| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | 1992 (age 32–33)[1] Houston, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Sport | |
| Country | USA |
| Sport | Softball |
| College team | Tennessee Volunteers |
Madison Shipman (born 1992) is an American former professionalsoftball player. She playedcollege softball atTennessee.[2][3][4]
She attendedValencia High School[5] and she later attended theUniversity of Tennessee, where she played for theTennessee Volunteers softball team from 2011-2014.[6][7] She led the Volunteers to the2013 Women's College World Series championship where they finished as runner up to theOklahoma Sooners.
She was later selected 2nd overall in the 2014National Pro Fastpitch Senior Draft and went on to be named Rookie of The Year and win the 2014 championship with theUSSSA Pride.[8]
Shipman led Tennessee to back-to-backWomen's College World Series appearances in2012 and2013. In 2013, Tennessee advanced to the Women's College World Series finals, where they lost toOklahoma, 2–0.
As a senior in 2014, she won theSenior CLASS Award for softball and theSEC Player of the Year award.[9][10] She also won theHonda Sports Award as the nation's top softball player.[11][12]
She later went on to play professional softball with theUSSSA Pride and theScrap Yard Dawgs ofNational Pro Fastpitch.
Shipman has become a softball and MLB commentator/analyst, working forESPN in USA, and forSportsnet in Toronto, Canada, forToronto Blue Jays telecasts from April 21, 2023.[13]
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2011 | 58 | 137 | 27 | 40 | .292 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 63 | .460 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| 2012 | 66 | 212 | 41 | 66 | .311 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 111 | .523 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 |
| 2013 | 64 | 210 | 52 | 77 | .366 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 130 | .619 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 21 |
| 2014 | 58 | 168 | 56 | 70 | .416 | 54 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 140 | .833 | 46 | 8 | 13 | 17 |
| TOTALS | 246 | 727 | 176 | 253 | .348 | 207 | 44 | 2 | 55 | 444 | .610 | 105 | 71 | 58 | 73 |