2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Maddie Radke
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Parker, Colo.
- High School:
- Legend HS
- Deals:
2023 (Senior at Creighton)
Radke saw action is 13 matches, earning the start 12 times during the 2023 season before suffering a season-ending ankle injury against St. John’s on Oct. 5 ... Despite having her season cut short, Maddie logged a combined 673 minutes of playing time ... She ranked tied for third on the team with 21 shots, recording a career-high four shots against Kansas State on Aug. 27 ... Radke notched the Bluejays’ first goal of the season, slotting a shot into back of the net in the 48th minute of Creighton’s season-opening draw against Nebraska on Aug. 17 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
2022 (Junior at Creighton)
Maddie appeared in 19 matches for the Bluejays during the 2022 season, earning 11 starts ... She logged a combined 828 minutes on the pitch, playing a season-high 67 minutes against Providence (Oct. 2) ... Radke closed the season with three assists while firing eight total shots ... Maddie set up the game-winning goal in the Bluejays’ 2-1 win over Kansas City (Aug. 25) ... She also dished out assists in back-to-back games against Providence (Oct. 2) and at St. John’s (Oct. 6).
2021 (Sophomore at Creighton)
Radke started each of the 14 matches she saw action in during the 2021 season prior to suffering a season-ending meniscus injury against Villanova on Oct. 10 ... Maddie played a combined 871 minutes, collecting a goal and two assists ... Her first goal as a Bluejay came on Oct. 10 against Villanova ... Radke earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 21 after assisting on the overtime goal in a 2-1 win over Montana to open the season ... Maddie also recorded an assist in a 2-0 victory over Drake on Aug. 22.
2020 (Freshman at Creighton)
Maddie made an instant impact for the Bluejays, starting all 10 matches and closing the season by earning a spot on the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team ... Logging a combined 684 minutes, Radke delivered a pair of assists ... She set up the game-winning goals in Creighton’s 1-0 victory at Xavier on March 25 and the 2-1 win over DePaul on April 4 ... Her effort against the Blue Demons brought a BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor on April 5.
Legend High School & Club
Radke played club soccer for the Colorado Storm/Colorado Rapids from the age of four ... A two year letterwinner at Legend HS, Radke was sidelined by an injury in 2019 ... In her first two years she earned Continental League Honorable Mention and Second Team honors, setting the single season record for most goals (nine) and most points (20) in 2018.
Awards & Honors
2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
2020 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 4/5
2020-21 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2020-21 Dean’s List
2021 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 8/21
2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2021-22 Dean’s List
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022-23 Dean’s List
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
Personal
• Daughter of Jon and Lisa Radke.
• Has one brother, Blake.
• Is currently earning her bachelor’s degree in marketing.
• Favorite Creighton professor is Tim Bastian.
• Go-to pregame music artists are Zeds Dead and Subtronics.
• Favorite food is sushi.
• Best birthday gift she ever got was her dog Wally.
• Named Kevin De Bruyne as her favorite soccer player.
• Favorite TV shows are Black Mirror and the Vampire Diaries.
• Best friend on another college team is former Peighton Steffen (Wisconsin Women’s Soccer).
• Superstition is that she has to put her socks and shoes on the same way everytime and eat wild berry Skittles.
• Favorite BIG EAST road city is Washington D.C.
• In 10 years, would like to be flying planes.
