University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2015: Saw time in 22 games, earning 19 starts … Threw 10 complete games and worked 120 innings … Held opponents to a .232 batting average … Posted a pair of shutouts … Worked 4.1 innings, striking out two in the win over Queens … Singled, drove in one and scored once while recording a complete-game win with five strikeouts over Newberry … Worked 6.2 innings to get the victory over Concord … Went 1.2 innings, striking out one to pick up the victory in the opener at Lander … Hurled five innings, giving up just four hits, while driving in a run in the victory over the Bearcats … Threw a complete-game shutout against Pfeiffer, striking out eight while allowing just two hits, to pick up the victory … Struck out nine while throwing a complete game two-hitter in the win over Lenoir-Rhyne …  Tossed a complete game in the victory over the Cougars … Threw a complete-game shutout, striking out five in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Tossed a complete-game five hitter, striking out two in the win over the Saints … Went the distance in the win over Young Harris, striking out four without allowing an earned run … Picked up the victory over Armstrong State, striking out three in five innings of work … Had a hit at Georgia College … Allowed just four hits while striking out two in the win over West Georgia on Senior Day … Tossed two innings, striking out one in the PBC Quarterfinals against North Georgia.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Francis Marion: Posted six wins while playing at Francis Marion in 2013 … Tossed 107.1 innings … Notched 63 strikeouts on the season … Tallied a 2.74 ERA … Threw a complete-game victory against Barton … Registered a four-hit shutout against Fayetteville State … Allowed just one earned run in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Did not give up an earned run in the victory over Erskine … Struck out 10 while throwing a complete game in the win over Young Harris … Shut down Armstrong State with a four-hit 2-0 win.

Aiken Tech: Won 17 games while registering a 2.01 ERA with 136 strikeouts in 2012 … Led her team to the National Tournament ... Team MVP … Honorable mention all-region X selection … First-team all-conference performer … All-tournament team selection and was named MVP …. Recorded 13 wins and a 2.17 ERA in 2011 … Struck out 104 batters in 174.1 innings … Team MVP.

In 2012, she posted a 17-18 pitching mark with a 2.01 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 230.1 innings pitched....Earned team most valuable player honors and was an honorable mention All-Region X selection....First-Team All-Conference Pitcher and conference All-Tournament Team MVP....As a freshman in 2011, she was 13-15 with a 2.17 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 174.1 innings of work.....Team MVP.

High School: Attended Fox Creek H.S. … Participated in the North-South All-Star game … Two-time all-state honoree … Four-time all-region selection … Three-time Team MVP … Three-time all-state honoree in volleyball and a four-time all-region selection.

Personal: Danielle Payne was born June 26, 1992 in Augusta, Ga. … Daughter of Thomas and Petronella Payne … Has two siblings, Jason and Summer … Majoring in sociology.