Newberry College Athletics

At Newberry:  Payton is a 2025 first-team All-South Atlantic Conference selection, MVP of the 2025 SAC Postseason Tournament and was named the SAC Elite 23 Field Hockey Wealth Enhancement Group award winner.  The Elite 23 Award honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average in each of the league's 23 team championship sports.  She has helped lead Newberry College to the 2025 SAC regular season and postseason tournament titles, a perfect 18-0 record and the #1 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.  She has 10 goals and 8 assists this season and is part of a defensive group that has registered ten shutouts and has allowed only 12 goals in 18 games. She has started 54 of 55 games in her career with 12 goals, 13 assists and 38 points.  Keeler was a 2024 second team All-SAC selection and won the Elite 23 award as a sophomore at the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Postseason Tournament.

Woodbridge High School: First-Team All State Field Hockey... Third-Team All State Basketball...Third-Team All State Softball...Valedictorian

Personal:  Her twin sister, Parker is on the team and her older sister Brady (2016-18) also played at Newberry College.