Maddie Weaver

Photo by: Brayden Goins / Ball State Athletics

Position:
Catcher / Utility
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
High School:
Franklin Central
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.

BALL STATE CAREER NOTES ENTERING 2025 SEASON
• 2024 Academic All-MAC
• Played in 41 of a possible 111 games over her Ball State career, earning 22 starts
• Drove in two game-winning RBI over her Ball State career

2024 (Jr.): Earned second letter at Ball State … named Academic All-MAC … played in 32 games, earning 18 starts in right field … produced a .266 batting average with 17 hits, including five doubles, a triple and a home run … credited with 20 RBI and scored six runs … blasted her first collegiate home run in the series finale at Toledo, a two-run shot in the seventh inning … credited with her first collegiate three-hit game in the nightcap at Northern Illinois (April 30), in which her three-run double in the top of the fourth drove in what proved to be the game-winning run … finished the game with four RBI and one run scored … credited with three RBI in the nightcap at Central Michigan (May 4) and in Ball State’s MAC Softball Championship opener versus Western Michigan (May 8) … in fact, her two-run triple in the top of the first of the game, her first collegiate triple, drove in what proved to be the game-winning run in the 6-0 victory … collected 31 putouts and one outfield assist on the year, while boasting a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

2023 (So.): Earned first letter at Ball State … played in nine games, earning four starts … made three starts at catcher and one as the designated player … collected four hits over 18 at bats for a .222 average … her first hit for Ball State was a fourth-inning RBI single to cap the scoring in Ball State’s 10-1 (5) victory over Lindenwood (Feb. 19) … also capped the scoring in BSU’s 10-1 win over Sacred Heart (March 10) with a seventh-inning single … smashed an RBI double in BSU’s 11-2 victory at Western Michigan (April 12) … credited with 11 putouts as catcher.

IOWA - 2022 (Fr.): Saw action in eight games … scored her first collegiate run versus Oregon State (Feb. 20) … her first collegiate hit was a two-run double in the sixth inning of the 8-0 victory over Memphis (March 4).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in softball at Franklin Central for coach Kathy Stricker … produced a .380 batting average as a senior, blasting three home runs and boasting had a .929 fielding percentage … 2021 PGF All-America Watchlist and PGF All-American Regional selection … helped lead Franklin Central to 2021 Marion County Championship and 2021 Hoosier Crossroads Conference Championship … 2019 First-Team All-Conference and All-County Team A … also played basketball in high school winning a Defensive Player of the Year Award.

CLUB: Played for Indiana Magic Gold.