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2020 Softball

9 Madi Pickett

  • Position INF
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School Dos Pueblos
  • Hometown Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • Major Mechanical and Ocean Engineering

Biography

Career Highs
Hits 3 vs. Rowan (May 13, 2019)
Runs 2 Seven Times - Most Recently vs. Rowan (May 13, 2019)
Doubles 2 at Wellesley (April 12, 2019)
Triples 1 Five Times - Most Recently vs. Wheaton (April 2, 2019)
Home Runs 2 at Smith (April 20, 2018)
RBI 4 Twice - Most Recently vs. Wheaton (April 2, 2019)
Stolen Bases 1 Seven Times - Most Recently vs. Clark (April 6, 2019)
Walks 2 Twice - Most Recently vs. WPI (April 24, 2019)


2020:
- Season Canceled due to COVID-19
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team

2019: [SEASON STATS]
- NFCA Scholar-Athlete
- Appeared in 43 games as a junior
- Posted new career-highs in batting average (.312), hits (39), runs (23), doubles (3) and stolen bases (3)
- Notched an OBP of .372 and a slugging percentage of .480 
- Hit a pair of home runs and drove in 21 runs
- In the doubleheader at Coast Guard, went 4-for-6, scored four runs, hit two doubles and drove in three runs
- Tallied six hits and scored three runs in the NCAA Tournament at home
- Turned five double plays as MIT's everyday shortstop

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- Aided Engineers to best season in program history (38-11-1), to its first NEWMAC Championship, its second Regional and Super Regional championships and to its second appearance in the College World Series
- Tied the program record for most home runs in a game and most home runs in a season
- As the shortstop for the Engineers, helped turn eight double plays
- Notched her first collegiate triple in a 6-3 win over Birmingham Southern at the NFCA Division III Leadoff Classic in Tucson then hit her first home run of her career in an 8-0 win over Wellesley
- Put together a six-game hitting streak from April 18 through April 21 where she tallied eight hits, scored five runs, hit two home runs and drove in 11 runs
- During the playoffs, drove go-ahead runs in a 2-1 win over Babson in the NEWMAC Tournament and a 2-1 win over Tufts in the NCAA Cambridge Regional
- Then in the first game of the NCAA Super Regional at Williams, roped a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the seventh to give the Engineers a 1-0 series lead

2017: [SEASON STATS]
- Registered a batting average of .214 (6-for28), an on-base percentage of .267 and a slugging percentage of .250
- Scored the first run of her career in the season-opener against Chicago and then tallied her first collegiate hit and drove in her first run later in the week against Wellesley
- Had a season-high two hits in an 18-7 win over UMaine Farmington and drove in a season-high two runs in a 6-1 win at Emerson

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical and ocean engineering
- Member of the Alpha Phi Sorority, Edgerton Center, the Gordon Engineering Leadership program, the Society of Women's Engineers and the Little Beavers Running Club
- Interned at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Adminstration
- MIT Sea Grant
- Interned at the Australian Institute of Marine Science
- NOAA Hollings Scholarship Recipient
- Kenneth and Margaret Millar Scholarship Recipient

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Dos Pueblos High School
- Three-time varsity softball letterwinner
- Santa Barbara Athlete Round Table Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2015 and 2016
- All-Channel League Honorable Mention in 2014, All-Channel League Second Team in 2015 and All-Channel League First Team in 2016
- CIF-SS All-Academic Team in 2014 and 2015
- Played pitcher and shortstop in high school
- Also played for the Bownet 16U and 18U teams as well as the ACES 18U program
- National Honor Society
- California Scholarship Federation
- DP Leadership Class – Commissioner of Athletics
- DP Letterman’s Club
- DP Engineering Academy
- AP Scholar With Honor
- National Honor Society Lifetime Membership Award
- California Scholarship Federation Life Member Highest Honor Award
- Dos Pueblos High School Community Service Award
- President’s Award for Educational Excellence
- Dale Okinaka Scholarship
- Kenneth & Margaret Millar Scholarship

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2017First Year

    INF
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2018Sophomore

    INF
    5'10"
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    INF
    5'10"
    9
  • 9

    2020Senior

    INF
    5'10"
    9