Ball State University Athletics
Athlete Awards
Payton Kelly
- Award:
- Student-Athlete of the Week
- Week:
- 11/24/2025
- Sport:
- Women's Swimming and Diving
- Bio:
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For her role in guiding the Ball State women’s swimming & diving team to the House of Champions title, senior Payton Kelly has been named the Pridemark Construction Student-Athlete of the Week.
Kelly set individual program records in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, while falling one-hundredth of a second shy of her 50 freestyle mark. Overall, she would capture four individual wins at the meet and swim on five first-place relays, four of which set program records.
Kelly set individual program records in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, while falling one-hundredth of a second shy of her 50 freestyle mark. Overall, she would capture four individual wins at the meet and swim on five first-place relays, four of which set program records.
Date | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 12/8/2025 | Alana Springer | Track & Field |
| 12/1/2025 | Tessa Towers | Women's Basketball |
| 11/24/2025 | Payton Kelly | Women's Swimming and Diving |
| 11/17/2025 | Karsyn Norman | Women's Basketball |
| 11/13/2025 | Carson Tyler | Women's Volleyball |
| 4/28/2025 | Jasmine Driscoll | Women's Golf |
| 4/21/2025 | Dylan Grego | Baseball |
| 4/14/2025 | Jacob Hartlaub | Baseball |
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