University of Delaware Athletics
2027 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Maddie Diamond
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Science Hill
- Hometown:
- Johnson City, Tenn.
- Major:
- University Studies
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2026Â First-Team All-CAA
- 2026 CUSA All-Freshman TeamÂ
- 2026Â CUSA Home Run Leader (16)
- Freshman single-season home runs (17 - 2026)
 2026 SEASON
- Appeared and started in all 55 games
- Hit .272/.410/.669 with seven doubles, 17 home runs, 46 RBIs, and 41 runs scored
- Had 41 hits and 32 walks
- In 27 CUSA-only games, hit .274/.520/.743 with 10Â home runs, 24 RBIs, 20Â hits, 22 runs scored, and 15 walks
- Set freshman single-season program record for home run
- In single-season program history, finished with the second most home runs, fourth best slugging percentage, third most RBIs and extra base hits, sixth most walks and total bases, seventh best OPS, and 10th most runs scored
- Among freshman seasons in program history, ranked first in home runs, second in RBIs, runs scored, walks, extra base hits, slugging percentage, and OPS, third in total bases, seventh in on base percentage
- In CUSA, ranked first in home runs, seventh in RBIs, eighth in walks, and 10th in total bases, slugging percentage, and OPS
- In CUSA-only games, ranked third in home runs (10), seventh in slugging percentage (.713), eighth in runs scored (22), and ninth in OPS (1.136) and total bases (52)
- Among CUSA freshman, ranked first in home rus, walks, slugging percentage and OPS, second in RBIs, third in runs scored, eighth in doubles and on base percentage
- 13 multi-RBI games, 3rd most in CUSA and most among CUSA freshmen
- Four games with at least four RBIs, second most among CUSA players and most by CUSA freshman
- Hit a home run and drove in four runs on Feb. 15 vs Saint Joseph's
- Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs on Feb. 20 against MarylandÂ
- Went 2-for-2 with two doubles and walks on Feb. 20 against Ohio State
- Went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs, a walk, and a run scored on Feb. 6 against FIU
- Had a stretch of five home runs in a seven-game span from March 22-April 2
- Went 2-for-3 with two home runs, four RBIs, and a walk on April 2 vs UTEP, becoming first Delaware freshman with a multi-home run game since 2016
- Went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, four RBIs, three runs scored, and a walk on April 18 against Kennesaw State
- Went 3-for-3 with two home runs, three RBIs, and three runs scored on May 6 against New Mexico State in the Conference USA TournamentÂ
- Became the seventh player in CUSA history with a multi-home run game in the conference tournament
- Became the first Delaware player with a multi-home run game in the conference tournament since 2021
- Became the first Delaware freshman with two multi-home run games in the same season since 2015
- First-Team All-CAA
- 2026 CUSA All-Freshman TeamÂ
- Hit .302 with runners in scoring position
Bio: Four-year starter at Science Hill... Two-time Big East First-Team All Conference (2022, 2024)... Big East Rookie of the Year in 2022... Kansas City Invitational All Tournament Team in 2023... Two-Time East TN Classic all Tournament Team in 2023... ACFL Showcase Qualifier Champions in 2023 and 2024... Daughter of Sara and Marty Diamond... Father Marty played hockey at Ohio State University and SUNY Fredonia and professionally in various minor leagues from 1994-2002
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