16-year old Paytyn Hayda lives in Hermiston, Oregon, where watermelons are famous and "life is sweet". She is the youngest daughter of Shari and Jarred. Soon to be a Junior, Paytyn is a proud and active member of FFA and member of the National FFA Online Marketing Style Squad. Paytyn is captain and a third-year member of the Hermiston Oregon High School Equestrian Team, and the Eastern Oregon State Youth Representative for the Oregon High School Equestrian Team Association. Paytyn enjoys school where she is taking AP classes, pursuing her honors diploma, and two programs of study: Agricultural Sciences and Business. She is dual-enrolled in college courses through Blue Mountain Community College. Outside of school, you can find Paytyn with her market hogs, chickens, and horses: Faith, Holly, Paisley, and Nickel, or reading any book that she can get her hands on. When Paytyn graduates, she plans to attend the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, majoring in forensic anthropology and criminology. She looks forward to a career in family law and eventually becoming a judge. Paytyn loves representing rodeo and the adventures of being a rodeo queen.