Posted • March 7, 2025: It wasn't that long ago that many people had never heard the name Payton McNabb.
The young former athlete from North Carolina never wanted to be an activist or an 'influencer,' she just wanted to play volleyball.
But in 2022, McNabb and her high school teammates were forced to play against a much taller, much stronger man in a volleyball match.
McNabb came close to being killed when that man spiked a volleyball in her face so hard that she suffered traumatic brain injury and partial paralysis.
Even after that, however, most of America still had not heard of her.
Then, strong supporters of protecting women's sports -- such as Riley Gaines, Jennifer Sey, and Megyn Kelly -- shared her story, and McNabb started to become well-known thanks to a documentary she made about her injuries.
She really burst on the scene in 2024 by OBLITERATING Rep.
Pramila Jayapal for claiming that 'trans women in sports do no harm.'