Madison Simon

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Beckman HS
Hometown:
Irvine, Calif.

Senior (2024):
• Named to College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District Team for her work in the classroom
• Played in 49 of the 50 games, making 47 starts
• Led the team in runs scored and walks drawn
• Accumulated a .210 average at the plate with three homers
• Ran a pair of six-game hitting streaks (Feb. 16-22 and April 14-27)

Junior (2023):
• Started all eight games she played
• Batted .435 with 10 hits spread from three doubles, two home runs and a triple
• Opened season with a two-hit performance (Feb. 10) against New Mexico
• Slugged home runs in her final games of the season (Feb. 17, 18) against BYU and Portland State
• Stole one base
• Recorded 12 putouts - including two games with three - on the season and had a perfect fielding percentage

Sophomore (2022):
• Started 56 of the 57 games she played, all in the outfield
• Hit .243 on the season with eight home runs, five doubles and 25 RBI
• Homered at Stanford in the first game of the Super Regional
• Homered against Ohio State in the Knoxville Regional
• Hit a three-run bomb at Grand Canyon
• Tallied three hits and scored two runs vs. Baylor
• Recorded a double and two RBI vs. Southern Utah
• Tallied two hits, including a home run vs. Tennessee (Feb. 25)

Freshman (2021)
• Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 16) after totaling seven hits in four games during the first weekend of play.
• Started 45 games in both the outfield and the infield - 10 games at third base, 1 game at second base, and 30 games in the outfield
• Went 2-for-3 at Oregon (3/13), hitting her first career home run and totaling two RBI and two runs.
• Hit a second home run against Oregon on April 2 with a 0-0 pitch count.
• Tallied six multi-hit games, two multi-RBI games, and four multi-run games.
• Closed the season fourth on the team with 20 runs.
• Finished the season with 26 hits, 10 RBI, four doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 20 runs.

High School:
• Beckman High School Female Athlete of the Year (2020)
• California Home Run leader (2020)
• Cal High Sports All-Time State List Home Runs with 33 (2020)
• Held a .636 batting average her senior season
• All State nominee in 2019, 2018 & 2017
• Named league MVP and All-Pacific Coast League in 2019
• Second in Orange County for RBIs in 2019
• SoCal Sidelines OC Freshman Player of the Year (2017)
• Beckman High School’s single season home run record holder (13)

Club:
• Played for Athletics Mercado under coaches Dave Mercado and Mark Smith
• Helped the team win the Top Club National Championship in 2020, PFG National Champions in 18u division (2019) and second place in the Colorado IDT Tournament 18u (2019)

Puerto Rico National Team:
• Silver medalist following the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile
• Member of the 2022 Pan American Games qualifier team that placed fourth in Guatemala

Personal:
• Daughter of Melissa and Lou Simon
• Majoring in BioHealth Science
• Enjoys hiking by the beach, walking her dog, snowboarding and traveling
• Chose Oregon State because “coach Berg is a great role model, mentor, Olympian and coach and I am honored to play for her. I also had the opportunity to be a pre-med student and still play Division I softball.”