Madison Seidel Season 2023

2023 • FRESHMAN SEASON 
Season: Appeared in one game during her freshman season.
 
vs. 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 Gwynedd Valley, 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.