Volleyball
Conner Payne
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Conner_Payne1@Baylor.edu
Conner Payne was named Baylor Volleyball's Volunteer Assistant Coach in August of 2022 under head coach Ryan McGuyre.
BU finished with a 25-7 overall, 12-4 Big 12 and 16-1 home record that included 13 sweeps of its opponents, ranked wins and a program-best attack percentage in a match. Baylor registered season sweeps of Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and West Virginia. Senior middle blocker Kara McGhee earned Honorable Mention AVCA All-American honors while freshman setter Averi Carlson was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year while collecting the most weekly Big 12 accolades by a Baylor freshman with five. The Bears saw players earn major milestones with McGhee having tallied her 500th career block while fellow senior Lauren Harrison had her 1,000th career kill. Overall, the Bears had nine weekly Big 12 accolades, four AVCA All-Southwest Region players, six earn All-Big 12 honors and had 10 accolades overall from non-conference tournaments. Baylor was ranked in every iteration of the AVCA Coaches Polls, never dipping outside of the top-18 teams, and finished the season ranked 15th as only one of two Big 12 teams on the poll. BU also finished 14th in the final NCAA RPI.
BU finished with a 25-7 overall, 12-4 Big 12 and 16-1 home record that included 13 sweeps of its opponents, ranked wins and a program-best attack percentage in a match. Baylor registered season sweeps of Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and West Virginia. Senior middle blocker Kara McGhee earned Honorable Mention AVCA All-American honors while freshman setter Averi Carlson was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year while collecting the most weekly Big 12 accolades by a Baylor freshman with five. The Bears saw players earn major milestones with McGhee having tallied her 500th career block while fellow senior Lauren Harrison had her 1,000th career kill. Overall, the Bears had nine weekly Big 12 accolades, four AVCA All-Southwest Region players, six earn All-Big 12 honors and had 10 accolades overall from non-conference tournaments. Baylor was ranked in every iteration of the AVCA Coaches Polls, never dipping outside of the top-18 teams, and finished the season ranked 15th as only one of two Big 12 teams on the poll. BU also finished 14th in the final NCAA RPI.
Payne joined the coaching staff after serving as a four-year manager for the program. He will be coaching the setters as well as leading the student manager staff.
Outside of Baylor volleyball, Payne has served as a team gymnastics coach in both Waco and Arizona. He played both high school and club volleyball for Perry High School and Aspire Volleyball. He is a member of the Baylor men’s club volleyball team as well.
The Gilbert, Arizona, native graduated with his bachelor’s in Biology from Baylor in 2022 and will be studying in BU’s Truett Theological Seminary.
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