2017 Baseball Roster
Charlie Madden
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Dunwoody, Ga.
- High School:
- Dunwoody HS
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Team
2017 Perfect Game/Rawlings Midseason All-American (Second Team)
2017 SoCon Player of the Week (March 20-26)
2017 SoCon Player of the Week (Feb. 20-26)
2017 Johnny Bench Award Watch List
2017 Preseason All-SoCon Second Team
2016 MLB Draft 25th Round Selection (No. 746) (Chicago White Sox)
2016 Johnny Bench Award Watch List
2015 NCAA Tallahassee All-Regional Team
2015 Academic All-SoCon Team
SoCon Player of the Month (May, 2015)
2015 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2015 Johnny Bench Award Watch List
2015 Preseason All-SoCon Second Team
SEASON-BY-SEASON
2016 at Mercer: Durable catcher appeared in 57 games including 53 starts … Set career-highs in nearly every offensive category while managing the SoCon's top pitching staff … Batted .287 with 56 hits and 11 home runs … Added 50 RBIs, 49 runs scored, 28 walks … Compiled a .492 slugging percentage and .385 on-base percentage … Threw out 16 runners while posting a career-high .990 fielding percentage … Helped lead a Mercer pitching staff featuring 11 underclassmen and zero seniors to the SoCon's best team-ERA (4.82) in league play … Finished with 13 multi-hit efforts and 15 multi-RBI performances, good for second-best among the Bears … Went 3-for-3 with career-highs of five RBIs and two home runs against Austin Peay (March 6) … Scored career-high four runs in 2-for-4 performance at Florida A&M (May 11) … Tacked on four RBIs in 3-for-3 effort in Mercer's SoCon regular season championship-clinching win at UNCG (May 20) … Collected six hits and two multi-hit performances in SoCon Championship play including a game-tying home run in the ninth inning of the championship game against Western Carolina (May 29).
2015 at Mercer: Starting catcher that caught fire in the second half of the season … Played in all 58 games as a sophomore with 57 starts including 52 behind the plate … Batted .272 on the season after hitting .415 over his final 19 contests … Ranked third on the team with nine home runs and second on the squad with 49 RBIs … Also tallied 14 doubles and one triple to total 24 extra-base hits … Ended the year ranked third on the team with a .485 slugging percentage … Finished with 16 multiple-hit performances and 11 multiple-RBI efforts … Hit .467 with one home run and nine RBIs in the SoCon Tournament … Put together an eight-game hitting streak from Apr. 21 to May 3 … Had a pair of four-hit performances … Topped the squad with 13 sacrifice hits … Also recorded 30 runs scored and 26 bases on balls while sporting a .359 on-base percentage … Threw out 19 runners to rank second in the league … Drove in a career-high six RBIs in the Bears’ win over Samford (May 14) that clinched at least a share of the 2015 SoCon regular season crown.
2014 at Mercer: Played in 47 games with 39 starts during true freshman campaign … Helped team to a 28-10 record as a starting catcher … Hit .269 on the year while batting primarily from his spot in the middle of the lineup Recorded a .341 batting average with runners in scoring position … Compiled 15 extra-base hits with 12 doubles and three home runs … Notched nine multi-hit performances … Put together a six-game hitting streak (Apr. 17-26) … Drove in 22 runs on the year … Tallied a .425 slugging percentage … Reached base via a walk on 16 occasions … Swiped two bases on three attempts … Ranked third on the team with nine sacrifices … Finished second on the team with 238 putouts … Went 2-of-4 with three RBI against Belmont (Mar. 1) … Plated a season-best four runs in wins over Kennesaw State (Mar. 15) and Alabama State (Apr. 1) … Had a career outing in a 4-3 win over Georgia Tech on April 23, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and a RBI.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Dunwoody High School under head coach Chan English … Was named team MVP as a senior and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior … Named a two-time All-Dekalb County team selection and helped Dunwoody to a Region Championship as a senior.
Personal: Son of Chuck and Donna Madden … Born on September 1, 1995 in Dunwoody, Ga. … Plans to major in business at Mercer … Lists Josh Hamilton as his favorite athlete and the Atlanta Braves as his favorite sports team.
