Madison Wathen

#7 Madison Wathen

Pos. P
B/T R/R
Ht. 5-9
Yr. Fr.
Hometown Floyds Knobs, Ind.
High School (Prev. School) Floyd Central

2021: Appeared in 22 games in the circle as a rookie for Valpo, with all but one of those appearances coming out of the bullpen ... went 0-3 with a 9.44 ERA ... tallied 14 strikeouts in 29.2 innings of work ... debuted Feb. 14 against Kansas City ... picked up strikeouts for three of her five outs in relief stint at Evansville March 27 ... surrendered just one earned run in three innings of work in the opener on blustery day at UNI April 11 ... gave up just one run in 2.2 innings out of the bullpen in opener versus Missouri State April 17 ... threw two shutout innings in relief April 21 at Loyola ... had longest outing of season April 25 in nightcap against Drake, shutting out the Bulldogs for 3.1 innings ... followed with two innings of shutout relief in nightcap at Southern Illinois May 1.

Prep: Earned All-Area accolades in 2018 and 2019 with the Highlanders ... was a First Team All-Conference selection in 2019 as a junior ... led the Hoosier Hills Conference in ERA as a junior ... a member of the Floyd Central varsity since her freshman year ... helped the Highlanders capture a sectional championship in 2017 ... played travel ball with Valpo classmate Emily Crompton for the Illinois Force.

Personal: Major is business management.