2023 Softball Roster
Kerpics, Madison
Jersey Number 40
Madison Kerpics
- Position:
- Right-handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Wesleyan HS
- Hometown:
- Suwanee, Ga.
- Shop:
- R/R
Bio
Career Honors and Awards
2023 Second Team All-SEC… SEC Pitcher of the Week (2/27/23)… Softball SAAC Representative… The Georgia Way Ambassador… 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll… 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll… 2020-21 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
2024 // Senior
Recipient of the Vickie and Leon Farmer Scholarship Endowment.
2023 // Junior
Named Second Team All-SEC… Made 41 appearances with 29 starts… Finished the season with a 19-7 record, 2.54 ERA, and one save… Went the distance six times… Recorded four solo shutouts and combined for seven… Worked 146.1 total innings… Struck out a staff-best 135 batters… Held opponents to a .211 batting average… Concluded SEC play with a 9-3 record in 18 appearances and 14 starts… Struck out 61 SEC opponents… Finished top 10 in the SEC in strikeouts and wins… Carried a no hitter through four innings against St. John's (2/19), striking out eight in the game with no walks… Named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week (2/27) after going 3-0 in three starts in the Georgia Classic... She pitched 19 scoreless innings, allowing just seven hits and holding opposing batters to a .111 average and fanning 18 batters including tying a career-best 11 strikeouts against Hofstra (2/25)… Pitched seven-inning complete-game two-hit shutout of No. 18 Auburn (3/11) to even the SEC opening series… Recorded a six-inning one-hit shutout at No. 24 Texas A&M (3/19), striking out eight hitters to sweep the series… Struck out eight batters in four innings in start against Georgia Southern (4/12)… Combined with Shelby Walters, Riley Orcutt, and Kylie Macy to no hit NC Central (5/19) in the NCAA Tournament, the fourth no-hitter in Georgia's NCAA Tournament history… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)… Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2022 // Sophomore
Made 42 appearances with 26 starts as Georgia’s ace in the circle… Worked 185.2 total innings… Finished the season with a 3.09 ERA with a 20-10 record and four saves… 20 victories ranked third in the league… Four saves ranked second in the SEC and 18th nationally… Fanned 187 opponent batters, ranking fourth in the SEC… Held batters to a .214 average… Went the distance 16 times… 5.54 hits allowed per seven innings ranked 11th in the SEC… Earned a win and a pair of saves out of the pen with 16 strikeouts, not allowing a single run in the Bulldog Classic (3/4-3/5)… Earned back-to-back complete-game victories over Clemson (3/23) and Texas A&M (3/25)… Struck out a career-high 11 Aggies in that game… Worked a career-long 7.2 innings against LSU (4/24)… Concluded SEC play 9-7 with a 4.41 ERA in 92.0 innings with 76 strikeouts… Appeared in all five games of the NCAA Regional, working 25.1 of 33.1 innings including three complete games… Went 2-1 with a save in the Regional with 28 strikeouts, throwing 432 total pitches in five appearances… Served as a Georgia Way Ambassador… Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2021 // Freshman
Started four games in the circle, making 15 total appearances… Finished with a 3-0 record in 34.2 innings of work… Concluded with a 3.23 ERA and held hitters to a .182 average… Picked up two saves on the season… Went the distance one time, against Miami (Ohio) (2/27), striking out eight RedHawks… Pitched a season-high seven innings in the extra-inning game against East Carolina (3/13)… Struck out 42 opponents including a season-best nine against East Carolina (3/13)… Member of SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
High School
Was a four-year letterwinner in the circle for the Wesleyan High School Wolves… During her rookie season, she was a first team all-region pick… She followed that up by earning first team all-state, all-county, and all-region honors on top of being named the Class-A Private Player of the Year with a 12-2 record in the circle… She once again earned pitcher of the year status in Class-A Private while also picking up first team All-America status as a junior with a 20-2 record and a 0.68 ERA with 283 strikeouts… Concluded her senior season going 36-2 in the circle and earning pitcher of the year honors once again… She guided the Wolves to two state championships in 2017 and 2018 while finishing runners up in 2016 and 2019… Played club for the Atlanta Vipers… Off the field, she was a member of Peer Leadership and received the academic excellence award for chemistry.
Personal
Daughter of Mary and Michael Kerpics… Has two siblings: Morgan and Nathan… Her sister Morgan is currently enrolled at UGA… Born March 9, 2002… Majoring in Exercise and Sport Science.
2023 Second Team All-SEC… SEC Pitcher of the Week (2/27/23)… Softball SAAC Representative… The Georgia Way Ambassador… 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll… 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll… 2020-21 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
2024 // Senior
Recipient of the Vickie and Leon Farmer Scholarship Endowment.
2023 // Junior
Named Second Team All-SEC… Made 41 appearances with 29 starts… Finished the season with a 19-7 record, 2.54 ERA, and one save… Went the distance six times… Recorded four solo shutouts and combined for seven… Worked 146.1 total innings… Struck out a staff-best 135 batters… Held opponents to a .211 batting average… Concluded SEC play with a 9-3 record in 18 appearances and 14 starts… Struck out 61 SEC opponents… Finished top 10 in the SEC in strikeouts and wins… Carried a no hitter through four innings against St. John's (2/19), striking out eight in the game with no walks… Named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week (2/27) after going 3-0 in three starts in the Georgia Classic... She pitched 19 scoreless innings, allowing just seven hits and holding opposing batters to a .111 average and fanning 18 batters including tying a career-best 11 strikeouts against Hofstra (2/25)… Pitched seven-inning complete-game two-hit shutout of No. 18 Auburn (3/11) to even the SEC opening series… Recorded a six-inning one-hit shutout at No. 24 Texas A&M (3/19), striking out eight hitters to sweep the series… Struck out eight batters in four innings in start against Georgia Southern (4/12)… Combined with Shelby Walters, Riley Orcutt, and Kylie Macy to no hit NC Central (5/19) in the NCAA Tournament, the fourth no-hitter in Georgia's NCAA Tournament history… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)… Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2022 // Sophomore
Made 42 appearances with 26 starts as Georgia’s ace in the circle… Worked 185.2 total innings… Finished the season with a 3.09 ERA with a 20-10 record and four saves… 20 victories ranked third in the league… Four saves ranked second in the SEC and 18th nationally… Fanned 187 opponent batters, ranking fourth in the SEC… Held batters to a .214 average… Went the distance 16 times… 5.54 hits allowed per seven innings ranked 11th in the SEC… Earned a win and a pair of saves out of the pen with 16 strikeouts, not allowing a single run in the Bulldog Classic (3/4-3/5)… Earned back-to-back complete-game victories over Clemson (3/23) and Texas A&M (3/25)… Struck out a career-high 11 Aggies in that game… Worked a career-long 7.2 innings against LSU (4/24)… Concluded SEC play 9-7 with a 4.41 ERA in 92.0 innings with 76 strikeouts… Appeared in all five games of the NCAA Regional, working 25.1 of 33.1 innings including three complete games… Went 2-1 with a save in the Regional with 28 strikeouts, throwing 432 total pitches in five appearances… Served as a Georgia Way Ambassador… Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2021 // Freshman
Started four games in the circle, making 15 total appearances… Finished with a 3-0 record in 34.2 innings of work… Concluded with a 3.23 ERA and held hitters to a .182 average… Picked up two saves on the season… Went the distance one time, against Miami (Ohio) (2/27), striking out eight RedHawks… Pitched a season-high seven innings in the extra-inning game against East Carolina (3/13)… Struck out 42 opponents including a season-best nine against East Carolina (3/13)… Member of SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
High School
Was a four-year letterwinner in the circle for the Wesleyan High School Wolves… During her rookie season, she was a first team all-region pick… She followed that up by earning first team all-state, all-county, and all-region honors on top of being named the Class-A Private Player of the Year with a 12-2 record in the circle… She once again earned pitcher of the year status in Class-A Private while also picking up first team All-America status as a junior with a 20-2 record and a 0.68 ERA with 283 strikeouts… Concluded her senior season going 36-2 in the circle and earning pitcher of the year honors once again… She guided the Wolves to two state championships in 2017 and 2018 while finishing runners up in 2016 and 2019… Played club for the Atlanta Vipers… Off the field, she was a member of Peer Leadership and received the academic excellence award for chemistry.
Personal
Daughter of Mary and Michael Kerpics… Has two siblings: Morgan and Nathan… Her sister Morgan is currently enrolled at UGA… Born March 9, 2002… Majoring in Exercise and Sport Science.
Georgia Softball vs Florida NCAA Super Regional Game 3 Postgame Press Conference
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Georgia Softball vs Florida NCAA Super Regional Postgame Press Conference
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