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Payton Root - 2027 Lacrosse Roster
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Jersey Number 33
Payton Root
- Year:
- 3rd Year
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Guilford, Conn.
- High School:
- Guilford
- Major:
- Business Management
As a Sophomore (2026)
High School:
Personal:
- All-American Conference First Team
- American Conference All-Tournament Team
- USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention
- IWLCA All-South Region Second Team
- American Attack Player of the Week (2/16, 2/30, 4/6)
- Played all 21 games with six starts
- Scored 31 goals on 56 shots (.554) and 60 assists for a team leading 91 points
- Led the American Conference with 2.86 assists per game - 12th in NCAA
- Recorded three hat tricks
- Career high four goals against Virginia Tech (Feb. 11)
- Career highs in assists (7) and points (9) against TempleÂ
- Tallied 4+ points in 13 games
- Registered 2+ assists in 18 games
- Second Team All-American Athletic Conference attacker
- AAC Freshman of the Week on April 14
- Made 15 game appearances
- Provided 29 assists to lead JMU
- Scored 11 goals on 25 shots for a .440 shot percentage
- Career-high seven assists at Georgetown on April 9
- Career-high three goals against Charlotte on March 29
- Eight games with multiple assists
- Six games with four or more points
High School:
- 2021-2023 State Class M Lacrosse Title and 2022 & 2021 SCC Conference Title
- 2021-2024Â All-State and All-SCC Conference Honors Lacrosse
- 2023 GameTime CT All-Area Honors Lacrosse
- Ended high school career with 340 goals
- Led high school team in scoring three consecutive seasons (2021-2023) and holds the GHS single season scoring record
- 2024 Guilford High School Female Athlete of the Year
- Two sport athlete - lacrosse and field hockey
- 2022 Class M Field Hockey State Champion
- Earned #17 ranking from US Club Lacrosse with a 12-9-3 overall record for Prime Time 2024
Personal:
- Daughter of Jonathan and Jessica Root
- Has two brothers, Braden and Brody
- Her father, Jonathan, played football at Central Connecticut State University
- Her mother, Jessica, played volleyball at Southern Connecticut State University
- Majoring in Business Management
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