Stephanie Payne

Class: Senior Hometown: Derby, Kan. High School: Derby

Event: IM, Fly, Breast Experience: 3L

2011-12 (Senior): Finished season with 10-first place finishes...Netted a total of 30-points at Big 12 Championships with fifth place finish in 200 Fly (2:01.06), seventh place performance in 400 IM (4:17.81) and 13th place finish in 200 IM (2:01.79)... Took home first place honors in 300 IM (3:16.69) at Iowa State... Came in first during 400 IM (4:29.21) and second in 200 Fly (2:04.49) at Arkansas... Fastest in 200 Fly (2:04.11) on Senior Day vs Nebraska ... Struck gold at Mayaguez Invite in Puerto Rico with first place finish during 200m IM (2:26.45)... Finished first in the 400 IM (4:18.44) and third in the 200 Fly (2:01.55) at Mizzou Invite... Came in second during 400 IM (4:26.99) and third in 200 Breast vs rival Missouri... Was a first place finisher in the 200 Fly (2:04.13) and came in second during 200 Breast (2:24.31) at home vs Illinois... Tallied three first place finishes in double-dual vs Northern Iowa and North Dakota as she finished with a 1:08.19 time in the 100 Breast, 57.96 in the 100 Fly and 2:07.50 during the 200 IM... Came in second during 200 IM (2:06.68) and third in 200 Breast (2:23.22) at Minnesota... Opened up season with victory in 200 IM at Arizona with 2:08.23 time... Served as one of three team captains during senio season... Was named Team MVP at post-season awards banquet... First-Team Academic All-Big 12 member following Fall 2011 semester.

2011 (Summer): Qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. in two separate events, while swimming for Kansas Aquatics and head coach Clark Campbell. Finished with a lifetime best 2:16.39 time in the 200 meter butterfly at sectionals in Columbia, Mo. and a 4:51.46 time in the 400 IM two weeks later at Nationals in Palo Alto, Calif.

2010-11 (Junior): Was a standout performer at the 2011 Big 12 Championships where she broke two school records (200 butterfly, 1:59.07), (400 IM, 4:11.94) and finished fourth in the 400 IM and seventh in the 200 butterfly. Scored a total of 27-points for the Jayhawks during Big 12's... Earned first place honors in 100 breast stroke with 1:06.82 time in double-dual versus South Dakota/Northern Iowa... Started two meet streak of first place finishes with her 2:02.93 time in 200 butterfly against Nebraska... Took second in 200 butterfly (2:03.86) and third in 200 breaststroke (2:23.57) against Arkansas... Swam to first place finish in 200 meter IM (2:20.99) at the Orange Bowl Classic... Finished seventh in 400 IM (4:17.33) and eighth in 200 butterfly (2:02.31) at the Georgia Invite... Took second in 400 IM versus Missouri... Ranked in the top five of the 2010-11 season top performances in five differen events, with having the top times in 200 butterfly and 400 IM, which she set new school records in... selected as fourth alternate in the 400 IM for 2011 NCAA's in Austin, Texas... 2010-11 Academic All-American... 2010-11 Academic All-American...Earned Academic All-Big 12 honors... Named to Big 12 Honor Roll.

2009-10 (Sophomore): Broke the school record for the 400-yard IM, placing fifth at the Big 12 Championships (4:13.33)... Scored 27 individual points at the Big 12 Championships, placing ninth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.61) and 13^th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.66)... Set a career-best time in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.82) during the preliminaries of the conference meet... Won the 200 butterfly (2:04.79) against Nebraska... Won the 200 butterfly (2:05.71) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.71), and placed third in the 400 IM (4:31.09) at the LMU/UCSD double dual... Was crowned champion in the 200 butterfly (2:06.41) vs. UNO... Placed first in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.95) and the 200 breaststroke (2:22.91) at the UNI/USD double dual... An Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2009.

2008-09 (Freshman): One of the team's most improved and versatile swimmers... Delivered her best performance of the season at the Big 12 Championships when she broke the school-record in the 400 I.M. with a time of 4:15.69, which was over four seconds faster than the previous record... Placed eighth in the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:01.08 and 10^th in the 400 yard I.M. with a time of 4:15.69 at the 2009 Big 12 Championships... She earned 18 points for Kansas at the Big 12 Championships... In addition to her school-record 400 yard I.M. performance, she also boasts the school's fourth best 200 yard butterfly time... She ranked in the top five of team season-best times in five different events, tied for the most on the team.

High School (Derby): A four-year letterwinner in swimming... First team all-state all four years... Holds numerous Derby school records including the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 100 back, and 100 free... Member of the 200 medley, 200 free, and 400 free relays that broke the school records... Placed second in the 200 IM and third in the 100 breaststroke at the 2008 state championships... Team placed third at state in 2006 and won its district in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Personal: Born in Wichita, Kan.... Parents are Larry and Donna Payne... Older brother Larry attends Wichita State... A journalism major and psychology minor.

Top Times
100 Breast: 1:03.82 (2010 Big 12 Championships)
200 Breast:2:19.46 (2010 Big 12 Championships)
200 Fly: 1:59.07* (2011 Big 12 Championships)
200 IM: 2:00.65 (2012 Big 12 Championships)
400 IM:4:11.94* (2011 Big 12 Championships)

*=School Record

Olympic Trial Times
200 Fly: 2:16.39 (2011 Sectionals @ Columbia, Mo.)
400 IM: 4:51.46 (2011 Nationals @ Palo Alto, Calif.)

*Olympic times are in meters NOT yards*

Getting to Know Stephanie
Reason you chose KU: The beautiful campus, the coaches and the team

Favorite swimming and diving memory at KU thus far: The past three Big 12s, that's when our team really comes together

Favorite sport to compete in other than swimming: I don't really do well on dry land, so I just stick with swimming

Favorite Big 12 city to visit other than Lawrence: Austin, TX

Website you visit the most: Facebook and Twitter (way too often)

Favorite restaurant in Lawrence: El Mezcal

Favorite TV shows: So You Think You Can Dance, Snapped, Forensic Files

Favorite place on campus to study: Wagnon (Student Athlete Center)

Favorite thing to do when not training: Sleep

Favorite KU tradition: The Alma Mater

Describe yourself in one word: Determined