Madeline Pisani

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Clarendon Hills, Ill.
High School:
Hinsdale Central High School
Major:
MS-Organizational Leadership

Awards:

2025 Big 12 Attacker of the Year
2025 All-Big 12 Team
2025 Big 12 Lacrosse All-Tournament Team
2025 Nike Lacrosse Media All-American Honorable Mention
2025 Big 12 Attack Player of the Week (April 1, April 29)
2025 USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American Honorable Mention
2025 Preseason Big 12 Attack Player of the Year
2025 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
2024 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
2024 USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention
2024 Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
2024 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (2/20, 2024); IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week (2/20, 2024)
2024 CSC Academic All-District At-Large
4X Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
2023 IWLCA Spring Academic Honor Roll

Career Highs:
Goals: 7, x2, last vs. SDSU (3/29/2025)
Assists: 4 vs. Cincinnati (4/26/25)
Points: 9, x2, vs. SDSU (3/29/2025)
Ground Balls: 2, x3, last at ASU (4/6/2025)
Draw Controls: 1, x4, last vs. Florida (4/12/25)

Cumulative Career Statistics:
Goals: 117
Assists: 40
Points: 157
Caused Turnovers: 5
Ground Balls: 20
Draw Controls: 7
Shots: 261 (.448)
Shots on Goal: 202 (.774)

2025 (GRADUATE):

Earned Big 12 Attacker of the Year
Named to the All-Big 12 Team
Named to the Big 12 Lacrosse All-Tournament Team
Earned Big 12 Attack Player of the Week (April 1, April 29)
Played and started in all 16 games for the Buffs
Matched a career-high nine points and seven goals against SDSU (3/29/2025)
Reached a career-high four assists against Cincinnati (4/26/2025)
Reached a career-high two ground balls three times, last against ASU (4/6/2025)
Ranked first on the team for total goals (42)
Recorded seven hat tricks, bringing her career total to 21
Scored at least one goal in 15 games
Scored three or more points in 12 games
Scored seven points in the Big 12 Tournament (May 1-3)
Tallied 42 goals, 26 assists, 12 ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers

2024 (SENIOR):

Played and started in all 19 games in the 2024 season and scored at least one goal in every contest
Tallied 67 goals, 13 assists, 80 points, seven ground balls, two caused turnovers, three draw controls and 16 free-position goals (on 27 free-position shots)
Ranked first in the Pac-12 for average goals per game (3.53), first for average shots per game (7.26) and third in average points per game (4.21)
Ranked first on the squad for total goals (67)
Had three or more goals in 14 of 19 games, and five or more goals in four contests
Scored a career-high seven goals against Oregon (Aprill 26), including one free-position goal
Scored 11 goals in the Pac-12 Tournament (May 1-4)
Reached a career-high three assists against UC Davis (May 1)
Matched her career-high in draw controls at USC (April 21)
Matched her career-high in ground balls at USC (May 2)

2023 (JUNIOR):

Played in 11 out of 19 games
Tallied four goals, one assist, one ground ball and caused one turnover
Earned a season-high two goals against Cal (Mar. 19)
Recorded a season-high three points against Cal (May 19)
Had one goal, one ground ball and one caused turnover against SDSU (April 7)

2022 (SOPHOMORE):

Made her college debut in a matchup against Oregon (April 22) where she scored two goals
Scored another two goals in the Pac-12 Tournament, also against Oregon (May 4)
Totaled five shots on the season for an .800 shooting%
Had one draw control against Oregon (April 22) and one free-position goal against Oregon (May 4)

2021 (FRESHMAN):

Did not see action in her freshman season

MAJOR:

Master of Organizational Leadership
Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a Business minor and Leadership minor (2024)

HIGH SCHOOL:

Graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Ill. in 2020
Helped her team win the 2018 Illinois State Championships as a sophomore; the team finished that season with an 18-5 mark
Two-time All-State Selection (2018, 2019)
Member of the Dean’s list all four years
Played club for Summit Lacrosse and Lakeshore Lacrosse

PERSONAL:

Madeline Pisani was born in Clarendon Hills, Ill. and is the daughter of Jen and Guy Pisani
Has two siblings, Jimmy and Joe
Brother, Jimmy, plays lacrosse at University of Michigan (2023-present)
Father, Guy, played football at Miami University of Ohio (1992-1996)
Grandfather played football at Wisconsin
Uncle, Dean Pisani, played football at CU (1985-1988)
Uncle, Jim, played football at Princeton
Cousin, Bella, is on the Track and Field team at University of South Carolina
Favorite hobbies and pastimes include watching hockey, wake surfing, being on a lake or boat and doing yoga
Most thrilling sport moments were winning the 2018 Illinois State Championships and beating Penn State in the 2024 season
Her biggest sports hero is Andrew Shaw. She’s looked up to him since she was 10 years old. She admires his gritty and aggressive play style, and her goal has always been to be as intense of an athlete as her was and to never give up
Wants to travel to Canada
Favorite food is sushi
Fun Fact: Her favorite sports team is the Chicago Blackhawks
After CU, wants to move to Chicago
Chose to attend CU because her uncle played football at CU and ever since she was in middle school, she dreamed of being a Buff and competing athletically