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2023 Women's Soccer Roster

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(Photo by Christopher Oertell/GN

9 Payton Neal

  • Position Midfield
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lynnwood, WA
  • High School Bishop Blanchet

Biography

WWU Career: Finished 5-year WWU career with 90 total appearances (9th-most in program history) including 38 starts... scored 3 goals and assisted 5 for a career-total 11 points... made 23 appearances and 6 starts on 2022 Vikings team that won the GNAC regular-season title, GNAC Tournament title, West-Regional title and National Championship ... started in west region final, national quarterfinal, national semi-final and national final victories in 2022 ... appeared in two national championship games (2019, 2022) ... 2021 GNAC All-Academic selection ... Second Team All-GNAC selection and Third Team All-West Region as a senior in 2023 ... during her WWU career she was a member of Viking teams that won two GNAC regular-season championships, two GNAC tournament championships, two West-Regional championships, made a national final in 2019 and won the national championship in 2022.

2023 (Senior):
  • Second Team All-GNAC.
  • Third Team All-West Region from United Soccer Coaches.
  • Started in all 21 games in final collegiate season, playing for a total of 1,519 minutes.
  • Recorded a career-high three assists to go along with 1 goal for a career-high 5 total points
  • Also posted career-highs in shots (18) and shots on goal (10).
  • Scored game-winning goal in a 3-1 win against MSU Billings (10/12).
2022 (Junior): 
  • Appeared in 23 games (6 starts) during National Championship season.
  • Scored in 3-2 victory at Western Oregon (9/17).
  • Recorded 6 shots on goal in 13 attempts (.462).
  • Started in the teams last four NCAA tournament games from the West Regional Final to the National Final.
2021 (Sophomore2): 
  • Appeared in 17 games and started in five. 
  • Played 939 total minutes. 
  • Attempted six shots with one being on goal. 
  • Qualified for the GNAC All-Academic team. 
2020 (Sophomore): 
  • Appeared in seven games and started in six of them during the shortened COVID-19 season. 
  • Scored one goal on three attempts. 
  • Logged one assist for the season. 
2019 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in 22 games, logging 754 minutes during national runner-up season.
  • Recorded one assist (11/2/19 vs. NNU).
  • Played 13 minutes during the national championship match, recording one shot that hit the crossbar.
Prior to WWU: Earned varsity letters as a freshman and sophomore at Bishop Blanchet High School before moving on to the Seattle Reign FC Development Academy … named All-Metro League in 2016 helping lead her team to a 4th-place finish at the 3A WIAA state tournament … selected as the player of the game in the 2016 state semifinal.
 
Season GP-GS Minutes Goals Assists Points Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att
2019 22-0 754 0 1 1 17 .000 5 .294 0 0-0
2020 7-6 494 1 1 3 4 .250 3 .750 1 0-0
2021 17-5 942 0 0 0 6 .000 1 .167 0 0-0
2022 23-6 982 1 0 2 13 .077 6 .462 0 0-0
2023 21-21 1519 1 3 5 18 .056 10 .556 1 0-0
TOTAL 90-38 4691 3 5 11 58 .052 25 .431 2 0-0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2019Freshman

    Midfield
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2020Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2021Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    Midfield
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    Midfield
    5'7"
    9
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