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2017-18: Earned second-team all-Sun Belt Conference recognition in her last season as a Jaguar … Averaged 75.38 strokes per round and claimed three top-10 finishes in six spring events after sitting out the fall season due to injury … Tied for second out of 37 and shot her low round of the season (69, -3) at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Individual Collegiate Championship … Tied for sixth at the UNF Collegiate (217, +1) and the Bama Beach Bash (219, +3) … Received the Beth Barry Award recognizing the most outstanding student-athlete on the USA women’s golf team.

2016-17: Competed in eight events ... Recorded three top-20 finishes as a junior ... Tied for 20th at the USA Invitational ... Tied for 15th at the Chris Banister Golf Classic ... Tied for 15th at the Samford Shootout ... Missed two tournaments (Bama Beach Bash, Panther Invitational) due to injury.

2015-16: Competed in eight events ... Had a career-best 77.79 stroke average spanning 24 rounds ... Earned one top-10 and one top-20 finish ... Recorded low 1-under par 71 in the second round of the Samford Women’s Intercollegiate.

Summer 2015: Finished tied for 10th place at the Kentucky Women’s Open at Cardinal Club in Louisville, Ky., after posting a two-round, 7-over par total of 151 ... Shot 3-over par 75 in the opening round, followed by a 4-over par 76 in the final round.

2014-15: Competed in seven events ... Made her Jaguar debut at the FedEx Memphis Invitational, where she shot 7-over par 79 in her first career round at USA ... Tied a season-best round of 5-over par 77 in the final round of the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Championships, where she finished tied for 21st.

High School: Lettered six years at Calloway County High School in Murray, Ky. ... Helped lead CCHS to back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Golf Championships as a junior and senior ... Also helped CCHS capture three straight regional titles from 2011-13 ... Earned a top-10 finish (6th place) at the PGA Junior Series at Mirimichi with a three-round total of 235 in 2013.

Personal: Full name is Madison Raye Connell ... Born June 21, 1996, in Columbia, Mo. ... The first of two children to Jay and Kellie Connell ... Father played baseball at Murray State ... Favorite athlete is Rory McIlroy ... Lists chicken as her favorite food. 

Major: Communication