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Maddie Stein

Position Utility
Height 5'10''
Class Senior
Hometown Oklahoma City, Okla.
High School El Reno

2015 (Senior)
Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year by the Big 12 Conference… Named National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Midwest All-Region Second Team… Collected All-Big 12 Second Team and All-Defensive Team honors… Earned 2015 Big 12 Softball Scholar Student-Athlete of the Year honor and selected Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Claimed Kansas softball’s all-time RBI record after driving in 141st career RBI against Georgia State (3/22)… Finished career first in RBIs (150), tied for fourth in batting average (.349), tied for third in doubles (47), tied for fourth in hits (219), sixth in total bases (307) and 10th in slugging percentage (.490)… Started every game of the 2015 campaign… Batted .339 with 36 runs scored; 58 hits, including a Big 12-leading 17 doubles; six home runs and 41 RBIs… Registered a .544 slugging percentage and a .423 on-base percentage… Posted a .997 fielding percentage after committing just one error in 55 starts… Second on the team in multi-hit efforts with 15… Recorded eight multi-RBI performances… Owned the longest hitting streak of the season after posting a hit in 12-straight games… Two of six home runs were grand slams, including a game-winning, bases-loaded homer against Omaha (3/15)… Recorded a single-game-high five hits, including three doubles and eight RBIs, against New Mexico State (2/14)… Drew three walks against Penn State (2/8) and at Iowa State (5/8)… Recorded a 2-for-4 performance at the plate with four RBIs against Omaha (3/15)… Tallied a pair of hits in a season-high six at-bats with three RBIs at Texas Tech (4/11)… Registered a season-best 11 putouts against SIU-Edwardsville (4/22).

2014 (Junior)
Named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team… Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors… Started all 57 games at first base… Led the team and tied for sixth in the Big 12 with 69 hits, which was also the seventh-most by a Jayhawk in a single season… Registered 40 RBIs and 13 doubles… Collected 109 RBIs in three seasons, which is sixth all-time in KU history and 32 away from the best mark… Had the second-best batting average (.358) on the roster, spending much of the season in the clean-up spot… Had the most multiple-hit games (21), and the longest hitting streak, registering a hit in 12-consecutive games… Tied for first on the team with 11 multi-RBI games… Collected a season-best four RBIs against Fordham (2/14) with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate, including first career triple… Had second multi-RBI game against Western Carolina (2/15)… Went 3-for-5, recording three RBIs, at Jackson State University (2/22)… Launched third career home run against Murray State (3/2), driving in two RBIs… Registered three RBIs against Northwestern (3/7)… Hit sixth double of the season against St. John’s (3/8)… Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs against Jackson State University (3/15)… Had 10th multi-RBI game against Saint Louis (3/19), hitting seventh double… Recorded 14th multi-hit game against Fairfield (3/21), while tallying 31st RBI of 2014… Recorded a double, her 10th of the season, plating two runs against UMKC (4/8)… Went 2-for-4 against Iowa State recording 38th RBI and 12th double of the season… Was 2-for-3 in postseason play against No. 19 Nebraska (5/16).

2013 (Sophomore)
Named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region Second Team as a utility player after hitting .337 with 10 doubles… A versatile and selfless player, made starts at first base, catcher and the designated player position… Led the Jayhawks with a career-high 49 RBIs, which ranked seventh in the Big 12… Got out to a hot start, driving in two runs against NC State in the season opener (2/8)… Went 3-for-3 with a double against Indiana State (2/15) to kick off the Tiger Invitational at Auburn… Broke out three hits and three RBIs at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/22)… Tied her career high with four hits and chipped in three more RBIs in the Jayhawks’ comeback victory against Auburn (2/22)… Became the first Jayhawk to tally six RBIs in a game since 2011, helping KU defeat Southern (2/23)… Hit her first home run of the season to help KU set a program record with 20 runs scored in a win against Lafayette (3/2)… Went 3-for-3 with two RBIs at Florida Atlantic (3/9)… Hit a bases-clearing double at Texas Tech (4/7) to help the Jayhawks clinch their first conference series sweep on the road since 2007… Hit .400 with three RBIs during the series at Oklahoma State (4/19-21)… Belted her second home run of the year against UMKC (4/24)… Tied career high with her 4-for-4 performance and added three RBIs in the season finale at Iowa State (5/12).

2012 (Freshman)
Named All-Big 12 Conference Second Team after posting a .371 overall batting average and a .358 average in Big 12 action… Her .371 mark checked in at eighth-best for a season in KU history… Versatile, multi-talented freshman, appeared in the outfield, at first base, catcher and in designated player roles in 36 games for the Jayhawks… Finished the season with 36 hits in 97 at bats… Recorded a .567 slugging percentage and a .404 on-base percentage for the season… Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against Charlotte (2/17)… Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs against Delaware State (3/10)… Went 2-for-4 with a RBI against Missouri State (3/27)… Recorded two hits in three at bats against No. 7 Oklahoma (4/1)… Cranked out a 2-for-3 effort in the series opener at No. 22/25 Baylor (4/6) and collected another hit in the series finale vs. the Bears (4/7)… Went 2-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored against Wichita State (4/11)… Recorded one hit in three at bats, including two RBIs and a run scored, in game two against Wichita State (4/11)… Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored against Texas (4/13)… Recorded seven hits with eight RBIs, two doubles, three home runs and five runs scored in the series against Iowa State (4/20-22)… The weekend was highlighted by a career day in game two, where she posted her first two career home runs and a double to set new career highs in hits (3), runs scored (3), RBIs (4) and at bats (5)… Went 2-for-3 with a home run, her fourth in three games, and two RBIs in the first game of the doubleheader against UMKC (4/25)… Recorded two hits in four at bats, including a run scored, against Texas A&M (5/5).

High School
Lettered in softball four years at El Reno HS for coach Lynetta Keller… Led the Indians to four-straight regional championships, including the state quarterfinals in her junior and senior seasons… Posted a .509 batting average with 21 doubles and a .750 slugging percentage in her senior season to earn all-region and all-state catcher accolades… Earned four All-Suburban Conference awards for utility (1 yr.), third base (2 yrs.) and catcher (1 yr.)… Awarded all-big city third base in 2009… Recorded a slugging percentage over .700 and a .500-plus batting average in both her junior and senior seasons… Also lettered in tennis for four years and basketball and soccer for one year each.

Club
Played for the Oklahoma Athletics Gold and was coached by Brian Madden… Team won 16U Canada Cup in 2006, AFA 16U Nationals in 2007 and USSSA 18U Nationals in 2009.

Personal
Born Madison Brooke Stein in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma…. Daughter of Steve Stein and Amy Jones… Has a younger sister, Molly… Cousin, Bob Stein, played football for the Kansas City Chiefs and was a member of the 1969 Super Bowl IV team.