Missouri State

Honors

• All-MVC Second Team: 2023, 2024
• MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team: 2023, 2024
• MVC All-Tournament Team: 2024
• MVC All-Freshman Team: 2021
• CSC Academic All-District: 2023, 2024
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
• MVC Academic Honor Roll: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
• MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award: 2022-23, 2023-24

2025 (Beach Volleyball)
Did not play this season.

Senior (2024)/Indoor Career Summary
Appeared in all but one set for the Bears in her final season, leading the team with a .285 hitting percentage...Averaged 2.35 kills and 0.67 blocks per set...Had 10 or more kills in 14 matches...Concluded career ranked 12th in school history with a .287 attack efficiency, and hit above .300 in 54 of 111 matches...Totaled 974 kills and 283 blocks in 417 career sets.

Junior (2023)
Earned second-team all-MVC honors with averages of 2.80 kills and 0.66 blocks per set with a .274 hitting percentage...Started all 32 MSU matches and played in all 122 sets...Led the Bears in total kills with 341...Had a team-best 19 matches with double-figure kill totals...Tallied 23 kills versus Western Illinois (9/15) and 21 against UT Martin (9/1)...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team and CSC Academic All-District selection...Hit .300 or better in 12 matches, topping the .400 mark six times...Recorded season-high of six blocks in three separate matches.

Sophomore (2022)
Started the first 15 matches of the season before being sidelined by injury for all but eight sets the rest of the year...Averaged 2.21 kills on .263 hitting...Totaled 46 total blocks to average 0.68 per set...Hit .300 or better seven times...Blasted a career-high 21 kills on .364 hitting at Murray State (9/23)...Tallied double-digit kills in seven matches...Had at least four blocks in six matches with highs of five versus Central Arkansas (8/27) and Kansas City (9/16)...Served a season-best three aces in the Kansas City match.

Freshman (2021)
Started 28 of MSU’s 30 matches in her debut season, leading the MVC with a .343 attack efficiency...Hitting percentage ranked sixth in school history and first among freshmen for a single season...Hit .300 or better in 17 matches and topped the .400 mark 12 times...Averaged 1.85 kills, 0.72 blocks and 2.28 points per set...Season high of 15 kills came with a .448 efficiency against Drake (10/9)...Also had double-figure matches with 12 kills at Central Arkansas (9/3), 11 at Bradley (10/2) and 10 versus Evansville (11/20)...Tallied at least four blocks on 11 occasions...MVC All-Freshman Team selection.

Background
Ranked as the No. 2 prospect in Missouri by PrepDig...AVCA Under Armour High School All-America honorable mention pick as a senior after leading Willard High to a Class 4 state title...Team owned a combined 125-17-5 record and four district titles in her career...Surpassed 1,000 kills in the 2020 state championship match...Hit .434 as a senior with 426 kills and 82 blocks and tallied 299 kills on .403 hitting with 54 blocks as a junior on the way to both academic and athletic all-state recognition...Hit .403 with 54 blocks as a sophomore, adding 275 kills as the Tigers finished fourth at the state tournament...Ended prep career with a .415 attack efficiency, 1,005 kills and 190 total blocks.

Personal
Maddy Bushnell was born on 3/3/2003 in Springfield, Missouri...Daughter of Wayne and Kim Bushnell...Father played basketball at Missouri Southern...Brother, Owen, plays baseball at Missouri Southern...Exercise and movement science major.

Updated: 5/23/2025