Maddie Russell
Maddie Russell
Year: Jr.
Hometown: West Chester, Pa.
High School: West Chester East

JUNIOR (2021): Earned second career second team All-CC doubles laurel with Cara Freedman, becoming first tandem in school history to receive multiple all-conference accolades ... Went 3-4 from the No. 1 spot ... Named Academic All-Centennial with second consecutive spot on Academic Honor Roll ... Picked up victories over F&M (3/27), Gettysburg (4/10), and McDaniel (5/1) ... Lost in tiebreakers to Muhlenberg and Dickinson ... Took over No. 1 singles spot, winning her final match against McDaniel (5/1)

SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Won 12 of her 14 matches, including a perfect 7-0 mark at No. 2 doubles with Cara Freedman, the first undefeated doubles season by a Bear (minimum five matches) since 1957 ... Conceded three games or fewer in all but two matches, and closest contest was 8-5 ... Finished 5-2 at No. 2 singles, wrapping up campaign with third-set tiebreaker victory against Baldwin Wallace (3/13) ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Elected to All-CC Sportsmanship Team

FRESHMAN (2018-19): Turned in a remarkable debut season, garnering second team All-Centennial Conference doubles honors alongside classmate Cara Freedman ... Pair finished 13-7 overall, including a 6-4 mark in conference play ... Won a tiebreaker against perennial playoff team Haverford ... Also recorded victories over Franklin & Marshall and Washington College ... Led team in singles wins with a 12-8 record and won seven of her ten conference tilts ... Picked up victories over No. 2 players from Franklin & Marshall, Washington College, and nationally ranked Swarthmore

Before Ursinus: Finished third in Ches-Mont League doubles tournament as a senior at West Chester East High School ... 2018 Spellman Humanitarian Award ... National Honor Society ... French Honor Society

Personal: Born July 2, 2000 ... Daughter of Thomas and Kim Russell ... Applied economics major

Why Ursinus? I love the location, size, academics, and the fact that I can continue my tennis career

HONORS

  • Second team All-Centennial Conference doubles (2019, 2021)
  • Academic All-Centennial (2021)
  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
  • All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team (2020)
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021)