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Jersey Number 44
Maddy Porter
- Position:
- Goalie
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- Montrose, N.Y.
- High School:
- Hendrick Hudson
2024 & 2025 NCAA Statistical Champion – Ground Balls Per Game
2025 MAC Goalkeeper of the Year
2024 MAC Freshman of the Year
2025 All-MAC First Team
2024 All-MAC Second Team
2024 MAC All-Freshman Team
2025 MAC All-Tournament Team
Program Records Held (ahead of 2026)
Career
Saves: 311
Saves per Game: 9.72
Save Percentage: .473
Goals Against Average: 11.71
Ground Balls: 134
Single Season
Saves: 179 (2025)
Saves per Game: 10.53 (2025)
Save Percentage: .485 (2025)
Ground Balls: 71 (2025)
Single-Game
Saves: 20 at Marquette (3/17/24)
Ground Balls: 11 at Detroit Mercy (4/7/24)
EMU: A two-time NCAA statistical champion after leading the nation in ground balls per game in both 2024 and 2025, Porter has been highly decorated in her first two years in Ypsilanti… 2025 MAC Goalkeeper of the Year and 2024 MAC Freshman of the Year… Two-time All-MAC honoree, including first team in 2025 and second in 2024… 2025 MAC All-Tournament Team selection as well… Program record holder in nearly all goalkeeper categories and ground balls… 2025: Finished her sophomore season by being named the 2025 MAC Goalkeeper of the Year, 2025 All-MAC First Team, and 2025 MAC All-Tournament Team… Led the NCAA in ground balls per game average (4.18) for the second consecutive year… Tallied a program-record 179 saves while recording double-digit stops in 8-of-17 games played, including a season-high 18 in the opener with San Diego State (Feb. 9)… Posted 10 ground balls at Kent State for season-high total and just one off her single-game record of 11 set one year earlier… Recorded 11 caused turnovers on the year, including three each at Robert Morris (March 16) and home against Detroit Mercy (April 6)… Earned MAC Goalkeeper of the Week three times… First honor came March 4 after leading Eastern to three consecutive wins, including two on the road, as she tallied 30, 11 ground balls, and two caused turnovers… Honored one week lager (March 11) after posting 17 saves in two games… Final honor came April 8 after leading the Eagles to a 13-8 win over Detroit Mercy where she posted 11 saves, seven ground balls, and three caused turnovers… Came up big in the final two MAC games of the year, tallying 14 saves at Kent State (April 13) and nine against Akron (April 20) to help EMU finish 4-2 in league play and eventually earn a share of the MAC regular season title… Earned Academic All-MAC honors… 2024: One of the top players in the conference as a true freshman, she was named the 2024 MAC Freshman of the Year, 2024 All-MAC Second Team, and 2024 MAC All-Freshman Team… Posted a 5-8 record in goal as she appeared in 15 games and earned a start in 14… Tallied 63 ground balls for an average of 4.20 per game, an average that lead the NCAA Division I rankings… Her 8.80 saves per game and .457 save percentage ranked 27th and 31st, respectively, in the NCAA… Set three single-season school records, including ground balls (63), saves (132), and saves per game (8.80)… Ranked second in both save percentage (.457) and goals-against average (12.17)… Posted four games of 10+ saves, including a school-record 20 at Marquette (March 17), a total that tied for fourth in a single game nationally… Added 13 against Xavier (April 17) for the second-most in a single game at EMU… Active around the crease, she collected six or more ground balls in five different games… Had four in her debut at No. 7 Notre Dame (Feb. 9) before upping her career-best to eight at Lafayette, which tied for 19th-most in the NCAA for a single game… Added nine more at Marquette, the tied-for ninth most in a single game nationally before raising her best to 11 at Detroit Mercy (April 7), the tied-for second-most in a single game in NCAA Division I… Holds the top three single-game ground ball rankings in program history… Was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week (April 9) after grabbing a 12-9 win at Detroit Mercy with 10 saves and 11 ground balls… Finished third on the team with 12 caused turnovers… Tallied a career-high three against Butler (March 15) to tie for fifth on the program’s single-game ledger… HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Hendrick Hudson High School (Montrose, N.Y.)… Was a five-year varsity starter under Head Coach Robert Molfetta and served as a team captain for the Sailors her senior season… Named a 2023 US Lacrosse Magazine All-American… Other accolades earned include three-time all-league, two-time all-section, and NYS Section I, Class C… Named a Westchester/Putnam All-Star twice… 2023 HHHS Female Athlete of the Year and 2023 NYS Scholar Athlete… Set school single-game records for saves with 21 and passes intercepted by a goalie with eight... Helped her team capture the 2021 NYS Section 1 Championship... Also competed in volleyball, basketball, and tennis... Played basketball for three years and served as a team captain, earning all-league honors once… A three-year member of the volleyball team, she helped the squad to the 2023 NYS State Championship after taking runner-up honors in 2022… Also won the NYS Section I, Class C title twice and the NYS regional crown twice… Played on year of varsity tennis as well… earned NYS Scholar Athlete awards in all three sports as senior… At the club level, has played eight years for Prime Time under Head Coach Stephanie Hopkins... PERSONAL: Full Name: Madison Porter... Parents are Robert and Trina Porter... Has three brothers, Kenny, Alan, and Andrew, and two sisters, Mackenzie and Jordan...Comes from an athletic family as her mom, a native Michigander, played softball in college at NCAA Division II Pace University (New York) after serving five years in the United States Army, where she also played for the All Army Softball Team… Her sisters Mackenzie and Jordan both play lacrosse at Missouri Western State… Undecided major.
2025 MAC Goalkeeper of the Year
2024 MAC Freshman of the Year
2025 All-MAC First Team
2024 All-MAC Second Team
2024 MAC All-Freshman Team
2025 MAC All-Tournament Team
Program Records Held (ahead of 2026)
Career
Saves: 311
Saves per Game: 9.72
Save Percentage: .473
Goals Against Average: 11.71
Ground Balls: 134
Single Season
Saves: 179 (2025)
Saves per Game: 10.53 (2025)
Save Percentage: .485 (2025)
Ground Balls: 71 (2025)
Single-Game
Saves: 20 at Marquette (3/17/24)
Ground Balls: 11 at Detroit Mercy (4/7/24)
EMU: A two-time NCAA statistical champion after leading the nation in ground balls per game in both 2024 and 2025, Porter has been highly decorated in her first two years in Ypsilanti… 2025 MAC Goalkeeper of the Year and 2024 MAC Freshman of the Year… Two-time All-MAC honoree, including first team in 2025 and second in 2024… 2025 MAC All-Tournament Team selection as well… Program record holder in nearly all goalkeeper categories and ground balls… 2025: Finished her sophomore season by being named the 2025 MAC Goalkeeper of the Year, 2025 All-MAC First Team, and 2025 MAC All-Tournament Team… Led the NCAA in ground balls per game average (4.18) for the second consecutive year… Tallied a program-record 179 saves while recording double-digit stops in 8-of-17 games played, including a season-high 18 in the opener with San Diego State (Feb. 9)… Posted 10 ground balls at Kent State for season-high total and just one off her single-game record of 11 set one year earlier… Recorded 11 caused turnovers on the year, including three each at Robert Morris (March 16) and home against Detroit Mercy (April 6)… Earned MAC Goalkeeper of the Week three times… First honor came March 4 after leading Eastern to three consecutive wins, including two on the road, as she tallied 30, 11 ground balls, and two caused turnovers… Honored one week lager (March 11) after posting 17 saves in two games… Final honor came April 8 after leading the Eagles to a 13-8 win over Detroit Mercy where she posted 11 saves, seven ground balls, and three caused turnovers… Came up big in the final two MAC games of the year, tallying 14 saves at Kent State (April 13) and nine against Akron (April 20) to help EMU finish 4-2 in league play and eventually earn a share of the MAC regular season title… Earned Academic All-MAC honors… 2024: One of the top players in the conference as a true freshman, she was named the 2024 MAC Freshman of the Year, 2024 All-MAC Second Team, and 2024 MAC All-Freshman Team… Posted a 5-8 record in goal as she appeared in 15 games and earned a start in 14… Tallied 63 ground balls for an average of 4.20 per game, an average that lead the NCAA Division I rankings… Her 8.80 saves per game and .457 save percentage ranked 27th and 31st, respectively, in the NCAA… Set three single-season school records, including ground balls (63), saves (132), and saves per game (8.80)… Ranked second in both save percentage (.457) and goals-against average (12.17)… Posted four games of 10+ saves, including a school-record 20 at Marquette (March 17), a total that tied for fourth in a single game nationally… Added 13 against Xavier (April 17) for the second-most in a single game at EMU… Active around the crease, she collected six or more ground balls in five different games… Had four in her debut at No. 7 Notre Dame (Feb. 9) before upping her career-best to eight at Lafayette, which tied for 19th-most in the NCAA for a single game… Added nine more at Marquette, the tied-for ninth most in a single game nationally before raising her best to 11 at Detroit Mercy (April 7), the tied-for second-most in a single game in NCAA Division I… Holds the top three single-game ground ball rankings in program history… Was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week (April 9) after grabbing a 12-9 win at Detroit Mercy with 10 saves and 11 ground balls… Finished third on the team with 12 caused turnovers… Tallied a career-high three against Butler (March 15) to tie for fifth on the program’s single-game ledger… HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Hendrick Hudson High School (Montrose, N.Y.)… Was a five-year varsity starter under Head Coach Robert Molfetta and served as a team captain for the Sailors her senior season… Named a 2023 US Lacrosse Magazine All-American… Other accolades earned include three-time all-league, two-time all-section, and NYS Section I, Class C… Named a Westchester/Putnam All-Star twice… 2023 HHHS Female Athlete of the Year and 2023 NYS Scholar Athlete… Set school single-game records for saves with 21 and passes intercepted by a goalie with eight... Helped her team capture the 2021 NYS Section 1 Championship... Also competed in volleyball, basketball, and tennis... Played basketball for three years and served as a team captain, earning all-league honors once… A three-year member of the volleyball team, she helped the squad to the 2023 NYS State Championship after taking runner-up honors in 2022… Also won the NYS Section I, Class C title twice and the NYS regional crown twice… Played on year of varsity tennis as well… earned NYS Scholar Athlete awards in all three sports as senior… At the club level, has played eight years for Prime Time under Head Coach Stephanie Hopkins... PERSONAL: Full Name: Madison Porter... Parents are Robert and Trina Porter... Has three brothers, Kenny, Alan, and Andrew, and two sisters, Mackenzie and Jordan...Comes from an athletic family as her mom, a native Michigander, played softball in college at NCAA Division II Pace University (New York) after serving five years in the United States Army, where she also played for the All Army Softball Team… Her sisters Mackenzie and Jordan both play lacrosse at Missouri Western State… Undecided major.
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