2010-11: Stepped on the court for 23 games with four starts ... averaged 15.6 minutes, 2.5 points and a fifth-best 3.2 rebounds ... third on the team with 34 steals ... season-bests of 14 points and nine boards at Hood ... season-high five steals vs. Lebanon Valley ... season-best three assists twice.

Severn School: 2010 graduate ... played for Chuck Miller ... four-year letterwinner ... 2010 Anne Arundel County All-Star after leading the county and finishing third in Maryland in assists (131 for a 5.7 average) ... second team all-county as a senior ... 2010 MVP of Queen Anne's Christmas Tournament ... recipient, 2010 Players Award ... team captain as a senior ... part of 2008 and 2010 IAAM B Conference Championship teams ... member, Tri-M music honor society; School for Schools; Multi-Cultural Alliance Club ... recipient, Leonardo Art and Music Awards ... served as a peer counselor and spirit captain.

Personal: Aura Payne ... wants to be a pediatrician ... born January 17, 1992 in San Diego, Calif. ... daughter of Vernon and Robin Payne ... has an older sister named Briana.

Why St. Mary's?: "I chose SMC because it's a very good school for academics and because of proximity; I didn't want to go too far from home."