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Class
Senior
Hometown
Queen Creek,
Arizona
Last School
Queen Creek High School
Roster Years
2015-2018
Career Summary
A very versatile player, Madison Merrell spent time in the outfield, at first base and pitching during her time at BYU. She made eight appearances in the circle as a freshman and had two seasons with 35-plus starts. Merrell was also named a 2018 All-WCC Honorable Mention. Merrell helped the Cougars win the conference title and advance to NCAA Regionals each of her four years.
Personal
- Parents are Gail and Dan Merrell
- Has four older brothers
- Major is exercise and wellness
- Hobbies include playing any sport and being outdoors
Before BYU
- Played for the Queen Creek Ladycats for 10 years
- Took second place in 2011 at nationals while on the Ladycats
- Won back-to-back national titles in 2012 and 2013 with Ladycats
- First team all-region pitcher all four years in high school
- Played for team Arizona in the Adidas softball tournament in St. George
- MVP for Queen Creek softball team in 2011
- Player of the year in 4A division in 2014
- Athlete of the year in 4A division in 2014
- Female athlete of the year in 2014
- All-America Scholar Athlete Award in 2014
- Finished with a .577 batting average in 2014
- Had 166 strikeouts and 1.32 ERA in 2014
- 10th in the state of Arizona for home runs in 2014
- Recruited by BYU Hawai'i
- Also played volleyball for the first two years of high school
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2015
- Pitched 3.0 innings against Loyola Marymount, giving up one hit and striking out one while also hitting her first collegiate home run
- Threw 2.1 innings against Weber State, allowing three hits and striking out three
- Registered her first hit against San Jose State, an RBI triple
- Made eight appearances in the circle while playing in 11 games and starting eight
Sophmore Year
2016
- Named College Sports Madness Softball WCC Player of the Week (2/23)
- Went 3 for 4 against Wisconsin and Hawai'i
- Tallied three RBI against UTEP and No. 10 James Madison
- Career-high four RBI against UC Santa Barbara, including a home run
- Notched two RBI against Santa Clara
Junior Year
2017
- Started 12 games in the outfield
- Hit a three-run home run against Pacific
- Hit a pinch-hit three-run homer vs. SUU
- Had 3 RBI on a double at Santa Clara
Senior Year
2018
- 2018 All-WCC Honorable Mention
- Played in 40 games and started 35 this season
- Hit a home run against Oregon St. (2/10)
- Went 2/3 at Hawai’i (3/8)
- Smashed the second of back-to-back homers against No. 13/14 Baylor (3/24)
- Went 2/3 with one run against North Dakota St. (3/31)
- Went a perfect 3 for 3 with one double and two RBI against Santa Clara (4/6)
- Scored three runs at SUU (4/30)
- Hit the second of back-to-back home runs against LMU (5/12)
- Scored three runs against UAlbany (5/18) at regionals on a double and two walks
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- Softball | Jun, 04
2018 BYU softball season review
- ImageSoftball | May, 15
Cougars earn three top WCC awards, nine on All-WCC Teams
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 06
Cougars cruise past Santa Clara in WCC opening doubleheader
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 24
BYU comes back to upset No. 13/14 Baylor 3-1
- Softball | Apr, 29
Seniors lead No. 20/21 BYU past San Diego 11-0 for series sweep
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 19
Paulson shuts down Thunderbirds in Cougars' win
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- ImageSoftball | Jan, 23
BYU softball 2017 season preview
- ImageSoftball | May, 19
BYU run-ruled by No. 15 Mizzou in first game at NCAA Regionals
- ImageSoftball | May, 19
BYU run-ruled by No. 15 Mizzou in first game at NCAA Regionals
- ImageSoftball | May, 07
Senior Day win leads BYU softball to sweep of Santa Clara
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 09
Lions steal series from Cougars
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 08
Strid helps Cougars take one of two in WCC opening doubleheader
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 01
Thompson's homer drives BYU over Texas
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 01
Thompson's homer drives BYU over Texas
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 28
Rested Cougars travel for three-game series against the Longhorns
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 28
Rested Cougars travel for three-game series against the Longhorns
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 22
BYU scores in every inning of 8-0 run-rule win over UVU
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 19
Bull's no-hitter sparks BYU to 8-0 win over UC Santa Barbara
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 18
Sugg shines in upset of No. 24 Fresno State, BYU falls to SDSU
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 17
First day of San Diego Classic for BYU results in doubleheader split
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 12
Thompson shines as BYU wins one of two in doubleheader
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 05
Cougars fall 10-6 to No. 10 James Madison
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 04
Bull gets BYU's sixth shutout, splits doubleheader
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 03
BYU sweeps day with first road upset of top-15 team since 2010
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 23
Merrell named Madness Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 23
Merrell named Madness Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 20
Sugg leads BYU to 1-1 finish in doubleheader
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 18
A pair of home runs gets BYU 9-1 win over Hawai'i
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 18
A pair of home runs gets BYU 9-1 win over Hawai'i
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 13
Freshmen lead winning effort over Creighton, BYU falls to No. 24 Notre Dame
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 12
Bull's 14 strikeouts lead BYU to 5-4 win over Wisconsin in extra innings
- ImageSoftball | Jan, 26
BYU softball 2016 preview
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 22
Bull fans 10 as Cougars top Aggies 8-1
- ImageSoftball | Sep, 27
Cougars wrap up first weekend of fall play
- ImageSoftball | Sep, 27
Cougars wrap up first weekend of fall play