Maddie Epke

Draw Clinician

Maddie Epke

  • Junior, Attacker, from Guilford Connecticut
  • 2025 AAC Attack Player of the Year
  • 2025 Tewaaraton Award Nominee
  • GAIT ATHLETE

Career Highlights:

  • 1st all-time draw controls in JMU history (391)

  • 14th in all-time assists in JMU history (62)

  • Holds single-season record for most draw controls in a season (2024 – 178)

  • Holds JMU and AAC single-game draw control record (23 vs. Charlotte on March 29, 2025)

As a Junior (2025):

  • JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar Athlete List

2024 as a Sophomore: 

  • IWLCA First Team All-South Region

  • USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention

  • ILWomen All-American Honorable Mention

  • American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference

  • American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team

  • 2x IWLCA Division I Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 13, Apr. 9)

  • USA Lacrosse Division I Women’s Player of the Week (Feb. 13)

  • Tewaaraton Award Watch List

  • ILWomen Midseason All-American Honorable Mention

  • 2x American Athletic Conference Attack Player of the Week (Feb. 12, Apr. 8)

  • 2x American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 26, Mar. 25)

  • Started all 20 games on attack

  • Scored 57 goals on 123 shots (.463) – second-most goals for JMU

  • Added 23 assists – third-most for JMU

  • Totaled 80 points – second-most for JMU

  • Led the team with 178 draw controls

  • Put 98 shots on goal (.797)

  • Scored two game-winning goals – at Richmond (Apr. 3) and against Penn State in the NCAA Championship First Round (May 10)

  • Went 11-of-23 from the free position

  • Added 18 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers

  • Tallied 10 hat tricks on the season

  • Recorded 17 multi-point games and posted at least one point in every game this season

  • Ranked sixth in draw controls per game nationally (8.90)

  • Second in the AAC in draw controls per game

  • Fourth in the AAC in goals per game (2.85), fifth in points per game (4.00) and ninth in assists per game (1.15)

  • Totaled seven goals, one assist and 10 draw controls against North Carolina (Feb. 10)

  • Recorded five goals, two assists, three ground balls, three caused turnovers and 11 draw controls against UAlbany (Feb. 25)

  • Career highs in goals, points, shots, shots on goal, free-position goals, draw controls and caused turnovers

  • American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference

  • 2024 U.S. Women’s U20 National Team

  • 2024 U.S. Women’s U20 Training Team

  • Dean’s List (Spring 2024)

  • JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2024)

2023 as a Freshman:

  • VaSID State Rookie of the Year

  • American Athletic Conference Second Team All-Conference

  • 3x American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week (Feb. 27, Mar. 20, Apr. 10)

  • Started all 22 games at attack

  • Only freshman starter of the season

  • Scored 17 goals and added 28 assists for 45 points

  • Ranked 6th in American Athletic Conference in assists per game (1.27)

  • Six assists against High Point (Feb. 25)

  • Was the most assists for any JMU player in a game in 2023

  • Netted multiple goals in five different games

  • Had 72 draw controls, tied for 9th in a single-season in JMU history

  • Was 9th in the conference with 3.27 draw controls per game

  • Controlled seven draws at Rutgers (Apr. 23)

  • Shot 4-for-8 (.500) from the free position

  • Had 14 ground balls

  • Three ground balls vs. Florida (May 6)

  • Seven caused turnovers

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