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Jersey Number 17
Sierra Maddox
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- C
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Kennesaw, Ga.
- High School:
- Harrison
Statistics: Career | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
-2017 Member of Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
Senior Year (2018)
- Graduates in fourth place all-time at Rutgers with 23 home runs, hitting her final long ball against Indiana on May 4, a two-run shot to give RU a 3-0 win
- Hit her 22nd career home run in the eighth inning at LIU Brooklyn (April 25)
- Hustled up the line to complete a 5-4-2 double play at third base at Maryland (April 17)
- Had a hit and an RBI in three straight contests from March 18-30
- Recorded the walk-off RBI by getting hit by a pitch in five-run comeback win over Bucknell (March 16)
- Launched a solo home run against Mercer (March 16) to move into fourth place all-time at Rutgers in home runs
- Paced a 7-5 win against Pittsburgh (March 10) by hitting 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs
- Led RU to a 7-0 win against Middle Tennessee State by going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs
- Threw out multiple base stealers in a single game at Mercer (March 16) and against Penn State (March 30).
Junior Year (2017)
- Started 46 of 47 games
- Sent in the winning run in RU's walk-off win over Michgian State, posting an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh (April 29)
- Notched the first triple of her career, along with her fourth home run of the season at Seton Hall (April 5)
- Matched career highs in home runs (2) and RBIs (4) to lift RU to a 7-5 victory over Indiana (March 25)
- Currently on a six-game hitting streak...posted two hits and an RBI in the 6-1 win over Lehigh (March 5)
- Registered her first home run of the season against Northern Illinois (Feb. 18)...notched a hit in the season opener versus Northern Illinois (Feb. 17).
Sophomore (2016)
- Saw action in 51 games, starting 41
- Named Academic All-Big Ten
- Led the team with nine home runs
- Owns a .581 slugging percentage in league games, registering six homers to rank seventh in the league
- Caught four out of ten runners in attempt to steal base and posted 60 putouts with only one error in 11 games behind the plate
- Added a three-run home run in the finale against Indiana to guide RU to the series sweep (Apr. 24)
- Led the team with two-hits in the middle game of series versus No. 21 Minnesota (Apr. 16)
- Posted a three-run home run in the first inning of RU’s 6-2 win over Seton Hall (Apr. 6)
- Led RU with a .500 batting average in the series at Illinois (Apr. 1-3), including team-highs in hits (5), RBI (5) and homeruns (2)
- Registered a matched her career high with four RBIs in RU’s 10-5 win at Illinois, tying the game with a two-RBI double to cut the deficit to 5-4 and a two-run homer in the eighth inning to cushion reclaimed lead (Apr. 2)
- Registered a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to cap a five-run rally in the inning, as RU’s late surge fell short in its series opener vs. Penn State, 12-8 (Mar. 25)
- Notched her first home run of the season against Bowling Green to halt a shutout (Feb. 20).
Freshman (2015)
- Played in 28 games, starting 22
- made her collegiate appearance at Santa Barbara (Feb. 13)
- notched her first career start in the 12-1 victory over Santa Barbara (Feb. 28), recording the first two hits of her career and her first RBI
- entered as a pinch hitter for RU in the game against Oregon State (Mar. 1), posting her first career double and run
- registered a career-high five at bats, including one hit and one run in the win over Bakersfield (Mar. 7)
- earned the start as catcher in game two of a doubleheader at Stony Brook (Apr. 1), going 2-for-3 at the plate
- went 4-for-4 at the plate in the 10-4 victory over Villanova (Apr. 15), returning the lead to RU on two occasions with a career-high two home runs, four RBIs and three runs
- notched the third homer of her career to put RU on the board first in its 6-5 win over Maryland (Apr. 21).
Prior to Rutgers
- A three-year varsity softball letterwinner at Harrison HS
- led her squad to state runner-up in her freshman and junior seasons, also making three elite eight appearance
- selected to first team all-region teams three times, first team all-state as a senior, second team all-county as a junior
- hit .398 with five home runs in her junior season
- played five years with the Atlanta Vipers travel team
- Vipers won the 2013 ASA State Championship and ASA National Championship
- finished the ASA National Tournament hitting .474 with 16 RBIs, including four hits and seven RBIs in final two games of the championship
- maintained a 4.0 GPA all four years at Harrison
- a member of the National Honor Society and National Math Honors Society
Personal info
- Daughter of Kelley and Jaime
- Her sister, Dresden, pitched for the Rutgers softball team from 2013-2016
- Biology major with criminology minor.
2025 Rutgers Athletics Hall Of Fame Induction
Tuesday, December 16
Rutgers Athletics Launches the Athletic Excellence Fund
Monday, October 06
2025 Rutgers Softball Big Ten Highlights
Friday, August 08
R Fund, Knights of the Raritan are YouKnighted | Million Dollar Match
Friday, February 28
