Madison Knight

Position:
Pitcher/Utility
Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Patterson Mill
Hometown:
Belcamp, Md.
Club Team:
R/R

Junior Year (2025): She was the starting pitcher in 21 of 27 mound appearances … Against UNCW (2/7), Knight struck out 10 batters with 3 hits... Knight led the Orange to victory again against QUEENS (2/8), with 5 strike outs... Knight led the Orange to victory against TENNESSEE TECH (2/14), only allowing 3 runs and no hits... Knight continued her success vs LONG ISLAND (2/15) allowing no hits or runs, with 5 strike-outs … Knight clubbed a two-run home run against APPALACHIAN STATE (2/23) … She held ninth-ranked Georgia (2/23) to just three runs, tied for its lowest total at that point in the campaign … Knight threw a complete game against DELAWARE (2/27), striking out seven batters and giving up two hits and one run … She slugged a go-ahead home run in a triumph against DELAWARE (2/27) … She delivered a standout, two-way performance against #16 Duke (3/15) ... Knight hit a go-ahead home run and tossed a complete game, striking out six and allowing only two runs without a walk in win versus the BLUE DEVILS … She excelled in the circle at GEORGIA TECH (4/5), hurling a complete game and allowing just three hits and no runs to record the fifth shutout of career … Knight finished the game 3-for-3 with two runs driven in and the team-leading fourth home run of the season against BOSTON COLLEGE (4/25) ... She was named to the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better semester grade-point-average).

Sophomore Year (2024): Knight appeared in 22 games in the circle, making 14 starts ... She posted a 4-7 record with a 2.91 ERA across 93.2 innings ... She also appeared in 43 contests as a hitter, making 36 starts at first base and DP ... Knight launched six home runs and drove in 20 runs ... She had six-or-more putouts at first base in five different contests ... On the mound she allowed three-or-fewer runs in 18 contests, including six scoreless appearances ... All six of Knight's complete games pitching efforts occurred in conference play ... She yielded just three runs in 8.1 innings across two outings at No. 6 DUKE (3/2 and 3/3) ... She struck out a season-best seven batters versus QUINNIPIAC (3/12) ... Knight had a nine-game on-base streak (4/13-4/26) ... She slugged five home runs over an eight game stretch (4/20-5/1) ... Knight hit home runs against #17 CLEMSON, PITTSBURGH, #15 VIRGINIA TECH and Cornell... She produced 15 of her 22 hits in the final month of the season ... She walked a career-high three times versus No. 14 FLORIDA STATE (5/3) ... Knight drew six walks against the SEMINOLES in the series ... Knight was named to the 2024 Softball All-ACC Academic Team (3.0 g.p.a. in the most recent semester, 3.0 cumulative g.p.a.) ... She was selected to the 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the full academic year) ... Knight earned Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2023): Knight was an ACC All-Freshmen Team selection … She became just the second student-athlete in program history to earn All-Freshmen Team status, joining Alexa Romero … Knight became the seventh Syracuse players to throw a no-hitter … She joined Tara DiMaggio, Jenna Caira and Sydney O’Hara as players to throw no-hitters as freshman … A two-way star that featured in 46 games, including 31 of them as a pitcher … She led Syracuse with a 2.99 earned run average, 147.1 innings pitched and 128 strikeouts … At the plate, Knight topped Syracuse in RBI with 28 … She went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and one double against NORTH FLORIDA (2/10) … She also made her first career start in the circle against the Ospreys, striking out four batters and allowing two runs over five innings … She produced a double and drove in a run for a second consecutive game against JACKSONVILLE (2/12) … Knight Pitched 5.2 innings against the Dolphins, logging five strikeouts and allowing two runs and three hits … Knight produced her first career home run against PURDUE (2/17) … She scored a run and worked two walks against ROBERT MORRIS (2/24) … She hurled 4.2 innings and struck out four batters against RUTGERS (2/25) … Knight contributed 2.1 innings of no-hit relief in the first game of doubleheader against CLEMSON (3/4) … She threw her first career complete game against CLEMSON (3/5) … She tossed two innings of scoreless relief to earn her first career save against CANISIUS (3/22) … Knight plated two runs with a single against Canisius (3/22) … She llowed just one run over the last three innings, tossing her second complete game of the season, against NOTRE DAME (3/25) … Knight worked 5.1 innings in the circle with six strikeouts against LOUISVILLE (4/1) … She fanned a career-high seven batters, allowing one run on three hits against NC STATE (4/6) … Knight threw the 11^th no-hitter in program history against NC STATE in the series finale (4/8) … She swatted a go-ahead three-run home run in seventh inning of a win versus NORTH CAROLINA (4/15) … She pitched her second consecutive complete game, striking out six batters while also tallying three hits and an RBI against LAFAYETTE (4/22) … Knight posted her fifth complete game of the year, striking out a career-high 10 batters, against LAFAYETTE (4/23) ... She also drove in three runs at the plate against the LEOPARDS … In a sweep of VIRGINIA, Knight pitched 15.2 innings in three games, struck out 10 hitters, and allowed only three runs on five hits … She also launched her third home run of the season against the CAVALIERS in the second game of the series (4/28 – 4/29) … She threw a career-high 8.1 innings against BOSTON COLLGE in the regular season finale (5/6) … Knight yielded just two runs on six hits with four strikeouts in a complete-game effort against VIRGINIA in the ACC Tournament … She hit a game-tying two-run home run against the CAVALIERS to help Syracuse to its second win in program history at the ACC Tournament (5/10) ... Knight was named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team... She was selected to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Knight earned Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Knight played high school softball at Patterson Mill ... She pitched in the Patterson Mill's triumph at the Maryland State Championship in 2021 ... Knight was named Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022 ... She earned First Team All-America honors from MaxPreps and Extra Innings ... She was the No. 1 recruit in Maryland, according to MaxPreps.

Personal: She is a native of Baltimore, Md. ... Knight is majoring in health and exercise science in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.