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2026 Volleyball Roster

31 Payton Woods

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School Lake Creek H.S.
  • Hometown Montgomery, Texas
  • Instagram paytonwoods.31

Biography

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Career Awards
2025 (at Virginia Tech)
Blue Hen Invitational MVP
Seahawk Classic All-Tournament Team
2023 (at Sam Houston State)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team
 
Prior to Arizona
  • Comes to Arizona after one season at Virginia Tech (2025), one season at Mississippi State (2024), and Sam Houston State (2023)
  • Led Virginia Tech with 331 kills and 3.15 kills/set across 105 sets in 2025
  • Ranked 18th in the ACC with 3.15 kills/set in 2025
  • Tallied 10 or more kills in 18 matches at Virginia Tech
  • Saw action in four sets at Mississippi State in 2024 and played in 49 sets at Sam Houston State in 2023
  • Totaled 157 kills and 21 blocks at Sam Houston State in 2023
  • Earned Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors in 2023 at Sam Houston State
 
Prep
  • Played volleyball at Lake Creek High School and holds records in career kills (1,164), digs (1,158), and aces (283)
  • 2022 AVCA All-Region as a senior
  • 2022 GHCVA Offensive Player of the Year
  • Vype Houston Player of the Year finalist in 2022
  • Two-time All-District first team player at Lake Creek H.S.
  • Named the 21-5A District Co-Offensive MVP in 2022
  • Two-time All-Montgomery County honoree
  • Was the 20-5A District Hitter of the Year in 2021  
 
Personal
  • Daughter of Annie and Scott Woods
  • Has two siblings, Taylor and Logan
  • Her dad, Scott, played baseball at Fairleigh Dickinson

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