- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my No. 1 choice because it is really close to my home and I have the opportunity to play volleyball"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Randolph-Macon College, Bridgewater College, and Roanoke College
Career Highs
Kills: NA
Assists: NA
Service Aces: 1 – (vs. Albright – 9/27/14)
Digs: 7 – (vs. Albright – 9/27/14)
Total Blocks: NA
First-Year (2014): Saw time in 14 matches as a first-year Marlin… Had a season-best seven digs against Albright on September 27… Added five digs against Endicott on October 10.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: Competed in 214 career games… Produced 76 aces, 1,337 digs, and 75 assists… Helped Princess Anne to a 22-5 record as a senior… Ranked among the state leaders in aces as a junior… Honor Roll student.
Personal: Daughter of Cynthia and Andrew Starr… Mom attended Sentara Norfolk School of Professional Nursing and Tidewater Community College, dad attended the University of Phoenix… Has three siblings: Lauren, Joshua, and Noelle.
Get to Know Madelyn
- Enjoys mom's twice baked potatoes, country music, and vacation time at Walt Disney World
- A fan of the Dallas Cowboys and actor Johnny Depp
- Favorites include the book "The Giver," the movie "The Dark Knight Rises," and the TV series "Bones"
- Career goal is to become a child psychologist
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "quiet, thoughtful, ambitious, semi-perfectionist"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "playing the game"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "my defense"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to improve as a player and have a lot of court time"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Albert Einstein. I look up to him for all he did for society; not only in science, but also math"
- People might be surprise to know: "I am obsessed with living in Australia"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I am practicing child psychology among Navy families. I'll be in Australia with my husband and a couple children."
- The most important advice I've received is: "drive it like you stole it" -- Mom
