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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - South Dakota

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SOFTBALL

Madison Evans

Right-handed pitcher
LINCOLN HS
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.87

ERA

0.67

WHIP

.605

Batting Average

5

Home Runs
“Madison Evans is one of the most dominant softball players in South Dakota history. Her command and ability to paint the plate make her untouchable at times. She can locate multiple pitches, but asserts her dominance with a riseball that seems to defy the laws of physics. Although she is known for her supremacy in the circle, she’s also an outstanding hitter. Madison is an ultimate competitor and she leaves a lasting mark on sanctioned softball in the state of South Dakota.”
Ed Whiting
Head Coach head coach at Jefferson High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 senior right-handed pitcher led the Patriots (22-0) to the Class AA state title this past season. Evans went 19-0 in the circle, posting a 0.87 ERA and a 0.67 WHIP while striking out 217 batters in 97 innings. A two-time All-State and All-Tournament honoree, she surrendered just four hits and one earned run in three postseason games, striking out 44. At the plate this spring, she batted. .605 with five home runs, 39 RBI and 31 runs scored, posing an OPS of 1.775.

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Academic Achievement

Evans has maintained a 4.11 weighted GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of South Dakota this fall. 

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Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta national mathematics honor society, Evans has volunteered locally on behalf of the Sioux Falls Marathon, the Special Olympics and as a youth softball mentor and instructor.