Madison Preston Season 2021

--Madison Preston finds comfort in new family of ASU softball/The State Press, Kam Dyer/Feb. 18, 2020
--Alabama softball transfer Madison Preston searched for a better fit, found it in Tempe/Cronkite News, Brady Vernon/Feb. 19, 2020

Senior at ASU (2021) 

• Preston is not playing in 2021 due to personal reasons. She is enrolled in classes and is set to graduate in May 2021. 

Junior at ASU (2020) 

• Made her first appearance as a Sun Devil on Feb. 7 with a win against Kansas
• Made 15 appearances, including seven starts during the condensed season
• Went 5-4 with a 2.77 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 53.0 innings
• Earned two shutouts with over 5.0 innings pitched on Feb. 20 against Auburn and on March 8 against Ohio State
• Recorded seven assists on the season
• Ranked No. 7 in the Pac-12 for strikeouts and hits allowed per seven innings
• Held leadoff batters to a .176 average and boasted the team-low for hits with the bases empty, relinquishing only 13 in 115 at-bats, a .113 average.

Sophomore at Alabama (2019) 

• Made seven relief appearances, including 2.0 shutout innings against Murray State (Feb. 8) and MVSU (March 6)
• Earned her first start of the season against Niagara (March 14)
• Ended her second season of collegiate softball with an impressive 14 strikeouts in just 12.2 innings pitched. 

Freshman at Alabama (2018) 

• Went 7-5 with two saves over 21 appearances and 12 starts with a 3.17 ERA
• Made her Crimson Tide debut against Penn State (Feb. 9), throwing a one-hit shutout over 5.0 innings
• Threw a complete-game shutout over Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 17), taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning while striking out six
• Allowed just one unearned run in a complete-game victory over Georgia State (Feb. 23)
• Threw 4.1 shutout innings against Portland State (March 3) to earn the win
• Earned her first career save against Fordham (March 9), throwing 2.2 shutout relief innings
• Threw a complete-game victory over Boston College (March 10)
• Earned her sixth victory against Georgia Tech (March 14), throwing 6.1 innings with just one run allowed
• Secured the final two outs in the game-three win over Georgia (April 29), earning her second save of the season
• Earned the win in relief against Auburn (May 9) at the SEC Tournament, throwing 2.0 shutout innings.

Prior to Alabama
Played at Centralia High School in Centralia, Mo where she was named the 2017 Missouri Gatorade State Player of the Year ... Led school to state titles in 2016 and 2013 ... Was named All-Conference Player of the Year in 2016 ... Earned all-conference, all-district, all-region and all-state honors ... Led team to program record 29 wins in 2016 ... Set single-season records for home runs and RBIs ... Was a standout player with her club tea,, helping the squad to a fifth-place finish at the 2016 USA Elite Select Nationals and ninth at the 2016 PGF Premier ... The daughter of Daughter of Jeff and Missie Preston, Preston has two sisters, Karson and Morgan.