2023 Softball Roster
Gallagher, Maddie
Jersey Number 16
Maddie Gallagher
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Port Washington, N.Y.
- High School:
- Paul D. Schreiber HS
- Prev School:
- South Carolina
Bio
2024 SEC All-Tournament Team
2024 SEC Community Service Team
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
CAREER
- Appeared in 118 games for Mizzou over her final two collegiate season.
SENIOR (2024)
- Appeared and started in all 66 games at second base.
- Ranked fourth on Mizzou in 2024, batting .281 with 31 runs and 50 hits.
- Notched a career-best 13 doubles, three homers and 40 RBI.
- Led Mizzou with a team-best 10 multi-RBI games.
- Also had seven multi-hit games.
- In the field, notched a .974 fielding percentage at second base.
- Went on a 15-game reached base streak (seven-game hitting streak).
- Slugged .404 with a .415 on-base percentage,
- Posted a career-best day at the plate, going 4-for-4 at North Texas (2/17) with a run and an RBI.
- Compiled a trio of RBI against Wichita State (3/2) on a pair of hits (2-for-2).
- Belted her first career SEC homer at Tennessee (3/16). Finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI to go with the round tripper.
- On the basepaths, went 10-for-11 on stolen bases.
- Also, accumulated 28 walks and 15 HBP.
- Selected to the 2024 SEC All-Tournament Team after she knocked a solo homer before a walk-off sacrifice fly in the Semifinals win over LSU (5/10). Chipped in three RBI with two runs, a double and a homer while slugging .583.
- Paced Mizzou with 10 multi-RBI games to go with seven multi-hit games.
- Went on a 15-game reached base streak in 2024 (seven-game hitting streak).
JUNIOR (2023)
- Appeared in 52 games with 46 starts.
- Made 35 starts at second, 10 starts in the outfield, and one game as the designated player.
- Third on Mizzou in 2023 with a .273 batting average.
- Second on the team with eight hit-by-pitches.
- Registered 33 hits, 14 runs, two doubles, one triple, one home run, and 14 RBI.
- Posted a .331 slugging percentage and .376 on-base percentage.
- Had seven multi-hit games (six two-hit games, one three-hit game).
- Tallied three multi-RBI games (two two-RBI games, one three-RBI game).
- Recorded a 16-game reached base streak and a seven-game hitting streak in 2023.
- Was 2-for-4 on steals.
- Went a career-best matching 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run against Maine (3/3).
- Brought in a trio of runs in the opener at LSU (4/6).
- Blasted her first-career home run as a Tiger against California (5/20) in the 2023 Norman Regional. Opened a back-to-back-back jacks sequence for Mizzou in the fourth.
- Ranked third on the team during SEC play with a .281 batting average on 16 hits, with six runs, six RBI, and a double. Slugged .298 with a .397 on-base percentage.
- On defense, posted a .953 fielding percentage with 77 putouts and 45 assists.
Competed in 97 games (82 starts) over two seasons at South Carolina before transferring to Missouri on Dec. 14, 2022.
SOPHOMORE SEASON / SOUTH CAROLINA (2022)
- Started and played in all 56 games, mostly at second base for the Gamecocks.
- Hit .292 and was tied for second on the team with 47 hits.
- Led the team with four triples. Nationally ranked 87th for triples per game.
- Hit her first career home run against Marshall (2/18).
- Had a career-high four RBI and three runs scored against George Washington (2/12).
- Twice collected three hits in a game (College of Charleston, 3/17; Texas A&M, 5/10).
- Her seven-game hitting streak was tied for the second longest on the team.
- Finished second on the team with 11 multi-hit games.
- Compiled an OPS of .813 with 35 runs, eight doubles, and 28 RBI.
FRESHMAN SEASON / SOUTH CAROLINA (2021)
- Opened her South Carolina career with a .179 batting in 41 games with 26 starts.
- Saw action at third and in the outfield with 67 at-bats.
- Posted 12 hits with 12 runs and a double to go along with her four RBI.
- Drew 19 walks on her way to a .385 on-base percentage.
- Saw action in the opening game of the 2021 season against Auburn (2/20).
- Earned her first start the following game against Jacksonville (2/20) that day. In that game, she recorded four walks, the most for any Gamecock since Samantha Jennings against Mississippi State on 3/16/02.
- Recorded her first hit against Coastal Carolina (2/24) and earned her first career SEC start on versus No. 19 Arkansas (3/13).
- Scored the game winning run on a sacrifice foul fly-out to the catcher against No. 16 Tennessee (4/17).
PREP
- Standout at Paul D. Schreiber High School.
- Three-year letter winner in softball.
- Never hit below .549, including a high-mark of .638 in 2018 with 37 hits.
- Proved to have plenty of pop with the bat – posting 51 extra-base hits (15 home runs).
- Brought home 52 runs while scoring 86 herself.
- Named the 2019 Nassau County Player of the Year.
- Two-time All-State selection.
- Four-time All-County honoree. Also named All-Long Island.
- Two-time High School Extra Innings All-American.
- Ranked 27th in the class of 2020 by Extra Innings coming out of high school.
- In 2019 was selected to Team USA 17U squad that played in the Pan American Games in Colombia.
- Picked South Carolina over North Carolina and Fordham out of high school.
- Four-time NYS Scholar-Athlete.
- National Honors Society honoree.
- Member of the English Honors Society and Foreign Language Honors Society.
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Kim and John Gallagher.
- Her Mother, Kim Gallagher, played softball at Fairfield.
- Sister to Ashlynn and Kailey.
- Studying Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism: Sport Management at Missouri.
Georgia Recap
Sunday, May 04
Mya Dodge SEC Network+ Postgame Interview (5/1/25)
Friday, May 02
Taylor Ebbs Senior Video
Thursday, May 01
Mya Dodge Senior Video
Thursday, May 01
