2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Madeline Vejvoda
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- La Vista, Neb.
- High School:
- Papillion-La Vista
- Deals:
2023 (Junior at Creighton)
One of two Bluejays to start all 53 games (all 53 starts at second base) ... Posted a .302 batting average while ranking third on the team with 48 hits ... Tied for the team-lead with two triples ... Recorded eight doubles and two home runs ... Drove in 25 runs while ranking second on the team with 31 runs scored ... Drew 19 walks and converted five sacrifice bunts ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... Reached base safely in a season-long 11 straight games ... Posted a team-high 70 defensive assists while ranking third with 100 putouts ... Drove in a career-high three runs on a bases clearing triple in the first inning against St. Thomas on Feb. 12 ... The triple against the Tommies was the first triple of her Bluejay career ... Scored a pair of runs while collecting a career-high tying three hits in a 10-2 win at UTEP (Feb. 25) ... Scored a career-high three runs in the Bluejays’ 11-2 victory over Bethune-Cookman (March 4) ... Earned a spot on the BIG EAST Honor Roll on March 7 after leading the Bluejays with a .416 batting average with a double, RBI, three walks and five runs scored in four games at THE Spring Games (March 4-5) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a 10-1 victory over Kansas City (March 15) ... Teamed up with Lily West to blast back-to-back home runs against Kansas City on March 15 ... Launched three-run home run in the first inning of a 5-3 win over Omaha (April 11) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI at Georgetown on April 14 ... Collected a pair of hits and scored a run during the Bluejays’ 9-7 win at South Dakota (April 25) ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.Â
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2022 (Sophomore at Creighton)
Started all 42 games for the Bluejays at shortstop ... one of just five players to start all 42 games ... Ranked fourth on the team with 19 runs scored and 35 hits while posting a .261 batting average ... Led the team with 95 assists ... Started sophomore campaign with a single in her first plate against Idaho State to open the season (Feb. 11) ... Collected two hits with an RBI and a run scored against New Mexico (Feb. 19) ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and one walk in doubleheader against South Dakota State (Feb. 27) ... Scored a run on two hits with an RBI during the Bluejays 11-2 win over Green Bay (March 4) ... Went 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored against Providence (March 27) ... Earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 21 after posting a team-best .500 (6-for-12) batting average with a double and three RBI during a three-game series at Seton Hall (March 19-20) ... Recorded career-high three hits in second game of a doubleheader against Seton Hall (March 19) ... Scored three runs and recorded two hits including a double in the Bluejays 11-6 win over DePaul on April 30 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.Â
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2021 (Freshman at Creighton)
Appeared in all 28 games, including 25 starts ... Made 18 starts at third base, five at second base and two at shortstop ... Posted .242 batting average ... Tied for second on the team with five doubles ... Also tied for second on the squad with 11 walks ... Ranked third for the Bluejays with 13 runs scored ... Led Creighton with 46 defensive assists ... Went 2-for-2 with two RBI, two runs scored and one double during two pinch-hit plate appearances ... Opened season with RBI single during lid-lifter against Wichita State (Feb. 27) ... Scored run as pinch-runner during second game of doubleheader against Shockers on Feb. 27 ... Delivered pinch-hit RBI double against Illinois-Chicago (March 7) ... Tallied season-high three hits and three RBI during series finale against Seton Hall (April 3) ... Ended three-game weekend against Pirates (April 2-3) with five hits, three RBI and two runs scored.Â
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2020 (Freshman at Creighton)
Played in 16 games and made six starts during her first season as a Bluejay ... All six starts came at second base ... Pinch-hit five times, pinch-ran three times and inserted as defensive replacement twice ... Made collegiate debut as a pinch-hitter in the season lid-lifter against Toledo (Feb. 7) ... Started second game of season against North Dakota (Feb. 7) and tallied a hit and run scored ... Drove in first career run and scored season-high two times against Toledo on Feb. 8 ... Stole first career base during final game of season against Central Michigan (March 12).Â
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Papillion-La Vista High School
Two-time Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska First Team selection and two-time Lincoln Journal Star Super State First Team honoree ... Holds Papillion-La Vista school records for runs scored (56), doubles (19) and triples in a single season ... Hit .566 with 11 home runs and 52 RBI as a senior in the fall of 2018 ... Helped lead the Monarchs to the 2017 Nebraska Class A State title and runner-up finishes in 2015, 2016 and 2018 ... Ended high school career with school-record 164 runs scored, while hitting 23 home runs and recording 149 RBI ... Also tallied a .461 batting average during four years at Papillion-La Vista ... Played at the club level for Nebraska Gold under the direction of Larry Swift and was part of the 2018 Top Gun 18U Tournament and 2017 PGF 18U Tournament championship teams ... Participated in the 2019 Nebraska Coaches’ Association All-Star Game ... Also played tennis and basketball, while owning membership in the National Honor Society and serving as the president of DECA at Papillion-La Vista.
Personal
Daughter of Joe and Kris ... Has two siblings, Caden and Carson ... Majoring in Healthy Lifestyle Medicine.
