Maddie Slater

Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
The Woodlands
Hometown:
The Woodlands, Texas

2016: .307 career hitting percentage ranks second all-time at Northwestern ... Nearly helped Northwestern pull an upset of No. 3 Wisconsin with a season high 13 kills on a season high 25 attempts (11/12) ... Reached 300 career blocks in a match at Iowa (10/28) ... Notched a career high six digs at Illinois (10/15) ... Blocked her way into the record books with 14 at Lipscomb (9/9) ... Total ranks second all-time for a single-match at Northwestern ... 13 assisted blocks and 14 total blocks are the most in a four-set match in program history ... Registered a then season-high five blocks in the Wildcats’ sweep of Chattanooga (9/2) ... Notched a season-high nine kills on just 15 attempts in the Wildcats’ win at Virginia (8/27). Tallied a season-high four blocks in that match and earlier in the day during Northwestern’s win vs. Buffalo (8/27).

2015: Academic All-Big Ten ... .344 hitting percentage ranks fourth all-time at Northwestern for a single-season ... Named the Big Ten Player of the Week on Sept. 28 ... Tallied season highs in digs (2) and blocks (7) vs. Purdue (11/15) ... Paced the Northwestern offense with 14 kills and a .417 hitting percentage vs. Illinois (11/4) ... Dominant at the net in Northwestern’s win over No. 3 Penn State with seven blocks (10/10) ... Hit at a season high mark of .636 at Wisconsin with seven kills in 11 attempts (10/4) ... Tied her season-high with four blocks in the Northwestern win at Rutgers (9/25) ... Set a new career in hitting percentage with a .583 mark vs. Milwaukee at the Wildcat Challenge (9/20) ... Had a great offensive showing to help lead Northwestern over Missouri State in five sets with a career high 15 kills on 31 assists (9/12) ... Put forth a good all-around performance vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, setting season highs in kills (6), attempts (14), assists (2) and blocks (4), with her 14 attempts and two assists also setting career bests (9/5) ... Notched four kills on eight attempts in Northwestern’s 3-0 win over New Hampshire (8/28).

2014: Connected eight times on ten swings for a career-high clip of .800 against Maryland (11/29) ... Also added seven blocks in the match ... Put away five kills and hit at a clip of .571 at Minnesota (11/12) ... Also added four blocks against the Gophers ... Buried five kills and added six blocks at No. 9 Illinois (11/8) ... Recorded a career-high nine total blocks in upset victory over No. 9 Illinois (11/5) ... Registered three blocks and two kills against Michigan (10/31) ... Posted eight blocks against Indiana (10/25) ...Tallied six blocks against No. 13 Purdue (10/24) ... Put away five kills and three blocks against Iowa (10/18) ... Notched three kills and three blocks against No. 13 Nebraska (10/15) ... Buried seven kills at a clip of .462 against Ohio State (10/11) ... Had six kills and paced the 'Cats a clip of .466 against defending national champion Penn State (10/8) ... Also added four blocks against Penn State ... Put away four kills and two blocks in win over Maryland (9/27) ... Had four kills on five swings and added five blocks against Rutgers (9/26) ... Notched a career-high eight kills and with just one error in 13 attempts, hit at a clip of .538 against Ohio ... Also added six blocks in the match ... Had seven kills at a clip of .500 and led the `Cats with four blocks against Virginia (9/13) ... Had three kills on four swings and three blocks against Youngstown State (9/12) ... Registered six blocks against Brown (9/6) ... Had four kills and recorded six blocks in win over Cal State Fullerton (9/5) ... Started all three matches at middle blocker ... Notched three kills and five blocks in three-set win against NIU (8/30).

2013 One of four true freshmen to see action this season ... Ranks third on the team with 0.72 blocks per set ... Started 12 of 15 matches played... Had a pair of kills against No. 4 Penn State (10/20) ... Led 'Cats with five blocks against No. 17 Ohio State (10/16) ... Had a kill on four swings against No. 20 Purdue (10/12) ... Contributed a pair of kills and four blocks against Portland State (9/14) ... Sent down a personal-best four kills against Boise State (9/8) ... Collected a season-high seven blocks in season's first win against Milwaukee (8/31) ... Added three kills against the Panthers ... Made collegiate debut at Western Michigan (8/30).

High School: Three-year letterwinner and team captain at The Woodlands High School ... 2010 State Finalist ... 2012 Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association and VYPE Top 30 List ... 2012 Under Armour Coaches Watch List ... 2012 Preseason All Greater Houston 1st Team ... Named to PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces list ... District 14-5A MVP ... Montgomery County Offensive Player of the Year ... Houston Chronicle 2012 All-Greater Houston Preseason 1st Team ... 2012 All-Greater Houston and TGCA All-Star ... 2nd in Junior National's National Division 17 division... 1st in Tour of Texas 17 division ... 1st in Houston Shootout 17 and 18 division ... 1st in Lone Star Regional Qualifier 17 division ... Academic All District three consecutive years.

Personal: Daughter of Jennie and Sam Slater ... Father, Sam, played collegiate football at Weber State from 1980-84 and was drafted to the NFL by the Seattle Seahawks in 1984 ... Major is Learning and Organizational Change with a minor in Business Institutions.