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Alexis Madrid

Player Profile
Hometown:
Temecula, CA

High School:
Temecula Valley

Height:
5-1

Position:
Second Base

Birthdate:
10/17/1981

  • 2003 Team Captain
  • 2001 All-BIG EAST Second Team
  • 2002 NCAA Region VII All Tournament Team

    AS A SENIOR: Completed her career as Notre Dame’s starting second baseman for the fourth straight season ... ended her career appearing and starting in 236 out of a possible 238 games ... enjoyed a resurgence at the plate during her senior season ... finished the year hitting .268 with 12 RBI ... posted a career-best 14 stolen bases during the 2003 season ... led the team in walks with 17, another single-season career best ... earned first-team Verizon Academic All-District V honors ... served as the president of the Notre Dame Student-Athlete Advisory Council ... became the fifth Irish softball player to earn the Byron V. Kanalely Award, the highest honor bestowed upon student-athletes at Notre Dame ... posted 10 multi-hit games ... top single-game efforts included two for three and a run scored vs. #17 Alabama, two for two with two runs vs. NW State, three for four with two runs vs. CS Northridge and two for four with two RBI in the second game at Purdue ... also had two RBI in game two against IPFW ... stole two bases in game two at Providence ... scored three game-winning runs in 2003 against Boston College, Valparaiso (game two) and Rutgers.

    AS A JUNIOR: Stole 10 bases in 2002 and contributed eight RBI and 34 hits ... ended up two for three in Notre Dame’s upset at #7 Nebraska ... was also two for three with a run scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Pittsburgh ... posted hits in both plate appearances in the Irish victory over Texas Tech at the Kia Klassic ... her second RBI of the season ended up as the winning margin in the Irish victory over #25 South Florida at the Arizona Pepsi Classic ... scored the game-winning run in Notre Dame’s first victory of the season, a 3-2 win over Auburn ... scored the winning run in both victories over Virginia Tech in the 2002 BIG EAST Championship ... named to the NCAA Region VII all-tournament team after putting up five hits in the five regional games and scoring two runs.

    AS A SOPHOMORE: Started all 61 games at second base in 2001 ... consistently raised her average thoroughout the season, eventually hitting .303 at the end of the year ... earned second team all-BIG EAST honors ... one of Notre Dame’s best clutch hitters, posting four game-winning RBI in 2001 ... one of the best sacrifice bunters on the team, laying down nine sacrifice bunts and a team-high 10 total sacrifices ... laid down the sacrifice bunt that moved Andria Bledsoe to third in the bottom of the seventh inning vs. #4 Washington, setting up Bledsoe to score the winning run on a Jenny Kriech single up the middle ... had the game-winning single in Notre Dame’s 1-0 victory over #18 South Carolina ... her second game-winning hit occurred at Long Beach State, a single in the fifth inning ... notched first of five doubles on the season vs. Utah State ... drove in Notre Dame’s second run in a 4-2 loss to #5 Oklahoma ... had a two-for-four performance vs. #9 Cal State Fullerton ... moved up to second spot in the lineup vs. Valparaiso and responded with a three-for-seven doubleheader ... continued to hit well in the two spot vs. Western Michigan, going two for four in the first game ... provided a sacrifice fly in the first inning of Notre Dame’s 8-0 victory over St. John’s ... went two-for-three in game two at Syracuse ... broke out with a three for three game and two RBI in game two at Virginia Tech ... raised batting average above .300 for first time in 2001 with a two for two game at Illinois-Chicago ... provided the game-winning RBI in the fifth inning of Notre Dame’s 1-0 victory over Toledo ... finished BIG EAST play with a .333 average, six RBI and two stolen bases.

    AS A FRESHMAN: Started all 61 games at second base ... posted six multi-hit games ... batted primarily in the number-nine slot ... tallied first career hit vs. Oregon ... went two for three at the plate five times in 2000 ... logged first career extra-base hit against Illinois-Chicago, a triple to right field ... followed that hit with her second extra-base hit in the second half of the doubleheader with the Flames, a double ... had three game-winning RBI and scored the game-winning run against Tennessee ... one for two against Seton Hall with a run scored and a pair of RBI ... opened up the BIG EAST tournament with a two-for-three performance at the plate against Boston College ... one for two with a run scored in the BIG EAST championship game vs. Connecticut ... seven for seven in base-stealing opportunities in 2000.

    PREP AND PERSONAL: Earned four letters in softball at Temecula Valley High School ... a three-time all-Sunbelt League selection, who was the conference’s MVP in 1998 ... earned all-CIF Southern Section honors in 1998 and was a preseason All-American in 1999 ... second team all-Riverside County in 1998 ... voted the smartest position player in Riverside County as a junior in 1998 ... had a career-best .384 batting average and 33 hits in 1998 ... set a team record with 228 career assists ... a two-time team captain at Temecula Valley where she played shortstop ... played summer ball with Gordon’s Panthers ... former pitcher Jennifer Sharron and head coach Deanna Gumpf also played for Gordon’s Panthers ... earned ASA All-America honors in 1998 after team won the ASA 18 and under gold championships ... traveled to the 1999 ASA national championships in Chattanooga, Tenn., finishing second to classmate Andrea Loman’s team, the Southern California Athletics ... also traveled to Osaka, Japan, with Gordon’s Panthers over the summer of ’99 ... member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholastic Federation ... born Oct. 17, 1981, in Torrance, Calif. ... graduated in May of 2003 with a degree in economics and computer applications.

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