2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Head coach JR Payne high-five's Maddie Nolan
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Maddie Nolan
Jersey Number 24

Maddie Nolan

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Zionsville, Ind.
  • High School:
    Zionsville H.S.
  • Prev School:
    Michigan
  • Major:
    Organizational Leadership

Career Honors 

  • 2022-23 Academic All-Big Ten 
  • 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District 
  • 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten 
  • 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-District 
  • 2020-21 Academic All-Big Ten 

Graduate (2023-24) 

  • Started 22 games and played in all 34 
  • Averaged 6.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game 
  • Ranked 18th in the NCAA with a 42.9 3FG% 
  • Was second on the team with 60 3FGM  
  • Finished 10th in the Pac-12 with 1.76 3FGM/game 
  • Scored in double figures 10 times with a season-high of 20 points vs Washington (2/29) 

Senior (at Michigan 2022-23) 

  • Started all 33 games, scoring in double figures 12 times 
  • Averaged a career-best 9.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 32.8 minutes per game 
  • Ranks seventh all-time at Michigan with 167 three-pointers made 
  • Went for 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting against UNLV in the NCAA Tournament (March 17) 
  • Poured in a career-high 22 points, hitting five three-pointers at Michigan State (Feb. 5) 
  • Had 15 points, seven assists, two boards and three steals against Rutgers (Feb. 23) 
  • Had 17 points, including five three-pointers, against Penn State (Jan. 3) 
  • Flirted with a triple-double against Western Michigan (Nov. 16), finishing with nine points, seven boards and a career-high tying seven assists 

Junior (at Michigan 2021-22) 

  • Grabbed All-Big Ten honorable mention from the media for the first conference honors of her career 
  • Named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll for the first time in her career (Jan. 17)  
  • Appeared in all 32 games, starting 27 times 
  • Averaged 8.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 29.0 minutes per game 
  • Tallied 68 three-pointers on 40.5 percent shooting, the 12th-best single-season shooting percentage in program history 
  • Compiled 11 double-figure scoring efforts 
  • Recorded her best NCAA tournament performance with nine points, all by way of three-pointers, against Louisville (March 28)  
  • Scored eight points with two key three-pointers in the second round of the NCAA tournament against Villanova (March 21) 
  • Turned in 17 points and five boards with four triples against Iowa (Feb. 6) 
  • Hit a career-best seven triples for a season-high 21 points at Maryland (Jan. 16) 
  • Recorded a career-high nine rebounds against Oakland (Nov. 22) 
  • Went six-for-seven from the three-point range against UMass Lowell (Nov. 16) 

Sophomore (at Michigan 2020-21) 

  • Appeared in 20 games, starting four times 
  • Averaged 4.5 points and 3.3 rebounds in 21.5 minutes per game 
  • Had the first 20-point game of her career in her second start of the season, going for a career-high 21 points at Wisconsin (Jan. 14) 
  • Made five triples in the game at Wisconsin, becoming the 21st Wolverine in school history to hit at least five in a game 
  • Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in 20 minutes at Oakland (Nov. 27) 

Freshman (at Michigan 2019-20) 

  • Appeared in 26 games, starting the final 11 games of the season 
  • Over the final five games of the season, averaged 10.2 points and 5.0 rebounds in 35.8 minutes per game 
  • Recorded three double-figure scoring games, highlighted by scoring a season-best 13 points twice 
  • Went for 13 points and eight rebounds - both season highs - in Michigan's win over No. 11 Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament (March 6) 
  • Started first game of her career against Purdue (Feb. 6), going for two points, six rebounds and four blocks 

In the classroom  

  • Perusing her master’s in organizational leadership 
High School 
  • Graduated from Zionsville in 2019 
  • Indiana All-Star 
  • Averaged 21.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game as a junior 
  • Helped Zionsville to the state championship game in 2018, earning a spot on the Junior All-Star team as a core member 
  • 2018 All-State 
  • Played in five games a senior after coming back from injury, averaging 13.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game 
  • Graduated as Zionsville's all-time leading scorer (1,361), breaking her mother's record 

Personal 

  • Daughter of Henry and Kris Nolan 
  • Mother, Kris (Veatch), played basketball at New Mexico State (1984-88) and graduated as the program's all-time leading scorer (1,768) 
  • Younger brother Luke plays football at Depauw 
  • Enjoys reading, riding bikes, watching movies and shopping 
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