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2025 Softball Roster

Erik Schelkun
Atlantic 10
Erik Schelkun
Erik Schelkun

19 Maddie Kapsimalis

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Glenview, Ill.
  • High School Glenview South
  • Prev School Drexel

Biography

2025 (Senior)
• Finished her career with a 139-game-started streak, including all 48 games her senior season
• Led the team with 40 RBI and 11 doubles and was second with a .342 average, 54 hits, 33 runs and five home runs
• Posted career highs in runs (33), doubles (11) and stolen bases (10)
• Led the team with 11 multi-RBI games, was second with 18 multi-hit games and equaled the team's longest hitting streak with 10 games
• Finished her career as a Flyer listed in several categories in the Dayton record book: 6th on base percentage (.431), 6th RBI (107), 7th batting average (.346), 7th walks (61), 7th doubles (33) and in 8th home runs (17)
• Named A-10 Player of the Week May 5
• Named to the A-10 All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team
• Named a 2024-25 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2024 (Junior)
• Was one of three players to start all 54 games
• Led the team with 43 RBI (4th A-10), 31 walks (6th A-10) and eight home runs (t-5th A-10)
• Second on the team with .341 average, 56 hits (t-5th A-10) and 10 doubles
• Tied for first on the team with nine multi-RBI games and put together the team's longest reached-base streak at 29 games
• Recorded 50 putouts and 63 assists in the middle infield
• Named A-10 Player of the Week April 2
• Named to the A-10 All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team
• Named to the NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Third Team
• Honored by her teammates as the squad's Co-Offensive Player of the Year
• 2024 CSC All-District® Team
• Named a 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2023 (Sophomore)
• Saw action in 50 games with 43 starts in her first season as a Flyer
• Posted a .358 average with 44 hits
• Led the team with 15 walks
• Was second on the team with 12 doubles to go with four home runs
• Tallied 12 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games
• Put together a 12-game reached-base streak
• Named A-10 Player of the Week March 27
• Named to the A-10 First Team (DP) and Second Team (2B)
• Named a 2022-23 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2022-23 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior to UD
• Played one season at Drexel
• 2022: appeared in 26 games starting 18, posted a .340 average with five RBI, 11 runs, three doubles and 14 walks, and was named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll 
• Graduated from Glenbrook South High School in 2021 with four varsity letters.
• Two time Second-Team Class 4A All-State team and All-Conference teams
• Tied the state record for a single-season hitting streak in 2021

Personal
• Parents: Kathy and Greg Kapsimalis
• Sibling: Alexa Kapsimalis
• Major: Sports and Wellness

Career Highs
Hits: 4, NKU 04-16-24
Doubles: 3, vs Northern Illinois, 03-03-24
Triples: 1, at UC San Diego, 02-23-24
Home Runs: 2, vs Massachusetts, 3-25-23; Loyola Chicago, 3-29-24; Northern Kentucky 04-16-24
Total bases: 10, Loyola Chicago 03-29-24; Northern Kentucky 04-16-24
RBI: 7, Loyola Chicago, 3-29-24 
Runs Scored: 3, Massachusetts, 3-25-23; at Loyola Chicago 04-13-25
Walks: 4, at Saint Louis, 05-04-24
At Bats: 5, Four Times
Putouts: 4, Five Times
Assists: 5, Three times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2023Sophomore

    Infield
    5'5"
    19
  • 19

    2024Junior

    Infield
    5'5"
    19
  • 19

    2025Senior

    Infield
    5'5"
    19