Payton has been the head coach for Liberty’s Beach Volleyball program since the 2024-25 season. She came to Liberty in 2016 as an outside hitter on the women’s indoor team. While playing on the indoor team during the 2016-2019 seasons, she earned a B.S. in Elementary Education. She then joined the beach volleyball team for the 2020-2021 season while earning a M.Ed. Reading Specialist degree and working as a Graduate Assistant in the School of Education. During her tenure on the beach team, Payton made history with her partner Jenae Baker, beating a D1 NCAA pair (College of Charleston) in Wilmington, NC.

After graduating with her master’s degree, she began working as a sixth-grade teacher at Timberlake Christian School in Forest, VA. Payton still currently teaches 6th grade and coaches volleyball at TCS. She has over 8 years of volleyball coaching experience at the middle school, high school, and national club levels.

In her free time, Payton enjoys playing in AVP grass tournaments and playing disc golf.

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone
Payton Carter Davis	Head Coach	pmcarter1@liberty.edu
Ethan VanDePerre	Assistant Coach	Ebvandeperre@liberty.edu	(434) 592-3444

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