Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley ...

JUNIOR (2022): Played and started in all 55 games… hit. 284 on the season with career-highs in home runs with three and doubles with 11… tied for a team-high 38 runs scored… led the team in walks… finished tied for ninth in the WAC in assists this year... earned Academic All-WAC honors. 

SOPHOMORE/COVID YEAR ~ (2021): Played in 51 games which included 50 starts on the season (all at third base) ... posted the third-best batting average on the team with a .266 clip (45-for-169) ... also added two homers, five doubles, 18 RBIs and 24 runs scored ... drew a team-best 15 walks ... posted a .331 slugging percentage and a .324 on-base clip ... recorded 11 multi-hit games, a pair of multi-RBI contests and a seven-game reached base safely streak ... had a trio of three-hit performances by going 3-for-4 in back-to-back games at Utah on May 12 and at New Mexico at May 14 as well as 3-for-5 vs. Tarleton on April 18 ... homered at Dixie State on May 1 and at home vs. NM State on May 8 ... recorded a season-best three-RBI game at Utah on May 12 by going 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored ... helped turn a triple play on May 2 at Dixie State ... registered an .897 fielding percentage with 61 assists and 35 putouts. 

SOPHOMORE ~ (2020): Played and started in 18 of the team's 19 games (all at 3B) before having the season cut short due to COVID-19 ... earned Preseason All-WAC honors ... batted .143 with two doubles, eight walks, five RBIs and six runs scored ... tallied a .260 on-base percentage and a .175 slugging clip ... recorded a seven-game reached base safely streak, a four-game hitting streak, and a pair of both multiple-hit and multiple-RBI contests ...  went 2-for-4 with a run scored at San José State on Feb. 28 ... also posted a 2-for-3 performance with a double in a 1-0 win at Pac-12 foe Washington on March 7 ... tallied a .941 fielding percentage with 35 infield assists and 13 putouts.

FRESHMAN ~ (2019): Played in 45 games and started 42 of them (26 at 3B & 16 at DH) ... led UVU in conference-only play with a .353 batting average in WAC play ... posted a .292 average overall during his freshman season with nine doubles, one triple, one home run, 31 RBIs and 28 runs scored ... also posted a .371 slugging percentage and a .357 on-base clip ... recorded 14 multi-hit games, seven multi-RBI games, a 21-game reached base safely streak and an eight-game hitting streak on the year ... had a four-hit game in a win over the WAC champion New Mexico State Aggies on April 19 with a homer, three RBIs and two runs scored ... drove in a team-high five runs in a win over Pac-12 foe Washington State after going 3-for-5 with a walk and a runs scored ... also went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored at Northern Colorado on April 5 ... registered 44 assists and 17 putouts.  

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at American Fork High School and was named 5A State MVP after leading team to State Championship in 2016 ... batted .348 with eight doubles, two home runs and also pitched for the Cavemen ... named Utah Valley Player of the Year.

Personal ...
Born in Price, Utah ... son of Jessica and Eric Madsen ... has a lot of siblings: one sister (Macee) and four brothers (Maddux, McGwire, Mays and Murphy) ... major is exercise science ... named after Micky Mantle ... served two-year LDS mission in Kennewick, Washington.