2022 USC Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Payne, Nicole
GK
/ Women's SoccerGK
/ Women's SoccerGK
/ Women's SoccerMF
/ Women's SoccerF/D
/ Women's SoccerF/M
/ Women's SoccerF
/ Women's SoccerMF
/ Women's SoccerD
/ Women's SoccerF
/ Women's SoccerF/MF
/ Women's SoccerD
/ Women's SoccerGK
/ Women's SoccerMF
/ Women's SoccerD
/ Women's SoccerF/D
/ Women's SoccerF
/ Women's SoccerD
/ Women's SoccerMF
/ Women's SoccerMF
/ Women's SoccerMF
/ Women's SoccerD
/ Women's SoccerD
/ Women's SoccerF
/ Women's Soccer
Jersey Number 11
Nicole Payne
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
Bio
WEST VIRGINIA/2019-21
- Played 3 seasons for the Mountaineers from 2019-2021
- Appeared in 53 games, making 44 starts in 3 years, scoring 4 times and providing 2 assists.
- Earned All-Midwest Region second team honors as junior (2021)
- Named to the All-Big 12 first team in 2020 and second team in 2021
- Also earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors in 2019
- Is a current member of the Nigerian National Team, most recently being named to the 2022 Women’s African Cup of Nations roster
- Member of the United States U-19 National Team and traveled to Netherlands in November 2018 for a pair of matches
- Previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-17, U-15 and U-14 National Teams
- Named to the 2018 U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-18/19 Eastern Conference Best XI
- Multi-year player for Concorde Fire and finished as the 2017 Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) National Runner-Up
- Also ran cross country and track for Oak Mountain High, where she graduated owning two state records, as well as six state championships and nine total state medals
- 2018-19 Gatorade Alabama Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year
- Ten-time All-State performer
- Swept the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash events at the 2019 Class 7A State Outdoor Track & Field Championship, setting records in the 200 (23.74) and the 400 (53.55)
- Finished first in the girls’ 400-meter dash and third in the girls’ 200-meter dash at the 2017 Class 7A State Outdoor Track and Field Championship
- 2017 7A 400-meter state champion
- TopDrawerSoccer.com four-star rating and No. 4-ranked midfielder regionally
- Girls IMG Academy Top 150 (No. 27 overall, No. 11 midfielder)
- Daughter of Oyeleke and Mojemilat Payne
- Has one sister and one brother
- Sister, Toni, played soccer at Duke and currently plays on the Nigerian National Team and professionally at Sevilla FC, and brother, Stephen, played for UCLA and professionally with the Richmond Kickers
- Majoring in Psychology
- Plans to play professionally and one day become a sports and exercise psychologist
- Would most like to visit Fiji
- Favorites: Spaghetti (food), She’s the Man (movie), Gossip Girl (TV show), The Four Agreements (Book)
Women's Soccer - USC 0, Washington 1: Highlights
Thursday, September 11
Women’s Soccer - USC 0, Portland 0 : Highlights (08/28/25)
Thursday, August 28
Women's Soccer - USC 4, NMST 0: Highlights (8/24/25)
Sunday, August 24
Women's Soccer - USC 3, Pepperdine 2: Highlights
Thursday, August 21
