2025 Baseball Roster
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Molony, Maddox
Jersey Number 9
Maddox Molony
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Ore.
- High School:
- Thurston HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2025
Dean’s List (Winter)
2024
NCBWA Second-Team Freshman All-America
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Dean’s List (Winter)
2023
Dean’s List (Fall)
2025
Dean’s List (Winter)
2024
NCBWA Second-Team Freshman All-America
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Dean’s List (Winter)
2023
Dean’s List (Fall)
2024 SEASON
Earned NCBWA second-team freshman All-America honors and first-team All-Pac-12 Conference recognition … Just the fourth Oregon player to earn NCBWA freshman All-America honors (Kenyon Yovan – 2017; Garrett Cleavinger – 2013; Cole Irvin – 2013) … Only the second Oregon true freshman to be named first-team all-conference since the program was reinstated (Yovan – 2013) … Set Oregon freshman records for both home runs and slugging percentage … Played in 43 games making 39 starts, all at shortstop … Slashed .315/.402/.566 while finishing with a .968 OPS … Went 45-for-143 with 15 extra-base hits (10 HR, 4 2B, 1 3B) with 31 RBI, 32 runs scored and two stolen bases … Reached on free passes 21 times (13 BB, 8 HBP) … Finished with 12 multiple-hit games, including six 3-hit games (second on the team) … Ranked third on the team in multiple-RBI games with 10, including a pair of 3-RBI games and one 4-RBI game … Scored multiple runs 11 times, including scoring three times once … Committed just three errors in 144 chances (.980) … Did not commit an error in the final 22 games of the season, while committing just one in the last 33 games … Led all Ducks in batting average in Pac-12 games while making 22 starts and playing in 24 of the Ducks’ 30 league games … Slashed .338/.440/.649 while finishing conference play with a 1.089 OPS … Went 26-for-77 with seven home runs, 19 RBI, 20 runs scored, one double, one triple and one stolen base … Reached on 14 free passes (11 BB, 3 HBP) … Committed just one error in 75 chances (.987) … Finished league play 11th in batting average and tied for 11th in triples … Missed all of February and a bulk of March with an injury … vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 1-3): Made career debut in the series finale as a defensive replacement at third base … at Arizona State (March 8-10): Saw first Pac-12 action playing in two games, including making first career start in series finale … Entered game two as a pinch runner with the Ducks’ trailing 4-3 in the eighth inning … Drove in Oregon’s final run in its three-run ninth inning with first career hit in a 6-4 win … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) and scored two runs while getting the start at shortstop in an 8-5 series-clinching win … Walked and scored on a Jacob Walsh two-out grand slam in the top of the fourth … Singled and scored in the sixth … vs. Seattle (March 27-30): Played in all four games, starting the last three in a series sweep … Led the Ducks in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits and runs scored … Slashed .750/.786/1.083 with a 1.869 OPS … Went 9-for-12 with two extra-base hits (HR, 2B), four RBI, five runs scored, two walks and a stolen base … Had three hits in each of the final three games of the series …Got the start in game two, beginning a streak of 37 consecutive starts that stretched through the remainder of the season … Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in a 10-2 win … Led off the second inning with a hit before coming around to score to give UO a 1-0 lead … Added a third-inning single before singling and scoring in the seventh … Reached base four times (3-for-4, BB) and scored twice in a series-clinching 9-2 win in game three … Helped Oregon tie the game in the third with a base on balls … Slugged his first career home run to lead off the fifth, sparking a four-run inning … Led off the sixth with a base hit, before reaching on a bunt single in the eighth and scoring in the four-run inning … Had first multi-RBI game of career in a 14-7 series sweep clinching win in the finale … Went 3-for-4 with a walk, double, three RBI and a run scored … Walked in Oregon’s two-run second inning … Singled and scored on a Chase Meggers sacrifice fly in the sixth … Singled and swiped a bag in the seventh … Delivered a bases-loaded, three-run double in the bottom of the eighth … at Portland (April 2): Reached on a pair of HBP and drove in a run in a 7-4 win … Gave Oregon a 6-2 lead in the top of the sixth with a bases loaded HBP … at UCLA (April 5-7): Slashed .385/.429/.769 with a 1.198 OPS … Went 5-for-13 with two extra-base hits (HR, 3B), two RBI, two runs scored and a hit-by-pitch … Went 2-for-5 with a run scored in an 8-4 game-one win … Singled in the second … Reached on a fourth-inning error, advanced to third on a pair of balks and scored on a Carter Garate single … Added a fifth-inning single … Reached base twice (1-for-3, HBP) in game two … Delivered first career triple in the top of the eighth … Homered and drove in a pair of runs while going 2-for-5 with a run scored in a 6-3 series-clinching win in the finale … Belted a two-run home run in the top of the third to give UO a 5-0 lead … vs. Sacramento State (April 9-10): Went 4-for-8 with three extra-base hits (HR, 2 2B), three RBI and three runs scored, while reaching at a .500 clip and slugging 1.125 … Homered and drove in two runs in game one of the two-game series … Slugged a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning … Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a RBI and two runs scored in an 11-4 game-two win … Doubled in the third before reaching on a base hit and scoring in the sixth … Delivered an RBI double in the eighth inning … vs. USC (April 12-14): Batted .286 (2-for-7, 2 BB) while reaching base at a .444 clip in a series win … Drove in a pair of runs and scored once … Reached base twice (1-for-2, BB) while plating two runs and scoring once in a 5-3 series-clinching win in game two … Drove in two runs on bunt single in the Oregon’s four-run fourth inning, scoring Anson Aroz from third and Meggers from second … Came around to score the final run of the inning to give UO a 5-3 lead … vs. Gonzaga (April 16): Reached base three times (1-for-4, 2 HBP) with a home run, three RBI and a run scored in a 14-9 win … Slugged a three-run home run in Oregon’s seven-run third inning … at Stanford (April 19-21): Slashed .364/.462/.909 with a 1.371 OPS in the three-game series … Went 4-for-11 with two home runs, six RBI, four runs, a walk and a HBP … In game one, slugged a pair of homers and finished with a season-high four RBI while going 3-for-4 with two runs scored … Gave Oregon an early 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the top of the second … Pushed the lead to 4-1 with a RBI base hit in the third … Belted a solo homer in the top of the eighth … Reached base three times (1-for-2, BB, HBP) in a 17-5 game-two win … Gave Oregon a 2-0 first-inning lead executing a squeeze bunt … Made it 3-1 with a RBI single in the third before scoring in UO’s three-run inning … Reached twice and scored once in the Ducks’ seven-run eighth inning … Led off the inning with a walk before scoring on a Mason Neville homer … Hit by a pitch later in the inning … at San Francisco (April 22): Had a hit and scored twice in a 7-2 Oregon win … Reached on an error in the second before coming around to score … Singled and scored in the fourth … vs. #11 Oregon State (April 30): Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Oregon’s 9-5 win that clinched a season-series tie … Singled in Oregon’s four-run second inning … Singled in the fifth before scoring Oregon’s final run on a wild pitch … vs. Utah (May 4-5): Slashed .364/.462/.636 with a 1.098 OPS in a series win … Went 4-for-11 with a home run, RBI, two runs scored, a base on balls and a HBP … Reached base four times (3-for-7, HBP) in a doubleheader sweep in the first two games of the series … Went 1-for-4 with a walk in the series finale … Slugged a second-inning solo home run … Walked and scored on a Bennett Thompson home run in Oregon’s four-run eighth inning … at Washington (May 10-12): Slashed .200/.385/800 while finishing series win with a 1.185 OPS … Went 2-for-10 with a pair of homers, three RBI, a team-high five runs scored and three walks … Went 1-for-4 in game one of the series … Gave UO an early 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the third … Reached base three times (1-for-3, 2 BB) with a home run, two RBI and a season-high three runs scored in the 13-6 game-two win … Broke a 4-4 tie in the third with a two-run homer … Walked to lead off the sixth before scoring on a Meggers home run … Walked again in the seventh before scoring on a Meggers three-run double … Scored a run in Oregon’s 5-3 series-clinching win in the finale … Walked and scored to give UO a 2-0 lead in the second … vs. Washington State (May 16-18): Slashed .636/.692/1.000 with a 1.692 OPS in an Oregon series sweep … Went 7-for-11 with two extra-base hits (HR, 2B), four RBI, four runs scored and two walks in the three games … Went 2-for-4 with a double in 9-2 series-opening win … Drove in a pair of runs and scored twice while going 1-for-3 with two walks in an 8-4 win … Singled and scored in the second … Helped Oregon rally from a 4-1 eighth-inning deficit … Delivered a two-run single before scoring on a Bryce Boettcher home run in the Ducks’ seven-run inning … Reached base four times (3-for-4, BB) with a home run, two RBI and a pair of runs scored in a 10-4 win in the finale … Belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to give UO a 4-3 lead … Sparked a two-run rally in the fifth with a one-out single before scoring on a Garate double … at Santa Barbara Regional (May 31-June 2): Reached base twice (1-for-4, HBP) in a 5-4 (11-inning) win over San Diego in game one of the tournament … Broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth with a RBI ground out.
HIGH SCHOOL
The third-ranked player in Oregon and the No. 2 shortstop in the state according to Prep Baseball Report … The No. 9 player in the state by Perfect Game as well as the No. 2 shortstop in Oregon … Rated as the 282nd shortstop in the nation by PG … Four-year letter winner at Thurston High School in Springfield, Ore., and a three-season team captain … Two-time Oregon 5A State Player of the Year (2022, 2023) … Led team to a state championship as a senior after leading team to a spot in the state tournament quarterfinals as a junior … Earned first-team all-state and first-team All-Midwestern League honors as both a junior and senior … Finished senior season with a .487/.559/.974 slash line with 22 extra-base hits (10 HR, 1 3B, 11 2B) among 37 hits … Drove in 27 runs while stealing 21 bases … As a junior, slashed .580/.704/1.000 with 27 extra-base hits (2 HR, 3 3B, 22 2B) among career-high 47 hits … Finished with career highs in batting average, OBP, slugging percentage, hits, RBI (28) and triples … Swiped 19 bags … During sophomore season, slashed .466/.539/.793 with 15 extra-base hits (2 HR, 13 2B) among 27 hits with 25 RBI and one stolen base … Also lettered twice in football and basketball … High school coach was Dennis Minium.
SUMMER BALL
Played for the Bend Elks in 2023.
PERSONAL
Grandfather (Ronald) played baseball at Oregon, while father (Ryan) played baseball at Lane Community College … Younger brother (Connor) signed with Oregon in the November 2024 signing period … Honor Roll student all four years at Thurston … Named the 2021 Chemistry Student of the Year and was class valedictorian.
2024-25 Oregon Baseball Intro Video
Thursday, June 12
Oregon Baseball | Eugene Regional | Postgame vs. Cal Poly
Saturday, May 31
Oregon Baseball | Eugene Regional | Postgame vs. Utah Valley
Saturday, May 31
Grayson Grinsell & Jacob Walsh | NCAA Selection Show
Monday, May 26