The athlete feels she has taken her game up a notch this year after putting in the time since her junior season.

Mayday was honored as the 2021 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year as well as 2021 USA Today Maryland Softball Player of the Year. Last year, the senior’s high school team went 22-0 and won the 1A Maryland State title and currently is on a 32-game winning streak. The most hits given up a game in her nine? Just two. And she had a perfect 0.00 ERA while limiting opponent to just a 0.63 ERA. Madison also went 9-0 to open the season with 129 K’s versus just 11 hits and 11 walks. Of her 36 plate appearances, 11 ended up in free passes. 600 with 18 RBIs, a 1.720 slugging percentage and 2.442 OPS as she had 15 hits-eight of which were home runs along with four doubles and three singles-and 10 walks including seven intentional ones. Through Patterson Mill High’s first nine games, the Syracuse-bound athlete was hitting. “Mayday’s” ERA was 0.00 for the week and she walked just three. Madison struck out 44 of the 48 potential outs as she pitched seven innings in Game 1 striking out 19 of 21 batters tossed four innings in Game 2 and struck out 11 of 12 faced and then threw a 5-inning no-hitter in Game 3 while striking out 14 of 15 batters faced. Pitching-wise, she went 3-0 and in 16 innings gave up just one hit, but what was really impressive was her dominance by the strikeout. Madison, who also goes by the nickname “Mayday,” went 6-for-6 with four home runs, a double and single over the course of the week with seven RBI’s in three games played. * Madison Knight, a senior at Patterson Mill High in Bel Air, Maryland, got it done in a big way for her team both at the plate and in the circle. ***** Extra Inning Softball’s National High School Player of the Week “Mayday” Knight struck out 44 batters of 48 potential outs she faced and also went 6-for-6 at the plate with four home runs! High school softball continues across the country and we honor those athletes who have shined on the field!Įach Tuesday for the next several months we’ll honor top performances nationwide if you’d like to have a player considered, scroll down to see how to fill out a nomination. Madison Knight had reason to jump for joy… she was spectacular with her bat and her arm last week in high school play!

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