Madison Hope

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SIOUX FALLS, SD: xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Eggen/Inertia)

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Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Loyola Chicago
Hometown:
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Honors and Awards

All-Summit League First Team (2018)
Two-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week (3/12/18, 3/26/18)
Summit League All-Tournament Team (2018)

2018: Broke SDSU’s 22-year-old single-season wins mark, going 23-9 on the season over 44 appearances … started 32 contests and tossed 16 complete games … set school’s career (six) and single-season (four) saves record … posted a 3.65 ERA on the season, allowing 116 runs (98 earned) in 188 innings pitched … struck out 107 from the circle and held opponents to a .297 batting average against … walked just 62 batters … picked up wins in five consecutive appearances (3/7 – 3/11) … pitched a complete-game at Iowa (3/21) to help SDSU pick up its first sweep of a Power Five opponent in team history, allowing just one run with five strikeouts … struck out season-high nine at Omaha (3/30) … have six games with five or more strikeouts.

2017: Appeared in the circle 31 times for SDSU with nine starts … went 2-9 on the year and posted a 3.95 ERA … logged three complete games … tossed 85 total innings and allowed 56 runs (48 earned) with 38 strikeouts … walked a team-low 28 batters and allowed just 17 extra base hits … struck out four against South Carolina State (2/17) … allowed just one hit over six complete innings at North Dakota State (5/6) … both wins came against Western Illinois in a doubleheader (5/6).

Before SDSU: Transferred from Loyola (Chicago) with two years of eligibility remaining … as a sophomore appeared in 20 games with six starts, posting a 3.76 ERA and a 2-8 record … threw 57.2 innings and struck out 33 batters … at the plate, was 3 for 25 (.120) with one RBI … as a freshman (2014-15), posted a 9-17 record over 39 appearances … led team with 10 complete games over 169 inning pitched (also a team-high) while striking out 108 batters … had a 4.64 ERA … went 1 for 3 at the plate for the year … graduated in May 2014 from Dakota Collegiate Institute (Winnipeg) … three-time Most Valuable Player of Canadian National Fastpitch Championships … two-time Canada Women’s National Team Athletic Pool selection … three-time Manitoba Ladies Super Softball League Player of the Year (2012, 2014-15) … received an invite to Canadian Junior National Team tryouts in 2013 … played on Canadian Junior National Team in Summer 2015.

Personal: Born June 18, 1996 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada … daughter of Dwayne and Janice Hope … has one sister, Morgan … majoring in ecology and environmental science.