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Madi Hillis

Position Defender
Height 5'5''
Class Senior
Hometown Edmond, Okla.
High School Edmond Memorial HS

Honors and Awards

  • 2012 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring)
  • 2012 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring)
  • 2011 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • 2011 Team Defensive MVP
  • 2011 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)
  • 2011 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)
  • 2010 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Fall)
  • 2010 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (Fall)

2011 (Sophomore)

  • Played in the back field in all 21 contests… Of her 18 starts, played a complete game 14 times as she was second on the team logging 1,751 minutes of field time
  • Named team[apos]s defensive MVP
  • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • Recorded a career-high 110 minutes in double-overtime tie versus Texas A&M (Nov. 2) in Big 12 Championship
  • Took three shots throughout the season- vs. Florida (Sept. 18), vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) and at Iowa State (Oct. 23)

2010 (Freshman)

  • Voted Newcomer of the Year after playing in all but one match in her freshman campaign and leading all freshmen with 1,219 minutes played
  • Started 17 games at midfield, totaling 11 shots (five on goal)
  • Collected the first shot of her career in the season-opener against Eastern Kentucky (Aug. 27)
  • Posted two shots on frame against Baylor (Oct. 17)
  • Had multi-shot contests on three occasions, all in Big 12 Conference play
  • Played all 90 minutes against Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Nebraska

Edmond Memorial High School

  • Lettered four years for head coach Diana Kelm
  • Named all-conference, all-district and all-city all four season
  • Selected team[apos]s MVP twice and Offensive Player of the Year twice
  • Scored 57 goals with 44 assists during her high school soccer career
  • Led team to a district championship in 2009
  • Team was a state semi-finalist in 2008 and 2009
  • Selected to the Oklahoma 6A All-State Team as a senior
  • A member of the National Honor Society

Club (Hurricane FC Shubert 92, ESC [apos]91 Black, NOKC United [apos]92)

  • Played two seasons for the Edmond Soccer Club Black [apos]91, one for Hurricane FC Shubert [apos]92 and three season for NOKC United [apos]92
  • Led ESC Black [apos]91 to back-to-back Oklahoma State Cup championship
  • Team won the Southern Regional U-18 championship in 2009
  • Qualified with ESC 91 for US Youth Soccer National Championships in Boston, Mass., in 2009
  • Teammate on ESC `91 with current KU midfielder Amy Grow

ODP

  • Played five years for the [apos]91 Oklahoma State ODP team and selected to [apos]91 Region III team
  • Participated in Region III trip to Brazil in 2009
  • Selected as one of 50 players for U-19 Region III camp in Austin, Texas

Personal

  • Madison Grace Hillis was born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • Daughter of John and Kristen Hillis
  • One younger sister, Libby
  • Father, John, played tennis at the University of Oklahoma, while grandfather, Bob, played football for the Sooners
  • Plans to major in business