Biography
Career Honors:
- 2021 Spring Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2020 Southland Conference All-Academic (First Team)
- 2020 Spring Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2020 Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (Feb. 11)
- 2019 All-Southland Conference (First Team)
- 2019 Southland Conference All-Academic (First Team)
- 2019 Spring Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2019 Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (April 8)
- 2019 Louisiana Hitter of the Week (April 8)
- 2018 Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
- 2018 Spring Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2021: Played in 44 games, making 42 starts … Saw time in the outfield and first base before taking over as starting catcher for season’s final six weeks … Batted .259 with 21 runs scored, three doubles, a home run and 21 runs batted in … Tied for second on the team with 20 walks … Stole eight bases in 11 attempts … Finished 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI in 9-4 Southland Conference win at HBU … Keyed a 5-3 extra-inning victory at Nicholls with a 3-for-3 performance … Homered and drove in three runs versus Troy … Excellent student was also named to the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the fourth straight season.
2020: Started all 23 games … Led team with a .379 batting average, 25 hits, three triples and 19 RBI to go with three doubles and 14 runs scored … Ranked among the Southland leaders in hits (10th), triples (2nd), RBI (5th) and sacrifice flies (3, 1st) … Named Southland Conference Hitter of the Week on Feb. 11 … Hit .538 with two triples, one double, seven RBI and five runs scored on the way to helping SLU to a 5-0 start and the Lion Classic championship … Drove in the game-winning run in a walkoff 6-5 victory over UT Martin … Was 2-for-3 with three RBI in series opener versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Had eight games with multiple hits … Scored three runs in a 14-6 win over Mississippi Valley State … Posted a .982 fielding percentage with two errors in 114 chances … Excellent student was named first team Southland Conference All-Academic and was a member of the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019: Earned first team All-Southland Conference honors after a breakout sophomore campaign … Played in 54 games, making 48 starts primarily in the outfield … Hit .315 with seven home runs, 34 RBI, 11 doubles, 19 stolen bases and 32 runs scored … On the Southland leaderboard in slugging percentage (.589, 3rd), on-base percentage (.406, 10th), runs (10th), RBI (8th), home runs (7th) and stolen bases (10th) … Set a single-game school record with three doubles in a 15-3 victory over UIW … In the three-game sweep of the Cardinals, hit .900 with two home runs, four doubles, eight runs scored and 13 RBI on the way to earning Southland and Louisiana Hitter of the Week honors … Also homered versus Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Central Arkansas, Southern and Nicholls … Doubled, tripled and scored three runs versus Lamar … Stole multiple bases in five games … Represented Southeastern on the Southland All-Academic Team ... Member of the Southland Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2018: Saw action in 45 games, making 19 starts … Finished the year with 11 RBI and 11 runs scored to go with a .259 batting average … Was 3-for-3 with a double and a run scored in 8-2 win at ULM … Scored two runs, drove in two runs and tripled in collegiate debut versus Howard … Collected a pair of hits at Jackson State … Excellent student was named an Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete ... Member of the Southland Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School: Two-time All-State and four-time All-Conference performer at Hoover High School in Des Moines, Iowa … Hit .552 with nine home runs, 19 doubles, 59 hits and 53 runs scored in her senior season … Also played on the HHS basketball team.
Personal: Born Madisen Gabrielle Blackford in Omaha, Nebraska … Parents are Kelly and Patricia Blackford … Has two sisters, Taylor and Hannah, and a brother, Colton … Hannah was also on the SLU softball team in 2019 and 2020 … Sister, Taylor (Softball, Northwest Missouri State) and brother, Colton (Baseball, Lubbock Christian) are also collegiate student-athletes.
