Katie Payne

Background
• 2024 Gatorade Cross Country Player of the Year
• 2024 Cross Country Delaware Runner of the Year
• 2024 team captain
• 2024 Delaware Division II XC individual state champion
• 2024 Nike Cross Country Nationals qualifier
• Four-time XC Delaware First Team All-State
• First Team All-New Castle County
• First Team Delaware Independent Schools All-Conference
• 2023 Nike Cross Country Southeast Regional Team Champion
• 2024 1st-Team All-Region
• Three-time team MVP
• 2024 team captain for indoor and outdoor
• Three-time 1600m state champion
• Two-time 800m state champion
• 3200m state champion
• Nike 4xMile Indoor National Champion
• New Balance distance medley relay All-American

Personal
• Native of Wilmington, Del.
• Graduated from The Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del.
• Three-time Gold Key recipient
• Four-time Silver Key Scholastic Art & Writing recipient
• High Honor Roll every term of high school
• Awarded Gold Level of DE Certificate of Multiliteracy for French and French Award winner
• University of Pennsylvania History Book Award winner
• Cum Laude Society member
• Daughter of Jo Ellen Cockley and Jon Payne
• Uncle played soccer at Gettysburg College
• Youth summer art camp intern at the Center for the Creative Arts in Yorklyn, Del.
• Volunteer at Urban Promise, a school for children in underserved communities in Wilmington, Del.