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2025 Softball Roster

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6 Maddie Souza

  • Position Outfield
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • School CC
  • Hometown Upland, Calif.
  • Highschool Upland

Biography

Honors and Awards
Second Team All-Ivy League - 2025
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete - 2022 | 2023 | 2024


2025
Garnered Second Team All-Ivy League honors … Lions’ Ironwoman - starting 159 consecutive games for her career … played and started all 42 games in 2025 … slashed 2.83/.397/.491 going 30-for-106 with 24 runs scored and 25 drive in … finished with 13 extra base hits (seven doubles, three triples, three home runs) the three triples is tied for the single season record in Columbia history … the three triples gives her nine for her career which is tied for most in a career at Columbia.


2024
Started all 40 games as a junior… Started all 20 conference games and hit two triples during conference play to finish tied for second-most… Went 32-for-107 for a .299 average… Hit four home runs and recorded 21 RBI…Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2023
Started all 41 games for the Lions as a sophomore … Was 18-for-84 at the plate for a .214 batting average … Recorded one triple, one home run and nine RBI … Totaled 95 putouts and five assists.
 
2022
Earned 36 starts, finishing 25-100 at the dish … Posted three doubles, one triple, one home run, and six RBI … Recorded the first hit of her Columbia career against Long Island (2/26) … Recognized as an Easton-NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.
 
Prior to Columbia
A high school outfielder from the Los Angeles suburb of Upland, California ... Team captain as both a junior and senior ... As a freshmen, earned Second Team All-League honors and Upland’s Most Improved Player Award after leading the league in RBIs ... Hit .357 as a sophomore, .400 in a COVID-shortened junior season and .370 with a .589 slugging percentage and 1.028 OPS as a senior ... Senior season included a Baseline League Championship and appearance in the CIF Championship Finals ... Academically, a five-year honor roll student, four-year Principal’s Honor Roll student ... Earned numerous awards including Highlander Educational Foundation Awards for Academic Achievement in Spanish and AP Biology ... AP Scholar Award winner ... Recipient of the Pablo Robertson Scholarship for Volunteer Activities and Community Service ... Played travel ball for So Cal Athletics Briggs.

Personal
Grandfather joined the Maui Allstars Baseball Team while awaiting military orders in Hawaii and had the opportunity to pitch against the Brooklyn Dodgers, and threw a one-hitter...Enrolled in Columbia College studying economics.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2022First Year

    Outfield
    5'3"
    6
  • 6

    2023Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'3"
    6
  • 6

    2024Junior

    Outfield
    5'3"
    6
  • 6

    2025Senior

    Outfield
    5'3"
    6