2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Maddie Garton
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Blue Valley HS
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
2015 -- Appeared in 10 games... recorded six at-bats, three walks, and one run scored... walked and scored a run vs. Prairie View A&M on Feb. 19.
2014 -- Appeared in 33 games, including 14 starts... batted .170 (8-for-47) with a double, three RBI, four runs scored, and five walks... fielded .816 with 14 putouts and 17 assists while working primarily at third base... doubled and drove in a run in a pinch hit appearance vs. Bakersfield on April 25... went 1-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored vs. Northern Colorado on March 15... went 1-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored vs. South Dakota State on May 3... hit .300 (3-for-10) with a double and a RBI in WAC play.
2013 -- Appeared in 28 games, while making 11 starts… Batted .191 with nine hits in 47 at-bats, including one double… Scored five runs and drove in three RBI… Drew three walks and went 1-for-1 in the stolen base department… Posted a .213 slugging percentage and .240 on-base percentage… Recorded 16 putouts, 14 assists and committed six errors for a .833 fielding percentage… In league play (12 appearances, four starts), batted .143 with three hits in 21 at-bats… Tallied a run and an RBI… Maintained a .143 slugging percentage and .217 on-base percentage… Went 1-for-1 in the stolen base department… Drew two walks… Recorded three putouts, four assists and committed three errors for a .700 fielding percentage… Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in Kansas City’s 10-4 loss at Iowa State (April 29)… Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored in UMKC’s 7-4 loss at Iowa State (April 29).
High School -- Four-year varsity softball player under head coach Stephanie Chomicki... Made second team All-EKL Utility and second team All-Sun Country in 2009 as an infielder... Received first team All-ELK Utility and All-Sun Country Utility first team honors in 2010 as an infielder... Named to the first team All-EKL and All-Sun Country Utility squad as infielder in 2011... Named team captain during senior season and named offensive player of the year and received all-conference honors for the fourth straight season ... Played for the Mac N' Seitz Naturals traveling squad, coached by her father Bill Garton... In 2009, earned excellence awards in honors biology, communication arts, and spanish along with making the Honor Roll and Principal's Honor Roll lists... Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FCCLA, National Spanish Honors Society, and National Honors Society.
Personal -- Born April 11, 1994 in Springfield, Mo... Daughter of Tammy and Bill Garton... Sister to Andrew, Meg, and Mia... Majoring in health sciences.
Most Memorable Softball Moment -- In high school, she hit a home run off a very good pitcher in a tied ball game with the count full.
