2025 Softball Roster
Pickens, Madison

Jersey Number 2
Madison Pickens
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Buford
- Hometown:
- Flowery Branch, Ga.
Bio
As a freshman (2025)Â
High School/Travel:
Personal:
- Hit .264 with 38 hits, 26 RBIs, and 17 walks
- Started all 51 games, splitting time between right field and catcher
- Reached base in 20 straight games (team-best streak and ninth in Louisville history)
- Recorded 11 multi-hit games and 5 multi-RBI games
- Had 4 RBI and a home run against Notre Dame (3/7)
- Went 3-for-3 with a double against USF (2/22)
- Named to All-ACC Academic Team
- Named NFCA Scholar Athlete
High School/Travel:
- Played for Buford High School and Georgia Impact Sampson
- Three-time All-Region First Team honoree, two-time All-Gwinnett County Team, two-time Georgia All-State team
- As a senior, hit .609, with 20 home runs, 52 RBIs, and 18 stolen bases, leading her team to a 32-0 undefeated season
- As a junior, hit for .415, including a .533 on base percentage and 23 stolen bases
- 24-game hitting streak (2024)
- Buford High School single season home run record holder (20)
- Regional Offensive Player of the Year (2023), Gwinnett County Player of the Year (2023)
- Two-time 7A Georgia State Championship (2022 & 2023)
- Season records for BA, OBP, Slugging, OBP + slug, and consecutive games with a hit
- Career records for innings caught (638) and putouts (763)
- Georgia Dugout Club 7a POTY
- MaxPreps All-Region
Personal:
- Nickname is Mads
- Birthday is May 13
- Parents are Richard and Julie Pickens
- Has two siblings, Kaitlyn and Mackenzie
- Her older sister, Kaitlyn, played softball at Emmanuel University
- Twin sister, Mackenzie, plays softball for Ole Miss
- Majoring in psychology
- Post college ambition is to pursue a career in Sports Psychology
- Lists her Papa as the most influential person in her life
- Outside of softball, she loves doing crafts and decorating her apartment with her roommates, shopping, and going to different coffee shops.
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