Name: Demi Payne
Event: Pole Vault
Height: 5-8
Weight: 143
DOB: 9/30/1991
Birthplace: New Braunfels, Texas
Hometown: New Braunfels, Texas
High School: New Braunfels High School (New Braunfels, Texas) ‘10
College: Stephen F. Austin State University ’16

Career Highlights:

  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, 3rd (pole vault)
  • 2015 USATF Indoor Championships, 1st (pole vault)
  • 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 1st (pole vault)
  • 2015 Southland Conference Indoor Championships, 1st (pole vault)
  • 2015 Southland Conference Female Athlete of the Year


Personal: Daughter of Bill Payne and Dana MacFarlane…Wife of Thomas Taylor…Has one daughter, Charlee…Mother, Dana, played basketball for two years at Baylor University…Father, Bill, was an All-American pole vaulter at Baylor University…Competed at Kansas University before transferring to Stephen F. Austin State University.