2023 Softball Roster

Maddie Erickson
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- 3B/RHP
- Height:
- 5-5
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Wilsonville, Ore.
- High School:
- Wilsonville
Junior (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 58 games, starting 57 at third base
• Posted a .257 batting average with 15 runs, 45 hits and 30 RBI
• Tallied 10 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games
• Went 2-for-3 with RBI hits in the second and fifth innings in U-M's 5-0 win over #4 Oregon in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (May 8)
• Knocked out a solo home run in the series opener at #3 Oregon (April 4) in her home state
• Also homered as part of a two-hit game vs. #7 UCLA (April 28)
• Posted a pair of two-run singles for four RBI at Minnesota (May 3)
• Went 3-for-4 with two RBI vs. Michigan State (Feb 29)
• Homered in the third and fifth innings, totaling five RBI, at UNC Greensboro (March 7)
• Also posted a three-run homer in the first inning vs. North Carolina Central (March 7)
• Post three hits and scored a run vs. Longwood (Feb. 14)
• Tallied two hits, including a first-inning double, in season opener vs. Delaware at the USF-Rawlings Invitational (Feb. 7)
Sophomore (2024)
• All-Big Ten first team
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team
• Started all 61 games, including 57 at third base
• Posted career highs in all offensive categories, including a team-best .352 batting average, 16 doubles, 12 home runs and 48 RBI
• Recorded 19 multi-hit and 14 multi-RBI games
• Posted a 10-game hitting streak from March 17-31; reached base in 25 consecutive games from March 17-April 27
• Batted .388 in Big Ten games with 31 hits, 12 for extra bases, and 25 RBI; also batted .500 (15-for-30) when leading off an inning
• Boasted seven game-tying hits and nine go-ahead hits on the season
• Knocked out a walk-off two-run homer in the seventh inning vs. Northern Colorado in the NCAA Regional (May 18); went 2-for-3 with three RBI in the 4-3 win
• Registered two hits, including the game-tying two-run homer in the first inning, against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (May 11)
• Posted three hits and three RBI, including a two-run, go-ahead double in the sixth inning, in the 9-6 comeback win against Ohio State (May 3)
• Knocked out a sixth-inning solo homer in U-M's 2-0 win at Penn State (April 26)
• Posted a game-tying RBI single in the eighth inning as part of a two-hit, two-RBI effort in U-M's 4-3 win in the series opener vs. Nebraska (April 19); also posted two hits and three RBI in the series finale (April 21)
• Posted four hits and two RBI in Michigan's comeback win in the opener vs. Iowa-1 (April 13); also used a seventh-inning sac fly to drive in the game-tying run in the second series game
• Recorded six hits, four runs and six RBI in the Indiana series (March 29-31); doubled and homered in the series opener and tallied a two-run homer in the first inning as part of a three-hit effort in the second game
• Tallied two hits, including a three-run homer, in the series finale vs. Purdue (March 25)
• Used a solo homer to plate the go-ahead run in the sixth inning vs. Sacramento State (Feb. 24)
• Knocked out a seventh-inning solo homer to tie the game vs. Oregon State (Feb. 11)
Freshman (2023)
• Appeared in 36 games, starting 15 at first base and 16 at designated player
• Tallied a pinch-hit three-run homer in the fourth to plate all Michigan's runs in a 3-2 win vs. Illinois (April 8)
• Also posted the game-tying solo home run in the second inning against Longwood (March 18)
• Went 2-for-3 against Mississippi State (Feb. 18), using a seventh-inning single to drive in the winning run
• Posted two doubles against Boise State (Feb. 24)
• Registered a first-inning RBI single in first collegiate plate appearance vs. Colgate (Feb. 10))
• Made collegiate debut in THE Spring Games opener vs. Colgate
Prep
• Graduated from Wilsonville High School (2022)
• Voted the 2021 Oregon Class 5A Pitcher of the Year
• Two-time Oregon First Team All-State honoree as a pitcher
• Twice named the Northwest Oregon Conference Pitcher of the Year (2021, '22) and all-conference first team selection
• Helped guide Wilsonville to a runner-up state finish in 2022; threw a 1-0 no-hitter in the state semifinal game
• As a junior (2021), posted a 0.47 ERA with 139 strikeouts and a .107 opposing average while batting .615 with six homers and 22 RBI
• Captured the 2022 Oregon Class 5A state championship in soccer
• Named to the 2022 First Team All-State team as a goalkeeper
• Also placed third at the State Symphonic Band Finals
• Played travel ball with Washington Ladyhawks club
• Named a 2022 PGF All-American; member of the West All-American Team
• National Honors Society
Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management
• Born on November 24, 2003
• Daughter of Korene Erickson, who was a collegiate swimmer
• Older sister, Alexa, played lacrosse collegiately