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17 Sierra Maddox

  • Class Senior
  • Position C
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Hometown Kennesaw, Ga.
  • Highschool Harrison

Biography

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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.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2015Freshman

    C/3B
    17
  • 17

    2016Sophomore

    C
    17
  • 17

    2017Junior

    C
    17
  • 17

    2018Senior

    Catcher
    17
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