Howard University Athletics

In 2019, Payne joined the Howard University Swimming & Diving team as their Yoga specialist. In addition to designing and implementing the yoga training, she assists with the team's recovery program including static stretching, dynamic stretching, and physiotherapy.

She is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and it was there she began her athletic career at a young age; playing softball recreationally and in high school. Her drive and dedication within the sport landed her a full athletic scholarship to Southern University where she received her bachelors in Therapeutic Recreation with honors, excelling not only as an athlete but as a student-athlete as well. During her career at the University, she was a 3-time Dean’s List candidate, and 2-time President’s List candidate. It was also within those University walls that she acquired a love for people and a desire to give back to her community.

And give back she did! In 2017, she received her Ace Personal Training Certificate and began personal training and teaching strength and wellness, offering her athletes not only insight into the physical but also the emotional and mental. Jasmine understands the high demands of a collegiate career and takes measures to ensure that each athlete is able to maintain and succeed through a complete understanding of wellness. She believes it’s important to teach her athletes and not just to train them, offering a more holistic approach to the art that encompasses body, mind, and spirit. She believes that in aligning this trinity it gives the athlete the opportunity to achieve a better form of self.