2017 Kansas Gatorade Softball Player of the Year - Mady Young

          

ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE
The 5-foot-3 senior shortstop led the Ravens to a 24-1 record and the Class 6A state championship in the spring of 2017. Young banged out 49 hits and amassed a .636 batting average with 13 doubles, seven home runs and six triples. She also stole 27 bases, walked 12 times and carried a .685 on-base percentage and a 1.234 slugging percentage. A two-time Sunflower League MVP, she concluded her prep softball career with a state-record 23 triples.
         

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Young has maintained a weighted 4.49 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of Northern Colorado beginning fall of 2017.