU Volleyball 2025
Thursday, August 28
2025 MTSU Women's Volleyball Blue & White Game
Monday, August 18
