SENIOR SEASON (2026)
Scored four goals and picked up three ground balls at Richmond (2/7)...tallied one goal and one assist against UMass (2/11)..recorded three points with two goals and an assist, including a free position and game winning goal, along with a ground ball versus Bucknell (2/15)...scored two goals and picked up three ground balls over No. 24 Pittsburgh (2/18)...set a season-high with five goals, and one assist, including two free position goals, three ground balls and one caused turnover at Drexel (2/22)...registered two goals and one ground ball against Cornell (2/28)...netted four goals over Colgate (3/4)...collected two goals at San Diego State (3/8)...recorded four goals, including the game winning goal and a free position goal, one ground ball, one caused turnover and won a draw control over Southern California (3/12)...scored two goals versus No. 20 Princeton...scored two goals against No. 5 Michigan (3/22)...scored one goal, had a free position shot and won a draw control at No. 3 Maryland (3/29)...netted three goals with one ground ball against No. 25 Ohio State (4/5)…scored a pair of goals, including one from the free position, in primetime win over Oregon (4/9)…tallied a goal, an assist and two draws against No. 4 Northwestern (4/12)…registered two goals, two ground balls and two draw controls versus No. 6 Johns Hopkins (4/16)…recorded a hat trick and three draw control wins at No. 22 Rutgers (4/18)...secured a trio of ground balls and five draw controls in Big Ten Tournament against Michigan (4/22)...scored a goal with two ground balls and three draw controls in NCAA Tournament versus Stanford (5/8)
JUNIOR SEASON (2025)
Tallied 13 appearances and seven starts...totaled eight goals and seven assists…recorded five multi-point games…four games with multiple ground balls…notched a season-high three goals and four points against Ohio State (4/6)…recorded a pair of assists against Princeton (3/5) and Johns Hopkins (4/23)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024)
Bucknell (2/13): Earned first career assist...Colorado (2/16): Scored one goal...Pitt (2/20): Recorded first career hat trick...Notched one assist...Princeton (2/26): Scored one goal and recorded two assists...at Drexel (2/28): Recorded two assists...at Rutgers (3/9): Earned one goal and one assist...Picked up one draw control...at Lehigh (3/12): Recorded one caused turnover and one draw control...at Cornell (3/16): Tallied second career hat trick with four goals...Northwestern (3/22): Scored one goal...at Ohio State (3/28): Earned one assist...Vanderbilt (4/3): Recorded one goal and one draw control.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2023)
Season: Made six appearances... Scored one goal.
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/11): Made collegiate debut. Duquesne (2/21): Recorded a ground ball. Loyola (3/4): Scored first career goal.
High School:
Played on American Heritage's lacrosse team for six years... Helped lead the team to win the Florida State Championship in 2018 and 2021... She was the Team MVP and Palm Beach County Player of the Year in 2021... She was selected to First-Team All-District, First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-County in 2021 as well as being named an All-American... Under Armour 150 Team MVP in 2020... Played club lacrosse for Florida Select, ranked first in the country in 2021.
Personal:
Full name is Payton Elle Wainman... Daughter of Kelly and Scott who played on the U19 Canadian National Team... Has one sister Mackenzie... Intends to major in marketing.
Why Penn State:
"It is a school that represents spirit, leadership and a sense of community that provides world class academics and athletics."