Stephon Payne

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-9
Weight:
235
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Jacksonville, Fla.
High School:
Jackson
Prev School:
Jacksonville

2024-25 (Junior at Jacksonville): Posted 5 double-doubles during junior campaign, playing 28 games with 23 starts... Had dbl-dbls against Trinity Baptist, Mercer, North Alabama, Central Arkansas and Stetson... Grabbed career-high 13 boards against Mercer... Set career-high scoring number (20) against Bellarmine... Finished year with 25 blocks and 31 steals... Averaged 8.4 ppg and 6.3 rebounds per game...

2023-24 (Sophomore at Jacksonville): Dynamic big who contributed on both ends of the floor…Recorded 3 double-doubles on the season, two coming in conference play… Scored a season- and career-high 18 points against Trinity Baptist on Dec. 14… Scored in double figures 9 times and had double-digit rebounds 7 times… Recorded both season- and career-highs in rebounds against Queens on Feb. 16 and Austin Peay on Dec. 31 with 12 boards… Ranked 11^th in conference for blocks with 26… Ninth in league for steals during conference play with 9.

2022-23 (Freshman at Incarnate Word): Played in 30 games, starting 16 for the Cardinals...averaged 6.0 points per game, 4.7 rebounds per game, collecting 30 steals and 39 blocks, the latter of which led the team...nine double-digit scoring efforts, topped by a 15-point outing vs. Dallas Christian on November 30...two double-digit rebound games, pulling down a season-high 11 vs. McNeese State on January 26...13 games with multiple blocks, with a season-high four in the same contest vs. McNeese

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Andrew Jackson High School, averaging 17.9 points per game, 11.9 rebounds per game and four blocks a game, named Gateway Conference League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2021-22...went to the state title game in three of his four seasons on varsity...back-to-back Gateway Conference Champions his junior and senior seasons