2009-10 (Junior Year)
Competed in 26 games and made 11 starts, including the last 10 games of the season … Finished second on the team with 8.0 points per game in 24.6 minutes of action … Led or tied for the team lead in scoring in five games … Also contributed 58 rebounds, averaging 2.2 per contest, with 34 assists and 26 steals … Shot 82-of-240 (34.2 percent) from the floor, including 23-of-89 (25.8) from beyond the arc … Also hit 22-of-31 free throws (71.0) … Reached double digits in points in eight games … Had a season-high 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting at South Carolina State Jan. 25 … Knocked down 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting with three assists and three rebounds against Winston-Salem State Feb. 20 … Posted a season high of six rebounds on three separate occasions … Totaled five assists at Coppin State March 1 … Tied her career high with five assists at Coppin State March 1 … Had 16 points at Hampton Feb. 13 and against Bethune-Cookman March 9 in the MEAC tournament … Averaged 17.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game during a three-game stretch in mid-February, scoring 15 against Delaware State, 16 at Hampton and 20 against Winston-Salem State … Led the team in scoring in each of those three contests.
2008-09 (Sophomore Year)
Played in 22 games with 14 starts … Averaged a team-leading 10.8 points per game … Led the team in field goals made and attempted (94-of-281) and 3-pointers made and attempted (29-of-105) … Averaged 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 27.4 minutes per game … Had a career night against South Carolina State Feb. 21 when she had 36 points on 13-of-30 shooting (43.3 percent) from the floor, five rebounds, two assists and three steals in a season-high 36 minutes of play, leading NSU to its only win of the season … Reached double figures a team-leading 12 times, including five of the last six games of the regular season … Was perfect from the free-throw line on five occasions … Tallied 11 points consecutively on the road at Utah Jan. 2, at Coppin State Jan. 10 and at Morgan State Jan. 12 … Scored 14 points at home vs. Hampton Feb. 28, grabbed four rebounds, was perfect from the charity stripe (2-for-2) and shot a season-high 67 percent from behind the arc … Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Florida A&M Feb. 9 … Had 18 points against Howard March 2 with two steals and four rebounds … Ended the regular season scoring 13 points, dishing out five assists and shooting 60 percent (3-for-5) from 3-point range in 34 minutes of play against North Carolina A&T March 5.
2007-08 (Freshman Year)
Despite missing the first nine games of the season while rehabbing an knee injury, was named to the MEAC All-Rookie team and was NSU’s Rookie of the Year … Averaged a team-leading 15.2 points in 19 games with 13 starts … Was first on the team in field goals made and attempted (109-of-303) and 3-pointers made (43) … Averaged 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals in 34.7 minutes per game … Had a career night against Winston-Salem State Jan. 28 with 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting (58.8 percent) from the floor, including 7-of-8 from 3-point range, tying the NSU single-game record for made 3-pointers … Played 40 minutes or more in six games … Scored in double figures in 15 games for the season, including seven consecutive games … Had six games in which she scored 20 or more points … Was named MEAC Rookie of the Week on Feb. 4 and Feb. 11 … Had 26 points and six rebounds at Bethune-Cookman Feb. 9 … Followed that performance by scoring 24 points on 8-of-23 shooting from the field and grabbing a career-high eight rebounds at Florida A&M Feb. 11 … Attempted a career-high 26 field goals in the 94-88 overtime win over Howard Feb. 4 … Had 20 points and seven rebounds in a career-best 42 minutes in that game … Led the team in scoring in nine games … Started 13 of the last 14 games of the season … Shot a season-best 60 percent from the field, scoring 23 points and grabbing four rebounds and six steals in the 69-45 win over Winston-Salem State Feb. 25 … Was a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc in that game … Shot 65.9 percent (27-of-41) from the free-throw line for the season … Had 22 points and four rebounds against Maryland Eastern Shore Feb. 18.
High School
Averaged 14 points and six assists per game as a senior while helping Hampton High School to its best record in school history (30-2) in 2006-07 … Hit the game-winning shot in the 2007 Group AAA State Championship game to give the Crabbers their second state title since 2001 … Despite missing part of her senior season with a knee injury, was named to the 2007 Daily Press All-Star Second Team and played for the East in the 2007 Virginia High Schools Coaches Association All-Star game.
Personal
Full name is Raychele Onye’a Payne … Born on March 23, 1989 … Daughter of Harriet Payne and William Venable … Majoring in accounting … Undecided on career plans … First name is pronounced ‘Ray-Shell’.
