Honors
All-MVC: 2021 (2nd Team), 2022 (1st Team)
NFCA All-Region: 2021 (1st Team)
MVC All-Tournament Team: 2022
MVC All-Defensive Team: 2021
MVC Player of the Week: 4/19/21
MVC Pitcher of the Week: 2/22/21
MVC Newcomer of the Week: 3/19/18
MVC Scholar-Athlete Team: 2021 (HM)
MVC Honor Roll: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022
Career Summary
Appeared in 200 total games with 189 starts, while making 93 appearances and 39 starts in the circle…Owned a career .288 batting average and career 3.02 ERA and 21-13 record…Collected 154 hits, 27 doubles, 87 RBI, 11 home runs and scored 56 runs, while also recording 255 innings pitched, 227 strikeouts and three saves throughout her five seasons…Ranks fifth in program history in putouts (789) and is tied for eighth with a .986 career fielding percentage.
2022 (Fifth-Year Senior)
All-MVC First Team selection…Named to the MVC All-Tournament team…Started all 48 games…Was the third-leading hitter for the Bears with a .319 overall batting average, while pacing the Bears with a .360 average in conference games…Led the team with 11 doubles…Collected 44 hits, a career high-tying 24 RBI and scored 15 runs…Continued to show her ability to succeed as a two-way player, as she was also the team’s second-leading pitcher with 70.2 innings pitched and a 3.96 ERA…Made 21 appearances and 15 starts in the circle, striking out 58 on the season…Tallied 11 multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI games…Went 2-for-3 with a double and scored a run at No. 10/11 Arkansas (March 5)…Drew two walks, collected a hit, drove in a run and scored two runs in MSU’s home opener against Wichita State (March 9)…Knocked her first home run of the season in a 2-for-4 effort in game two of the doubleheader against Indiana State (April 9)…Hit .700 in the weekend series at Evansville, going 7-for-7 across the last two games, while collecting three RBI (April 15-16)…Went 5-for-8 with six RBI and smacked four doubles in the Bradley series (April 30-May 1)…Recorded two hits, an RBI-double and a three-run home run, and drove in four runs to help MSU defeat UNI in the MVC Tournament championship (May 14)...Scored a run in MSU’s NCAA Tournament victory over Illinois (May 21)…Tossed a complete game in MSU’s 2-1 victory against Southern Illinois, allowing just one earned run and striking out seven Salukis (March 16)…Recorded wins in three consecutive starts beginning with a complete game against Illinois State in which she allowed one earned run and struck out five (March 20)…Earned another complete-game victory in her next start, allowing no earned runs and just three hits against Valparaiso (March 26)…Struck out five batters in five innings as she allowed just one earned run in a victory over Indiana State (April 9)…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Spring 2022.
2021 (Senior)
NFCA All-Region first team … Named to the All-MVC second team … Played in all 43 games of the 2021 season and started in 42 of them … Flexed her reputation as a terrific two-way player after she boasted a .268 batting average with 21 RBI and 10 extra-base hits at the plate while owning a 10-5 record with a 1.91 ERA and 82 strikeouts in her 25 appearances in the circle in 2021 … Ranked fifth in the MVC in ERA (1.91), seventh in wins (10), ninth in opposing batting average (.229) and 10th in strikeouts (82) … Earned both MVC Player of the Week (April 19) and Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 22) honors and became the second MSU player to collect both of the conference's weekly awards after Kate Madden accomplished the feat in 1996 … Recorded back-to-back complete-game outings after she held SIU (March 24) and Drake (March 27) to one run apiece … Tossed a four-hit shutout against Loyola (April 25) … Punched out five of the seven batters she faced in the season opener versus Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 21) … Recorded her first home run of the season with a solo shot in MSU’s 3-1 win over No. 23 Iowa State (March 7) … Smacked the go-ahead home run versus UNI (March 20) with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth of the Bears’ 2-1 comeback win … Tallied three RBI against Drake (March 28) … Went 5-for-6 with a double, a home run, four RBI and six runs scored in the Valpo series (April 17-18) … Selected to the MVC All-Defensive Team after she boasted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 101 putouts and 17 assists ... Earned MVC Scholar-Athlete honorable mention recognition … MVC Honor Roll … Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the fall 2020 semester.
2020 (Junior)
Was one of MSU's most dynamic players as a junior, starting all 19 games (10 at first base) and making 12 appearances in the circle ... Finished 5th in the MVC and 85th nationally in strikeouts per 7 innings (8.2) ... Finished 9th in the Valley and 132nd in DI in most walks per game (0.58) as a batter, drawing 11 free passes ... Was also among the Valley's top pitchers in hits allowed per 7 innings (2nd, 5.68), games finished (2nd, 7), relief appearances (2nd, 9), and opponent batting average (6th, .222) ... Combined to go 2-for-4 with a run and 3 walks in two games vs. Murray State (March 6-7) in Oklahoma ... Struck out season-high 7 hitters and earned the win vs. Jackson State (March 1), allowing just 2 hits in 4.0 innings, while collecting her only RBI of the season ... Posted 12 putouts and 3 assists vs. Cal Baptist (Feb. 29) ... Was 1-for-2 in 1-0 loss to Ole Miss (Feb. 29) ... Also notched 12 putouts at first base in win over Jackson State (Feb. 28) ... Had only multiple-hit game of the campaign in win over UT Martin (Feb. 15), going 2-for-3 with a pair of runs ... Struck out 3 hitters on 13 pitches in win over Creighton (Feb. 14) and walked twice ... Reached base safely the first 6 games of the season (Feb. 7-14) ... Had a pair of stellar relief outings on opening day (Feb. 7) against Mississippi State and No. 7 Minnesota, striking out 3 in a combined 4.1 innings with no earned runs ... Also went 1-for-3 at the plate against Minnesota … Earned MVC Honor Roll status ... Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters.
2019 (Sophomore)
Was MSU's cleanup hitter in 46 of 51 games with 45 starts at first base ... Hit safely in 17 consecutive games to start the season, MSU's longest streak since 1996 (Feb. 8 to March 1) ... Tied for second on the squad with 11 multiple-hit games ... Made 17 appearances in the circle with one start (April 27 vs. Drake), racking up 25 strikeouts in 26.0 innings ... Smashed game-winning single in 9th inning of win at Indiana State (May 4) on a 2-for-4 day ... Posted season-high 6 strikeouts in 5.0 inning relief appearance against Evansville (April 20) ... Went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI in win at Illinois State (April 13) ... Logged season-high 14 putouts and went 2-for-4 in home win over Tulsa (April 10) ... Was 2-for-3 in game one of UNI series at Killian (March 23) ... Earned the save in win over SEMO (March 2) in Conway ... Drove in 2 runs in win over Coppin State (March 1) ... Smacked a double and had 2 RBI in win over Louisiana Monroe (Feb. 28) ... Had a pair of 3-hit games at SLU Lion Classic, going 3-for-4 vs. UTSA (Feb. 17) and 3-for-3 in win over host Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 15) with a save ... Named to all-tournament team at Easton Bama Bash in Tuscaloosa (Feb. 22-24) with hits in all 5 games ... Named to MVC Honor Roll ... MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters.
2018 (Freshman)
Played in 40 games as a freshman with 30 starts -- 24 at DP ... Finished fourth on the team with 17 RBI and batted .250 ... Got the win in her first college pitching start vs. UMass-Lowell (Feb. 23), going 5.2 innings with 3 strikeouts in a 2-1 victory ... Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors on March 19 after batting .444 with 5 RBI and a homer and picking up a victory in the circle in Illinois State series (March 16-17) ... Knocked a fifth-inning grand slam in home win over UMKC (March 20) ... Went 2-for-4 in game one of Evansville series (April 6) ... Struck out 4 SIU hitters in relief (April 18) in a 7-6 win ... Had a 3-for-3 day at Loyola (April 22) with an RBI ... Hit a two-run homer in MVC Tournament game against Southern Illinois (May 11) ... Named to MVC Honor Roll and named to AD Honor Roll for the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters.
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High School
The Missouri first-team all-state pick went 20-3 in the circle and led her Belton (Mo.) High Pirates to a 22-4 record and conference title in 2016 .... Also batted .580 as a senior for coach Jeff Hulse with 48 RBI, earning all-conference, all-region and all-district laurels ... Also helped lead Belton to back-to-back district titles in 2014 and 2015, going 26-5 in the circle and driving in 90 runs in that span ... Earned all-conference, all-district and all-district tournament honors four seasons and was an NFCA all-region selection three times ... Helped Belton win three Greater KC Suburban Conference titles and two district titles in her career ... Also played basketball at Belton ... Played club softball for the KC Originals - Self.
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Personal
Madison Elizabeth Hunsaker was born 11/27/98 in Kansas City, Mo. ... Daughter of James and Elizabeth Hunsaker of Peculiar, Mo. ... Has a brother, Riely ... Both parents were college athletes with her father playing baseball at Central Missouri and mother playing volleyball at Graceland University ... Majoring in Business Administration (MBA).