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Jersey Number 20
Maddie Epke
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Guilford, Conn.
- High School:
- Guilford
- Major:
- Communication Studies
Bio
Career Highlights:
2024 as a Sophomore:Â
2023 as a Freshman:
High School:
Personal
- 1st all-time draw controls in JMU history (485)
- 9th in all-time assists in JMU history (74)
- Tied for 9th all-time in goals in JMU history (139)
- 9th in all-time points in JMU history (213)
- Holds JMU single-season record for most draw controls in a season (2025Â - 235)
- Shares JMU single-game record for goals (eight at Temple on April 12, 2025)
- Holds JMU and AAC single-game draw control record (23 vs. Charlotte on March 29, 2025)
- Holds AAC Tournament single-game draw control record (13 in semifinals vs. Vanderbilt on May 1, 2025)
As a Junior (2025):
- Tewaraaton Nominee
- IWLCA First Team All-American
- ILWomen First Team All-American
- USA Lacrosse Magazine First Team All-American
- IWLCA First Team All-South Region
- Inside Lacrosse Midseason Second Team All-AmericanÂ
- American Athletic Conference Attack Player of the Year
- First Team All-American Athletic Conference attacker
- 2x IWLCA Player of the Week (Feb. 17, April 21) and ILWomen Player of the Week (Feb. 17, March 4)
- 5x AAC Attack Player of the Week (Feb. 17, March 3, March 17, March 31, April 14)
- Ranked first in the country in draws per game (12.61)
- Recorded 65 goals on 140 shots (.464) to lead JMU, 119 of which were on-goal.
- Added 23 assists - second-most for JMU
- Totaled 88 points to lead JMU
- Went 12-of-27 from free-position goals
- Also recorded 13 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers
- Set single-season draw record (235) and scored seventh-most goals in a single season at JMU (65)
- Tallied 11 hat tricks to lead team, including four sock tricks
- Posted at least one point in every game
- Career-high eight goals at Temple of April 12 to tie JMU single-game record
- Started in all 19 games
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar Athlete List
2024 as a Sophomore:Â
- IWLCA First Team All-South Region
- USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention
- ILWomen All-American Honorable Mention
- American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference
- American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team
- 2x IWLCAÂ Division I Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 13, Apr. 9)
- USA Lacrosse Division I Women's Player of the Week (Feb. 13)
- Tewaaraton Award Watch List
- ILWomen Midseason All-American Honorable Mention
- 2x American Athletic Conference Attack Player of the Week (Feb. 12, Apr. 8)
- 2x American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 26, Mar. 25)
- Started all 20 games on attack
- Scored 57 goals on 123 shots (.463) - second-most goals for JMUÂ
- Added 23 assists - third-most for JMU
- Totaled 80 points - second-most for JMU
- Led the team with 178 draw controls
- Put 98 shots on goal (.797)
- Scored two game-winning goals - at Richmond (Apr. 3) and against Penn State in the NCAA Championship First Round (May 10)
- Went 11-of-23 from the free position
- Added 18 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers
- Tallied 10 hat tricks on the season
- Recorded 17 multi-point games and posted at least one point in every game this season
- Ranked sixth in draw controls per game nationally (8.90)
- Second in the AAC in draw controls per game
- Fourth in the AAC in goals per game (2.85), fifth in points per game (4.00) and ninth in assists per game (1.15)
- Totaled seven goals, one assist and 10 draw controls against North Carolina (Feb. 10)
- Recorded five goals, two assists, three ground balls, three caused turnovers and 11 draw controls against UAlbany (Feb. 25)
- Career highs in goals, points, shots, shots on goal, free-position goals, draw controls and caused turnovers
- American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference
- 2024 U.S. Women's U20 National Team
- 2024 U.S. Women’s U20 Training Team
- Dean's List (Spring 2024)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2024)
2023 as a Freshman:
- VaSID State Rookie of the Year
- American Athletic Conference Second Team All-Conference
- 3x American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week (Feb. 27, Mar. 20, Apr. 10)
- Started all 22 games at attack
- Only freshman starter of the season
- Scored 17 goals and added 28 assists for 45 points
- Ranked 6th in American Athletic Conference in assists per game (1.27)
- Six assists against High Point (Feb. 25)
- Was the most assists for any JMU player in a game in 2023
- Netted multiple goals in five different games
- Had 72 draw controls, tied for 9th in a single-season in JMU history
- Was 9th in the conference with 3.27 draw controls per game
- Controlled seven draws at Rutgers (Apr. 23)
- Shot 4-for-8 (.500) from the free position
- Had 14 ground balls
- Three ground balls vs. Florida (May 6)
- Seven caused turnovers
High School:
- US Lacrosse All-American in 2021 & 2022
- 2022 Class M State Champion
- 2021 Connecticut High School Female Athlete of the Year
- Conference Player of the Year and M Class Championship Player of the Year as a junior and senior
- Also received First Team All-Conference, First Team All-State, and All-New Haven Area honors as a freshman
- Varsity captain of field hockey and ice hockey teams
- Won the field hockey state championship in 2019
- Received Most Outstanding Player in the conference and state championship games; and received All-Conference and All-State recognition in sophomore and junior seasons for field hockey
- All-Conference and All-State honors in all three years for ice hockey
- Member of Nor'easter Lacrosse Club
Personal
- Daughter of Wendy and Thomas Epke
- Has a younger sister, Kadence
- Her mother, Wendy, played college soccer at Maryland
- Her father, Thomas, played Junior hockey with the Rochester Monarchs
- Majoring in Communication Studies
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