North Carolina State University Athletics
2026 Men's Soccer Spring Roster
Beyond the Howl - Episode 2 with NC State Men's Soccer
Wednesday, April 22
Beyond the Howl - Episode 3
Wednesday, April 22
Beyond the Howl: The Art of Defending
Wednesday, April 22
Beyond the Howl: The Road to Cary
Wednesday, April 22
Jersey Number 15
Aidan Payne
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, N.C.
- High School:
- New Hanover High School
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 160
2025 - SENIOR
2024 - JUNIOR
2023 - SOPHOMORE
2022 - FRESHMAN
PERSONAL
PREP
- Played in all 23 games with three starts...Averaged 50 minutes of action in each of those appearances
- Won the 2025 NCAA Elite Scholar-Athlete Award...which is awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships
- Scored three goals and made five assists...totaling 11 points
- Tallied 38 shots with 19 shots on goal
- Named to the 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
- Named January Heart of the Pack award recipient
- Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford award recipient (postgraduate scholarship recognition)
2024 - JUNIOR
- Played in 15 games with three starts...Averaged 27 minutes of action in each of those appearances
- Collected six points...Scored a goal and had an assist in the 7-0 home win over Winthrop, netted a goal in the 5-1 home win over No. 10 SMU, collected an assist in the 4-2 road win at William & Mary
- Finished with 14 shots and seven shots on goal
- Saw action in three of the four postseason games - against Virginia in the opening round of the ACC Tournament and against Charlotte and Georgetown in the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament
- Named to the 2024-25 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2023 - SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in games against Radford, USC Upstate and Louisville
2022 - FRESHMAN
- Did not appear in an official match
PERSONAL
- Studying Accounting
- Enjoys playing pickleball, also played basketball growing up
- Watches a lot of sports in his free time
PREP
- Gatorade North Carolina Boys Soccer Player of the Year in 2022
- Helped lead New Hanover to the school's first-ever boys soccer state championship in the fal of 2021; scored 54 goals in his senior season
- N.C. Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year
- United Soccer Coaches All-American selection