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University of Rhode Island

2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster

Carlisle Stockton
Naje' Murray/Atlantic 10
Heather Barry/Atlantic 10

Payton Klein

  • Class Junior
  • High School Ponaganset
  • Hometown Coventry, R.I.

Biography

2025 (Sophomore)
  • Bowed the Second Varsity 8+ that placed third in the D Final at the NCAA Championship (6/1)
  • Bowed the Second Varsity 8+ that won the Grand Final at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/17)
  • Bowed the Varsity 4+ that placed fifth in the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints (5/4) 
  • Rowed in the third seat of the Varsity 4+ that beat Jacksonville and Villanova at the Lake Wheeler Invite (4/25-4/26)
  • Rowed in the third seat of the Varsity 4+ that fell to No. 22 Dartmouth and Northeastern at the Lake Morey Regatta (4/19) 
  • Rowed in the third seat the Varsity 4+ that finished fourth in the A Final at the Saint Joseph’s Invitational (4/5) 
  • Rowed in the third seat of the Varsity 4+ that placed second in the Petite Final at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/29)
2024 (Freshman)
  • Rowed in the fourth seat of the Third Varsity 8+ that finished fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/18)
  • Rowed in the sixth seat of the Third Varsity 8+ that placed sixth in the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints (5/5)
  • Rowed in the second seat of the Second Varsity 4+ that lost to Dartmouth and Fordham’s Varsity 4+ at the Lake Morey Regatta (4/20)
  • Rowed in the fifth seat of the Third Varsity 8+ that fell to Northeastern (A/B) and BU at the Council Cup (4/13)
  • Rowed in the third seat of the Third Varsity 8+ that beat George Washington and UConn while losing to UMass and Bucknell at the Overpeck Invitational (4/6)
Before Rhode Island
  • Daughter of Mary and Jeff
  • Has a younger brother, Owen, who competes in cross country/track & field at Hartford
  • Mom, Mary, competed in track & field at UNH (’99)
  • Favorite athlete is Allyson Felix
  • Attended Ponaganset High School, where she was valedictorian
  • Earned the seal of biliteracy in Spanish and English
  • Was a member of the National Honors Society and the National Technical Honors Society
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Organized and promoted four different blood drives at her high school, donating over one gallon of blood herself in the span
  • Played soccer and track & field for Ponaganset
  • Captained the track & field team for two years
  • Academic All-State honoree in soccer and track & field

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior