Charleston Southern University Athletics

2023 at Charleston Southern: Started in 25 games while making appearances in 34 ... Batted .302 on the year while slugging .372 and holding an on base percentage of .450 ... Scored 11 runs and added 15 RBIs ... Collected a total of 26 hits with of them being doubles ... Drew 12 walks and was hit by 12 pitches as well ... Totaled eight sacrifice hits ... Set a career-high with 4 RBIs at Gardner-Webb (5/19) in the final series of the year ... Went 4-5 at Radford (4/16) for a career best in single game hits ... Held a .988 fielding percentage collecting over 250 outs.

2022 at Charleston Southern: Played in 30 games while making 17 starts on the season ... Recorded a .983 fielding percentage collecting 170 outs ... Scored eight runs while driving home 11 ... Had a sacrifice hit and sacrifice fly on the year ... Had three games with multiple hits on the year ... Set his season-high in RBIs with three at UNC Asheville (3/27).

2021 at Polk State College: Played one season for the team, committing to CSU in December of 2020, and started classes with the Bucs in fall of 2021.

2020 at Kentucky: Did not appear in a game.

2019 SUMMER: Played for the Oneonta Outlaws of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League…Named Second-Team All-PGCBL…Saw action in 29 games, hitting .390 with 15 runs and 23 RBI…Had 41 hits in 105 at bats, including four doubles…Posted an OPS on .896, including a .467 on-base percentage…Walked more than he struck out, with 15 free passes drawn to just 12 punchouts…Stole three bases…Was named PGCBL Player of the Night on the final day of the season after delivering four hits and three RBI…Had 13 multi-hit games, including two four-hit games and two three-hit games…Had a 13-game hit streak and tallied at least one hit in 18 of his final 20 games…Drove in eight runs over his final four games and had six multi-RBI games for the summer.

HIGH SCHOOL: Top 500 overall player by Perfect Game…No. 71 catcher overall and No. 23 prospect in Pennsylvania…Was a 2019 Perfect Game/Rawlings Preseason All-American and Atlantic All-Region team member…No. 22 player in Pennsylvania by Prep Baseball Report…Won the 2019 Pennsylvania 5A state championship with Red Land…Named Second-Team All-Pennsylvania by USA Today…Three-time First-Team All-Area…2018 All-Area Player of the Year…Coached by Nate Ebbert…Also played hockey, basketball and golf ... Full name is Jared Richard Payne…Hometown is New Cumberland, Pa. … Son of Richard and Julie…Father played golf at Michigan State…Was involved with organization called the Friendship Club that helped kids with disabilities…Volunteered at a local food bank…Superstition: wears the same undershirt every game.