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2018-19 Illinois Wesleyan Women's Basketball Roster

23 Maddie Merritt

  • Position Center
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Downs Tri-Valley HS
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ill.

Biography

Has earned four letters (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)...

2018-19: Chosen to the third team of D3hoops.com all-Central Region squads... Elected to play in inaugural Beyond Sports Women's Collegiate All-Star Game presented by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association ... Named to the first team (unanimous) of all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-star squads ... Named CCIW "Player of the Week" on Dec. 10 for her play vs. Wis.-Stevens Point, Elmhurst and Augustana … Named CCIW "Player of the Week" on Nov. 26 for her play vs. Wis.-Whitewater, DePauw and WashU ... Chosen as "Most Valuable Player" honoree ... Played and started all 28 games … Led team with 16.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game … Had season single-game highs of 29 points (vs. WashU), 12 rebounds (vs. North Central) and four assists (three games) … Led team in scoring in 13 games … Led team in rebounds in 10 games … Finished career as IWU's fifth leading scorer (1,408 points), 14th in rebounds (580) and the all-time leader in free throws (414) and free throw percentage (.854, 414 of 485) ... 

2017-18: Named to the second team of all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-star squads ... Played and started all 29 games … Had season single-game highs of 19 points (vs. Augustana), 10 rebounds (vs. Oberlin College) and three assists (at Augustana) … Led team in scoring in four games … Led team in rebounds in six games …

2016-17: Named to the second team of all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-star squads ... Chosen "Player of the Week" in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin on Jan. 9 for her play against Millikin and Wheaton … Played in 28 games and started in 24 ... Set career-high's in points with 24 (vs. Augustana), rebounds with 10 (vs. Wheaton), assists with three (vs. Carroll), and steals with three (vs. Carroll) ... .856 free-throw percentage is a program record for a single-season ... 

2015-16: Played in all 27 games and started 15 games ... Had season single-game highs of 18 points (vs. North Central), 10 rebounds (two games) and two assists (vs. Oberlin) ... Led team in scoring two times ... Led team in rebounds in nine games ...

AT TRI-VALLEY HS: Three-sport athlete playing volleyball, basketball and softball ... First team All-State selection in basketball as a senior ... Heart of Illinois Conference first team selection (2015) ... Finished with career totals of 2,068 points and 1,027 rebounds in basketball ...

PERSONAL: Madalyn Marie Merritt ... Born July 15, 1997 ... Majoring in business administration at Illinois Wesleyan ... Daughter of Ron and Karen Merritt ...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2015-16Freshman

    Center
    6'0"
    23
  • 23

    2016-17Sophomore

    Center
    6'0"
    23
  • 23

    2017-18Junior

    Center
    6'0"
    23
  • 23

    2018-19Senior

    Center
    6'0"
    23