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Jersey Number 4
Madison Sykes
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-6
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Blue Springs, Mo.
- High School:
- Blue Springs HS
AWARDS & HONORS
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2018, 2019]
2020 (SENIOR)*
- Appeared in 12 games
- Made nine starts at third base
- Finished the season with a .095 batting average (2-for-21) and three runs
2019 (JUNIOR)
- 2019 Big 12 All-Academic First Team selection
- One of two players to start all 51 games (48 at third base, two at shortstop and one at second base)
- Led KU in RBI (20) and hits (39) and finished second on the team in walks (21), doubles (10), total bases (64)
- Finished tied with Jennifer Marwitz for second on the team in multiple hit games (9) and tied for first with Sydnee Ramsey in multiple RBI games (6)
- Five home runs in 2019, including her first home run of the season vs. Louisville (2/24)
- Season-high three RBI games against Louisville (2/24) and Campbell (3/3)
- Four-consecutive multiple-hit games from Feb. 9-15
- Season-high three hits against Missouri (2/10) and at Duke (3/2)
- Seven-game hit streak from March 2-10
2018 (SOPHOMORE)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree
- Played in 37 games with 14 starts
- Registered nine starts at second base and five starts at third base
- Hit in the eighth spot in the lineup nine times and the ninth spot four times
- Recorded a .211 batting average, .302 on-base percentage and a .263 slugging percentage
- Totaled eight hits, five runs scored and two doubles
- Had a three-game hitting streak to her credit
- Made first start of the season at second base against Akron (Feb. 10), recording two assists and two putouts defensively
- 17 of her first 18 appearances were late-game defensive substitutions, only amassing seven at-bats during that 18-game stretch
- Recorded first hit of the season with a 2-for-2 performance against Northern Colorado (March 17) as the starter at third base
- First-career double came against UMKC (March 18), which drove in her lone RBI of the season
- Her second double of the season came two games later in the second contest of a doubleheader at Incarnate Word (March 21)
- Started in eight Big 12 games
2017 (FRESHMAN)
- Appeared in 40 games and made 36 starts in debut season as a Jayhawk
- Registered a .221 batting average with 19 hits in 86 at-bats
- Recorded a triple and two home runs, including a walk-off homer against Southeast Missouri State (3/19)
- Totaled 14 RBIs, 14 runs scored and 14 walks
- Posted five multi-hit efforts and five multi-RBI performances
- Recorded first-career hit against South Carolina State (2/18)
- Hit first home run against Green Bay (3/12)
- Tallied a career-best three hits against Green Bay (3/10)
- Drove in a career-high three RBIs twice
- Drew a career-best two walks on four occasions
- Registered 66 putouts, 57 assists and three errors for a .976 fielding percentage
HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB
- Lettered in softball at Blue Springs High School
- Played travel softball with the Originals
- Earned First-Team All-Suburban Gold League honors in 2014 and 2015
- A two-time all-district honoree (2014-15)
- Named the Blue Springs High School Team MVP in 2015 and Defensive Player of the Year in 2014
- Hit .417 in 2015 in conference action and .467 during nonconference play
- Recorded the lone RBI for Team KC against Team USA during the summer of 2015
ACADEMICS
- Majoring in management & leadership in the School of Business at the University of Kansas
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree in 2018
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Jeff Sykes and Melanie Royal
- Has an older sister, Mackenzie
*=Shortened Season Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
Softball Highlights vs. Michigan
Friday, May 15
Softball Postgame Press Conference vs. Michigan
Friday, May 15
Softball NCAA Selection Show
Monday, May 11
Softball Highlights vs. UCF
Thursday, May 07
