2024 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Picked up Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the postseason… Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar at the conclusion of the academic year.
Season: Made five appearances over the course of her sophomore campaign, including one start against Canisius… Went 1-for-6 at the plate in her second season with the Blue & White, marking her first collegiate hit, run scored and RBI this year… Was a perfect 1.000 catcher behind the plate in her limited opportunities, adding 18 putouts and an assist.
Cornell (3/15): Earned the first at-bat of her collegiate softball career and delivered with an RBI single against the Big Red. Canisius (3/16): Secured her first collegiate start, playing a flawless game behind the dish that included seven putouts and an assist. Binghamton (3/17): Added a run scored and an RBI in Penn State’s win over the Bearcats.
2023 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in one game during her freshman season.
Canisius (3/18): Made her collegiate debut in an appearance as a reserve catcher in the Nittany Lion win, logging a putout.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played high school softball at Gwynedd Mercy Academy in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania... Was her high school team’s captain in every season from 2019 to 2022... Landed Second Team All-State accolades in her senior season, adding Offensive MVP laurels... Batted .656 her senior year, recording seven home runs, 40 hits, 33 RBI and booked a .475 slugging percentage...Named her team’s Overall MVP in 2021 after batting .336, recorded 112 RBI, leading her squad to a Team CAL Championship title and finishing second in Districts... Named a Second Team All-State choice in 2020... In 2019, she batted .302, hit 16 home runs and led her team to a second place finish in Districts... Played five seasons of travel softball with PA Chaos Fastpitch... Played three years with Banshee's travel softball... In 2021, she was ranked as the No. 45 player in Extra Innings' Elite Class of 2022... Led her team to a ninth place finish in the 2019 Louisville Slugger IDZT... Team finished fifth in the World Fastpitch Championships 14U... In 2018 Ranked No. 61 in Extra Innings' Elite Class of 2022... Ranked No. 22 in Extra Innings' Position Player for catcher... In 2017, she made the Northeast team for the USA Softball All-American games... USSSA Elite Select Futures All-American Direct Select... In 2016, she was a USSSA Elite Select Futures All-American Direct Select... USSSA Great Lakes National Championship Runner-Up... Defensive Player of the Tournament.
PERSONAL
A native of Hilltown, Pennsylvania, Madison Seidel was born in the winter of 2004 and is the elder daughter of Carol and Todd Seidel... She has one younger sister, named Sydney... Her father, Todd, was a collegiate ice hockey player at the University of North Dakota... Seidel is pursuing her undergraduate degree in the Penn State Eberly College of Science, majoring in biology, and intends to graduate in the spring of 2026... She plans to attend medical school upon graduation from PSU, with the intent of becoming a doctor... In her free time, she enjoys baking, reading, driving, riding ATVs and going for walks.