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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.
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
Rutgers x Nike Apparel Partnership
Thursday, December 19
