Kelsie Payne

Kelsie Payne (born November 29, 1995 in Austin, Texas) is an American volleyball player.

Payne started her volleyball career at John B. Connally High School in Austin, Texas. From 2014 to 2017, she studied at the University of Kansas and played on the university's Jayhawks women's volleyball team. In July 2016, she won the bronze medal with the US national team at the Pan American Cup held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

In the 2018/19 season, the diagonal attacker played for Brazil's Esporte Clube Pinheiros. In 2019 she switched to the Swiss first division club VC Kanti Schaffhausen. In 2020 she was signed by the German Bundesliga club SSC Palmberg Schwerin.

• Big 12 Player of the Year [2016]
• Two-time AVCA All-America First Team [2015, 2016]
• Three-time AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team [2015, 2016, 2017]
• Three-time All-Big 12 First Team [2015, 2016, 2017]
• NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team [2015]
• NCAA Championship San Diego Regional All-Tournament Team [2015]
• Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week [11/1/2016]
• Six-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week [9/7/2015, 11/2/2015, 11/9/2015, 11/16/2015, 10/17/2016, 9/4/2017]
• Two-time Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year [2016, 2017]
• Two-time Preseason All-Big 12 Team [2015, 2016]
• Kansas Invitational MVP [2016]
• Wolverine Invitational MVP [2017]
• Santa Clara/San José State Invitational All-Tournament Team [2017]
• Wolfpack Invitational All-Tournament Team [2017]
• Bulldog Invitational All-Tournament Team [2016]
• Jayhawk Classic All-Tournament Team [2015]
• Kansas Invitational All-Tournament Team [2015]
• Arkansas Invitational All-Tournament Team [2015]
• PrepVolleyball.com All-America First Team [2015]