Madison Walsh

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Madison Walsh celebrates with Mercedes Pastor after scoring a goal during the game against Iowa on October 20, 2019 at the Trager stadium.

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Madison Walsh celebrates a goal against Wake Forest

Madison Walsh drives the ball into the circle during the exhibition against Miami (OH) at Trager Stadium on August 25.

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Mercedes Pastor and Madison Walsh celebrate a goal during the Cardinals game with Miami (Ohio) at Trager Stadium on October 14.

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Field Hockey action shot of Madison Walsh on the field

Class:
Senior
High School:
Whitfield
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.

• NFHCA All-West Region First Team Selection (2019)

As a senior (Fall 2020): Opted out of the spring season... Played in 10 games with six starts in the fall... Scored in the ACC Semifinal win over Virginia... Also scored a goal in each of the regular season wins over Virginia, including the game-winner in the 2-1 victory (10/24)... Registered assists in the 3-0 win over Duke (9/26) and the 2-1 win at Wake Forest (10/10)... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad... ACC Academic Honor Roll member.

As a junior (2019): Named to the NFHCA All-West Region second team...Registered a career-best season in goals (8), assists (3) and points (17)... Played in every game with 20 starts... Produced a team-best four game-winning goals... Scored the game winner in the 1-0 victory over No. 4 Duke (10/26)... Scored the game-winning goal with four seconds left in OT in the 3-2 win against No. 6 Iowa (10/20)... Scored a pair of goals in the 3-0 win against No. 20 Wake Forest - marking her first career multi-goal game (10/4)... Registered the game-winning goal in the 2-1 victory over No. 12 Ohio State (9/15)... Tallied the game winner in the 3-2 victory at No. 17 Boston College (9/29)... Registered the game-winning goal in the 2-1 victory over No. 12 Ohio State (9/15)... Dished out a pair of assists in the 4-1 win against Michigan State (9/8)... Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee... Selected to 2019 All-ACC Academic Field Hockey Team... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad selection.

As a sophomore (2018): Played in all 19 games with nine starts... Scored in the 3-2 OT win against Miami (10/14)... Dished out her first career assist in the 3-1 loss to then-No. 2 North Carolina (9/7)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA National Academic Team member.

As a freshman (2017): Played in all 22 games with 19 starts... Registered five goals and 10 points... Notched a goal in the 3-2 overtime loss to Northwestern in the first round of the NCAA tournament... Scored a goal in the 3-2 ACC quarterfinal win over No. Syracuse (Nov. 2)... Scored in the 4-1 win at No. 8 Boston College (Oct. 8)... Scored her first career goal - the equalizer with no time left on the clock in regulation in the 2-1 win over No. 7 Syracuse (9/29)... NFHCA National Scholar of Distinction... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad... All-ACC Academic Team member... Selected to ACC Academic Honor Roll... Competed in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship during the summer of 2018.

High School/Club: Four-year starter for Whitfield School where she holds the career records in every offensive category with 66 goals, 42 assists and 174 points… Three time All-Metro and All-Conference selection… Named Co-Player of the Year in her Conference in 2016… Selected to the Harrow/NFCHA High School All-Region and Max Field Hockey All West/Mid-West teams… Played for AIM field hockey club from 2013-2016 and helped her team to berths in three National Club Championships and a gold medal in the 2015 National Club Challenge… Competed in the National Indoor Tournament from 2013-2017… Selected to compete in the 2015 National Futures Championships where her team won its pool… Participated in the Junior Olympics as well as the 2016 National Futures Championships for Region 10.

Personal: Full name is Madison Elizabeth Walsh… Birthdate is May 1, 1999… Daughter of Stacy Walsh and Nathaniel Walsh… Has a brother, Connor… Major is political science with a track in law and public policy… Post college ambition is to attend law school… Her proudest moment is being a Louisville field hockey player… She is inspired by her mom… Her greatest challenge is finding gluten-free food options... Most people don’t know her dog, Ava, has an instagram... Traveled to the Dominican Republic to help build a house for a family in need… Favorite athlete is Alex Pietrangelo.