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2026 Softball Roster

23 Finley Payne

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Liberty Township, Ohio
  • High School Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
  • Position INF

Biography

Senior Year (2026)

NFCA Northeast All-Region Third Team selection … All-Ivy League Second Team honoree … Ivy League All-Tournament Team selection … Only one of eight Crimson in program history with 100 or more career RBIs … Only the sixth student-athlete in school history to hit double-digit home runs in a season … Set career highs in hits (46), home runs (10), RBIs (44), slugging percentage (.618), walks (24), on-base percentage (.428) and stolen bases (11) during the 2026 campaign … Ranked in the top five in the Ivy League in RBIs, home runs and stolen bases … One of two Crimson to start all 45 games of the 2026 season … Hit her 10th home run of the season and drove in a pair of runs in the Ivy League Tournament contest against Brown … Logged a season-high three hits and score a run in the regular season finale at Columbia … Also drove in two runs with a home run in the second game of the series against the Lions … Produced two RBIs with a home run in the series finale against Penn … Also recorded a pair of hits and drove in a pair of runs in the series opener against the Quakers … Scored two runs and picked up two hits against Boston University … Set a career-high in RBIs with five to go along with three runs, two hits, one home run, one double and two stolen bases in a win against Brown … Scored a career-high four runs and recorded two hits in a victory against Cornell … Hit two home runs, one of them a walk off in the ninth inning, in a win against Dartmouth … Hit a home run in the second of game of Dartmouth series … Also manufactured two hits in the series opener against the Big Green … Hit a home run and drew a walk in the series opener against Yale … Tallied two hits and drove in a run against Sacred Heart on the road … Hit a home run in a victory against Fordham … Logged a pair of hits against South Dakota … Drove in four runs on two hits in a win against Morgan State … Produced two hits and four RBIs in a run-rule victory against Holy Cross … Recorded her first multi-hit effort of the 2026 season with two hits against Holy Cross … Started the season with a hit against Sacramento State on opening day.

Junior Year (2025)

NFCA Northeast All-Region Third Team selection … All-Ivy League Second Team honoree … Set career-highs in batting average (.371), hits (43), doubles (8), home runs (6), RBIs (23), slugging percentage (.612), on-base percentage (.425) and stolen bases (8) … Started in 36 games in 2025 … Recorded two hits and a run in the season finale against Princeton at the Ivy League Tournament … Ended the regular season with two hits, a double and a RBI against Cornell … Produced a multi-hit effort against the Big Red in the second game of the series … Hit her sixth and final home run of the year against Dartmouth … Logged a pair of runs and a hit in a matchup against Brown … Manufactured two hits and a run in the series opener against the Bears … Recorded three hits and drove in two runs to cap a sweep of Yale … Drove in three runs with a pair of hits and a home run in the second game of the series against the Bulldogs … Hit a homer in the series opener and the series finale against Penn … Logged six hits and four RBIs in a series sweep of Columbia … Recorded two hits, including a home run, in the series finale against Princeton … Drove in the lone run in a win against George Washington … Picked up a pair of hits against Georgetown … Hit her first home run of the year against Weber State … Scored a run and a recorded a hit in the season opener against Furman.

Sophomore Year (2024)

Started in 43 games this season … Set new career-highs in hits (34), runs (26), and slugging percentage (.385) … Drove in two critical runs in the Crimson’s 6-5 win against Dartmouth at the Ivy League Tournament … Scored a run, drove in a run and logged two hits in Harvard’s 12-4 extra innings win against Yale at the Ivy League Tournament … Logged a pair of hits and a pair of runs on the road against Cornell … Scored two of Harvard’s nine runs and added a hit in a victory against Penn at Soldiers Field … Drove in two runs on two hits in a win against Princeton … Launched her second home run of the campaign at Brown … Set a season-high in RBIs with three against Dartmouth … Tallied a career-high three hits against Tennessee Tech … Hit her first home run of the season in a win against Winthrop.

First-Year (2023)

Saw action in 41 games, including 34 starts in her debut season, primarily as the designated hitter or at third base... named First Team All-Ivy (dp) ... earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors once... had 31 hits on the season, including one home run and six doubles... brought in 18 RBI and scored 17 runs herself... stole four bases throughout the season... finished the year with a .295 batting average and a .364 OBP... was perfect in the field with no errors, finishing the season 1.000... hit her first home run of her collegiate career in game two against Winthrop at the Winthrop tournament... had a season high four hits at Penn in the third game of the series.

Before Harvard

Played four seasons at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy and on the club circuit with Beverly Bandits Premier (2020-22)… Served as Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy team captain in 2020, 2021 and 2022… Was a three-time Miami Valley Conference Player of the Year… Ranked in the Extra Innings Elite Top 100… Voted the MaxPreps Athlete of the Week on May 16, 2022… Ranked first in Ohio in slugging percentage (1.813), second in average (.729) and on-base percentage (.822), and fourth in home runs (14), according to MaxPreps… Helped Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy to a district runner-up performance in 2021 for the first time in school history… Was an eight-time Miami Valley Conference All-Academic selection… Recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award… Member of the National Honor Society… Graduated Summa Cum Laude… Other interests include tennis, lifting, biking, service and cooking… Father, Roy, played minor league baseball… Cousin, Caden Crawford, is a Class of 2026 baseball player at Evansville.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2023First-Year

    INF
    23
  • 23

    2024Sophomore

    INF
    23
  • 23

    2025Junior

    INF
    23
  • 23

    2026Senior

    INF
    23