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{{short description|American water polo player (b. 1976)}}

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|colspan=3 | Women’s [[Water Polo]]

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'''Nicolle Katherine Payne''' (born [[July 15]], [[1976]]) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. She also won a bronze medal at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].

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{{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}

{{MedalBronze | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}

{{MedalCompetition | [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] }}

{{MedalGold | [[2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 Barcelona]] | [[Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|Team competition]] }}

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'''Nicolle Katherine Payne''' (born [[July 15]], [[1976]]) is an American [[water polo]] player,. whoThe [[Goalkeeper (water polo)|goalkeeper]] was a member of the US teams that won the [[silver medal]] at the [[Water Polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]]. Sheand also won athe [[bronze medal]] at the [[Water Polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]].

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==High school and college career==

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Payne, a three-year water polo [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] at [[Gahr High School]] in [[Cerritos, California]], gained additional water polo experience as a starter on the 1995 U.S. Junior National Team that earned a [[gold medal]] at the Pan American Games.{{dubious|1995 Junior gold medal at the Pan American Games|reason=While this is stated in her 15-year-old UCLA bio, the Junior Pan American Games were not created until 2019 ([[Pan American Games#Junior Pan American Games]]), and there was only a Men's event in [[Water polo at the 1995 Pan American Games]]|date=August 2021}} Payne earned first-team all-league, team [[Most valuable player|MVP]], and All-[[California Interscholastic Federation]] honors.

Payne was the first woman recruited onto [[UCLA]]'s new [[Title IX]] women's water polo team in 1994.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Nicolle Payne (2009) - Hall of Fame |url=https://uclabruins.com/honors/hall-of-fame/nicolle-payne/105 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=UCLA |language=en}}</ref> In the 1996 season, she recorded 175 [[save (sport)|saves]] and a 3.07 [[goals against average]] (GAA). Payne was chosen as the National Player of the Year as a [[freshman]]. Nicolle Payne was hurt early in the 1997 season with a herniated disk and a strained vertebra, but she later returned to accumulate a 4.22 GAA in 72 quarters of play. The [[All-America]]n goalkeeper captained the [[UCLA athletics|Bruin]] team from 1995–1998 and was a member of three national championship teams from 1996 to 1998. Payne finished her career at UCLA with her third national championship in 1998, with 13 saves in the final game. Her 2.77 GAA and 225 saves remain UCLA records. Payne graduated from UCLA in 1998 with a degree in biology.

On October 9, 2009, Payne was inducted into the [[UCLA Bruins#UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame|UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=":0" />

==International and Olympic career==

Payne played in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and helped the U.S. bring home the silver medal. As goalkeeper for Team USA, she appeared in all seven games and recorded 19 saves, including eight against both Canada and Australia. At the 2003 [[FINA]] World Championships, her team won the gold medal. In the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Payne was a member of the bronze medal women's water polo team.

In 2001, Payne served as assistant coach for the U.S. Junior National team when it captured the Junior National title in a 10-9 overtime victory over Australia. In 2006, Nicolle Payne began her fourth year as assistant coach for the UCLA women's water polo program. She was previously a UCLA assistant coach in the 2005, 2002 and 2001 seasons.

In February 2007, Payne was inducted into the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) Hall of Fame with fellow Olympic medalists [[Natalie Golda]] and [[Heather Moody]]. The three women were members of the bronze medal 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, and are the first women added to the NYAC Hall of Fame.

In April 2023, Payne was inducted into the 39th annual USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=SwimSwam |date=2023-04-07 |title=USA Water Polo Announces 2023 Hall of Fame Class |url=https://swimswam.com/usa-water-polo-announces-2023-hall-of-fame-class/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}</ref> The induction was alongside another Olympic medalist, Coralie Simmons, water polo coach, Ron Richison, Olympic silver medalist Peter Varellas, and Olympic Games referee, Aaron Chaney.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==

* [[United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]

* [[List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)]]

* [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers]]

* [[List of world champions in women's water polo]]

* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo]]

==References==

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== Sources ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060613172236/http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/mtt/payne_nicolle00.html UCLA bio (2006)]

* USA Water Polo: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221328/http://usawaterpolo.org/index.php?customernumber=614341366530566&pr=020907_NYACHOF Water Polo Olympic Medalists to be inducted into NYAC Hall of Fame.]

==External links==

* {{Sports links}}

{{United States women's water polo squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}

{{United States women's water polo squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}

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