Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Kaden Varela-Payne

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/2/2026
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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Varela-Payne tossed his first career complete game as he struck out a career-high nine batters and only allowed three hits and one earned run in a 9-1 victory over Kutztown. Varela-Payne needed 92 pitches to sail through the KU lineup over seven innings. After giving up a run in the second inning, the Raleigh, North Carolina native finished the game by retiring 14 of the final 15 batters he faced. 


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
2/12/2018 Kaitlen Hubbard Women's Track
2/5/2018 Madison May Women's Basketball
2/5/2018 Jordan Clark Baseball
1/29/2018 Emily Boothe Women's Basketball
1/29/2018 Jason Weitzel Men's Track
1/22/2018 Damon Akers Men's Track
1/22/2018 Heather Chernutan Women's Track
1/15/2018 B.J. Hamlet Men's Basketball
1/15/2018 Riley Fitzwater Women's Basketball
1/8/2018 Riley Fitzwater Women's Basketball
1/8/2018 Garrett Lee Football
12/11/2017 Madison May Women's Basketball
12/11/2017 Tommy Bolte Men's Basketball
12/4/2017 Emilee Henry Women's Track
12/4/2017 Garrett Lee Football
11/27/2017 Madison May Women's Basketball
11/27/2017 Trey Brisco Men's Basketball
11/20/2017 Jeremiah Johnson Football
11/20/2017 Sarah Hill Women's Soccer
11/13/2017 Riley Fitzwater Women's Basketball
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