2018 Softball Roster
Newman, Maddy
Jersey Number 1
Maddy Newman
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Penn
- Hometown:
- Osceola, Ind.
Bio
• 2018 ACC All-Freshmen Team
As a senior (2021): Started all 50 games at second base... Stood second on the team with 22 runs scored... Registered a .232 batting average with three doubles... Reached safely via a hit or walk in six straight games to finish the season... Connected on a hit and a sacrifice fly in the 4-3 loss to No. 21/21 Duke in the ACC Quarterfinals... Went 2-for-2 in stolen bases... Scored two runs in the 7-3 win against North Carolina (5/9)...Had a hit in three of the four games against No. 7/7 Florida State (4/23-25)... Had a hit in each game in the four-game series against No. 21/21 Duke... Went 2-for-4 and score two runs in the 10-2 win at Georgia Tech (4/10)... Went 2-for-3 and scored two runs against Bellarmine (3/9)... Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the 5-4 win against NC State (2/20)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior (2020): Started every game at second base... Finished the shortened season with a .265 batting average and a team-best 13 runs... Stood second on the team with eight stolen bases... Tallied four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests... Scored two runs and had a stolen base in the 9-1 win against Evansville (3/9)... Scored a run in the 2-1, eight-inning loss at No. 15/14 Oklahoma State... Drove in the game-winning run with an RBI single in the 4-3 win against No. 10/10 Oregon - also had two stolen bases in that game... Went 2-for 3 with two runs, two RBIs in the 8-4 win against (2/22)... Earned three walks, swiped two bases and scored a pair of runs in the 8-0 win over Wichita State (2/21)... Went 2-for-4 with two runs in the 3-2 eight-inning loss to Mississippi State (2/8).
As a sophomore (2019): Started every game at second base... Finished the season with a .271 batting average... Fifth on the team with 27 runs and six stolen bases... Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run in the 9-5 win over Southern Illinois in the Evanston Regional... Scored a run in the 8-7 win over No. 24/23 Kentucky (4/17)... Tied a career high for hits when she went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple in the 10-9 win over No. 3/3 Florida State - also scored a run in that game... Drove in two runs in the 8-0 win over Syracuse (3/16)... Scored three runs in the 21-1 win over Morehead State (3/12)... Went 2-for-2 with three runs in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Doubled and scored a run in the 5-3 win over Kansas (2/24)... Went 2-for-3 and tied a career-high with three runs in the 9-0 win against Buffalo (2/9)
As a freshman (2018): Named to the ACC All-Freshmen Team... Finished sixth on the team with a .315 batting average... Scored 22 runs and collected 10 RBIs... Third on the team with eight stolen bases... Tied for the team lead with five sacrifice hits... Played in 45 games with 35 starts at third base, second base, or in the outfield.... Had a hit, a stolen base and a run in the 2-1 ACC first round win over Syracuse (5/9)... Went 3-for-3 with a run in the 3-2 win against Boston College (4/28)... Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI in the 4-3 loss at Syracuse (4/13)... Produced a career-high three RBIs in the 14-7 win over Virginia (4/6)... Scored a career-high three runs in the 16-1 win over Virginia (4/7)... Went 2-for-5 with two runs and her first career triple in the 17-12 loss to Virginia (4/8)... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the 5-3 win over Duke (3/23)... Went 2-for-2 with two runs in the 9-4 win against Northern Illinois (3/14)... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run in the 10-6 win over Eastern Michigan - notching career highs in hits and RBIs... Scored the game-winning run against South Alabama in the eighth inning (2/24)... Delivered her first hit and RBI in the 12-4 win over Morgan State (2/24)... Scored her first career run in the 5-4 win over North Florida (2/10)... Scored a run in the 9-7 win against Illinois (2/11)... Picked up her first career stolen base in the 5-4 win over North Florida (2/10)... All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School/Travel Ball: Three-year starter for Penn High School in Osceola, Ind. … Helped her team to three sectional and regional championships and a state runner-up finish in 2016... Two-time first team all-conference selection… Voted best infielder by her team… Named Northern Indiana Conference honorable mention as a freshman… Helped travel team, Indiana Magic Gold to runner-up finish in the Independence Day Tournament Colorado and the Triple Crown National Tournament.
Personal: Full name is Madelynn Jean Newman... Nickname is Maddy... Birthdate is December 11, 1998... Daughter of Keith and Carrie Newman... Has a younger sister, Mallory... Major is exercise science… Post college ambition is to go to graduate school and become a physical or occupational therapist… Wears No. 1 because it is her favorite number… Her proudest moment so far was signing to play at UofL… Most people don’t know she was born premature at three pounds… The biggest challenge she has overcome was dealing with the stigma of being too small to play and be successful in a sport like softball … Hobbies include being outdoors and listening to music.
As a senior (2021): Started all 50 games at second base... Stood second on the team with 22 runs scored... Registered a .232 batting average with three doubles... Reached safely via a hit or walk in six straight games to finish the season... Connected on a hit and a sacrifice fly in the 4-3 loss to No. 21/21 Duke in the ACC Quarterfinals... Went 2-for-2 in stolen bases... Scored two runs in the 7-3 win against North Carolina (5/9)...Had a hit in three of the four games against No. 7/7 Florida State (4/23-25)... Had a hit in each game in the four-game series against No. 21/21 Duke... Went 2-for-4 and score two runs in the 10-2 win at Georgia Tech (4/10)... Went 2-for-3 and scored two runs against Bellarmine (3/9)... Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the 5-4 win against NC State (2/20)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior (2020): Started every game at second base... Finished the shortened season with a .265 batting average and a team-best 13 runs... Stood second on the team with eight stolen bases... Tallied four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests... Scored two runs and had a stolen base in the 9-1 win against Evansville (3/9)... Scored a run in the 2-1, eight-inning loss at No. 15/14 Oklahoma State... Drove in the game-winning run with an RBI single in the 4-3 win against No. 10/10 Oregon - also had two stolen bases in that game... Went 2-for 3 with two runs, two RBIs in the 8-4 win against (2/22)... Earned three walks, swiped two bases and scored a pair of runs in the 8-0 win over Wichita State (2/21)... Went 2-for-4 with two runs in the 3-2 eight-inning loss to Mississippi State (2/8).
As a sophomore (2019): Started every game at second base... Finished the season with a .271 batting average... Fifth on the team with 27 runs and six stolen bases... Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run in the 9-5 win over Southern Illinois in the Evanston Regional... Scored a run in the 8-7 win over No. 24/23 Kentucky (4/17)... Tied a career high for hits when she went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple in the 10-9 win over No. 3/3 Florida State - also scored a run in that game... Drove in two runs in the 8-0 win over Syracuse (3/16)... Scored three runs in the 21-1 win over Morehead State (3/12)... Went 2-for-2 with three runs in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Doubled and scored a run in the 5-3 win over Kansas (2/24)... Went 2-for-3 and tied a career-high with three runs in the 9-0 win against Buffalo (2/9)
As a freshman (2018): Named to the ACC All-Freshmen Team... Finished sixth on the team with a .315 batting average... Scored 22 runs and collected 10 RBIs... Third on the team with eight stolen bases... Tied for the team lead with five sacrifice hits... Played in 45 games with 35 starts at third base, second base, or in the outfield.... Had a hit, a stolen base and a run in the 2-1 ACC first round win over Syracuse (5/9)... Went 3-for-3 with a run in the 3-2 win against Boston College (4/28)... Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI in the 4-3 loss at Syracuse (4/13)... Produced a career-high three RBIs in the 14-7 win over Virginia (4/6)... Scored a career-high three runs in the 16-1 win over Virginia (4/7)... Went 2-for-5 with two runs and her first career triple in the 17-12 loss to Virginia (4/8)... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the 5-3 win over Duke (3/23)... Went 2-for-2 with two runs in the 9-4 win against Northern Illinois (3/14)... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run in the 10-6 win over Eastern Michigan - notching career highs in hits and RBIs... Scored the game-winning run against South Alabama in the eighth inning (2/24)... Delivered her first hit and RBI in the 12-4 win over Morgan State (2/24)... Scored her first career run in the 5-4 win over North Florida (2/10)... Scored a run in the 9-7 win against Illinois (2/11)... Picked up her first career stolen base in the 5-4 win over North Florida (2/10)... All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School/Travel Ball: Three-year starter for Penn High School in Osceola, Ind. … Helped her team to three sectional and regional championships and a state runner-up finish in 2016... Two-time first team all-conference selection… Voted best infielder by her team… Named Northern Indiana Conference honorable mention as a freshman… Helped travel team, Indiana Magic Gold to runner-up finish in the Independence Day Tournament Colorado and the Triple Crown National Tournament.
Personal: Full name is Madelynn Jean Newman... Nickname is Maddy... Birthdate is December 11, 1998... Daughter of Keith and Carrie Newman... Has a younger sister, Mallory... Major is exercise science… Post college ambition is to go to graduate school and become a physical or occupational therapist… Wears No. 1 because it is her favorite number… Her proudest moment so far was signing to play at UofL… Most people don’t know she was born premature at three pounds… The biggest challenge she has overcome was dealing with the stigma of being too small to play and be successful in a sport like softball … Hobbies include being outdoors and listening to music.
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 18 Florida State (Gm. 1)
Thursday, July 11
Highlights: Louisville SB at Boston College
Sunday, May 05
SB: Daisy Hess and Sam Booe Postgame vs. #22/21 Clemson
Saturday, April 27
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 22/21 Clemson (Gm. 2)
Saturday, April 27
