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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
Jennifer McFalls Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
Softball 2026 Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
Kansas at Wichita State Highlights
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Kansas vs. Oklahoma State Highlights - Game 3
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