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Hillsdale College

2022 Softball

20 Madison Rathbun

  • Year Senior
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Oak Harbor, Ohio
  • High School Oak Harbor

Biography

2021: Key utility player appeared in 38 games, including 23 starts making an impact as a designated player and pinch hitter with her bat...batted .265 for the year with eight RBIs...finished the year with 39 put-outs and was involved in three double plays...went 1 for 1 and scored a run as a pinch hitter in the Chargers' 7-5 NCAA regional loss to Indianapolis (May 21)...went 2 for 4 in Hillsdale's 16-9 win over Tiffin on April 3...returning for a fifth year in 2022 thanks to the Covid-19 eligibility waiver, and will compete for a starting job in the infield.

2020: Appeared in 15 games at first base, catcher and as a pinch hitter for the Chargers during the Covid-19-shortened season, starting eight contests…finished the season hitting .261 at the plate with 10 RBIs, and posted a .983 fielding percentage with 55 put-outs defensively…had her best game in Hillsdale’s final outing of the season, an 11-6 win over Pitt-Johnstown, going 3 for 4 at the plate with a game-sealing grand slam and seven RBIs (March 12)…a dual-sport athlete, also appeared in two games for the Charger women’s basketball team in the winter season…retains her junior status due to the NCAA ruling on spring sports athletes affected by Covid-19 and has two years of eligibility remaining, starting in 2021.

2019: Versatile player who saw action at both catcher and first base…Played in 20 games with 11 starts…Had 3 hits, 2 runs scored and a run batted in.

2018: Played in 21 games as a freshman, 15 of them in a starting role…Batted .267 with 12 hits, three doubles, and hit her first collegiate home run in a win over Ohio Dominican April 28…Went 3-for-3 with a team-season high 5 RBI in a win at Alderson Broaddus April 29.

High School: Batted .461 with 4 home runs, 31 RBI and a .745 slugging percentage with just two strikeouts as a senior in 2017 at Oak Harbor High School...Won a total of 12 varsity letters between softball, basketball and soccer...First-Team All-District, All-Conference and All-State...Set single-season school records with 50 hits and 34 RBI in 2016...Played catcher and first base...Helped lead basketball team to three sectional championships and her soccer team to four league titles...Played travel softball for Buckeye Heat and Finesse Fast-pitch...Graduated sixth in her class with a 4.25 grade point average...Member of the National Honor Society...Delegate to Buckeye Girls State...Member of the American Auxiliary Legion...Four-time winner of the All-Conference Academic Award...Named the Ohio High School Athletic Association Courageous Student Award...Recipient of the Jill Mincheff Rocket Pride Sportsmanship and Integrity Award...Volunteered with the Red Cross and the Lutheran Youth Organization...Born September 3, 1998...Parents are Timothy and Deborah.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2018Freshman

    C/1B
    20
  • 20

    2019Sophomore

    C/1B
    20
  • 20

    2020Junior

    IF
    20
  • 20

    2021Senior

    C/UT
    20
  • 20

    2022Senior

    1B/UT
    20