Career Honors
3x PSAC Scholar-Athlete
6x Dean's List Honors
Member of SAAC
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2016-17)
2016 (Match-by-Match): PSAC Scholar-Athlete and D2ADA Academic Achievement Award...Brake played in all 29 matches in appeared in all 107 of KU's sets in her senior season… She led the Golden Bears with an average of 4.15 digs per set… She finished the year with 444 digs to end her career second in school history with 1,744 for her career… She had seven matches with 20+ digs and 24 matches with double-digit digs… Finished with a season-high 27 digs against Wilmington (9/13)...Came away with 20 digs and two aces against Edinboro (11/5)...Recorded 21 digs against Slippery Rock (11/4)...Notched 27 digs against East Stroudsburg (10/11)...Posted 22 digs against Shippensburg (10/7)...Recorded 17 digs against Seton Hill. Brake is now the fourth player in KU history to surpass 1,500 career digs (9/30)...Posted 13 digs against IUP (9/23)...Recorded 30 digs on Friday at the Urbana Invitational (9/16)...Tallied 27 digs against Wilmington (9/13)...Posted a match-high 22 digs against Holy Family (9/7)...Notched 18 digs against Lees McRae which moved her into fifth place in program history with 1,348 career digs (9/3)...Tallied 11 digs against Winston-Salem (9/2).
2015 (Match-by-Match): PSAC Scholar-Athlete (6/29)...Brake recorded 504 digs, 25 assists and 27 service aces in her junior campaign as a Golden Bear. Her 504 digs in a season rank fifth all-time in school history. She will go into her senior season with 1,300 career digs, which ranks sixth all-time in KU history...Tallied a career-high five aces and 17 digs in a match against Millersville (11/14)...Posted 25 digs in a match against Shippensburg (11/13)...Recorded 11 digs against Lock Haven, moving her up to seventh in KU history in single-season digs with 462 (11/7)...Tallied a team-high 19 digs in a win over East Stroudsburg (11/3)...Posted a team-high 11 digs against West Chester which brought her to 10th in KU history for digs in a single season. She also tied a then-career-high in service aces with three (10/30)...Tallied 20 digs in a win over Chowan (10/24)...Recorded 18 digs against Millersville (10/23)...Recorded 15 digs against Gannon (10/17)...Notched 21 digs against Wilmington (10/13)...Posted 14 digs in a win over East Stroudsburg (10/6)...Recorded a team-high 14 digs against West Chester (10/3)...Posted 13 digs, including the 1,000th of her career, against California (PA) (9/25)...Recorded 21 digs against Fairmont State (9/19)...Tallied season-high 26 digs against West Liberty (9/19)...Notched 19 digs in a win over Shepherd (9/18)...Posted 21 digs against Philadelphia (9/12)...Contributed 15 digs against Southern N.H. (9/12)...Tallied 24 digs against NYIT (9/11)...Recorded 17 digs in a victory over Davis & Elkins (9/5)...Posted 14 digs against Wilmington (9/5)...Tallied 25 digs against Adelphi (9/4).
2014 (Match-by-Match): Named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete (7/6)…In her second season wearing Maroon and Gold, she led the team with 406 digs while also recording 16 service aces in 107 sets...Had 14 digs in a win over Cheyney (11/8)...Had 15 digs against West Chester (11/7)...Had 21 digs in a win over Shippensburg (11/1)...Recorded 19 digs
against Millersville (10/31)...Recorded 16 digs
against Pitt-Johnstown (10/25)...Had 20 digs in a win over Lock Haven (10/24)...Had 13 digs in a win over Cheyney (10/17)...Recorded 12 digs
against Indiana (PA) (10/10)...Recorded 20 digs
against California (PA) (10/10)...Recorded 11 digs
against Seton Hill (10/10)...Recorded 16 digs
against Wilmington (10/7)...Recorded 26 digs
against Millersville (10/4)...Had 22 digs in a win over East Stroudsburg (9/30)...Recorded 18 digs against Lock Haven (9/27)...Had 13 digs in a win over UPJ (9/26)...Recorded six digs and an assist
against Mercyhurst (9/19)...Recorded seven digs and a service ace in a win over Philadelphia (9/12)...Tallied three digs and two aces in a win over Albright (9/8)...Ranked second on the team with 12 digs and added an assist in a win over Elizabeth City State (9/6)...Led the team with 10 digs while adding an assist and a kill in a win over Winston-Salem State (9/6)...Recorded a match-high 23 digs and a team-high three service aces in a win over Ursuline (9/5)...Had nine digs and an assist
against West Virginia State (9/5).
2013 (Match-by-Match): Brake led the team with 390 digs in 32 matches during her freshman campaign as the starting libero, averaging a team-best 3.42/set. She recorded 22 service aces and was second on the team with 29 assists. Brake led the team with four matches of 20 or more digs...Had 15 digs in a win over Cheyney (11/15)...Recorded 18 digs in a win over Cheyney (11/15)...Had 12 digs against Millersville (11/9)...Had 17 digs in a win over Lock Haven (11/2)...Recorded 12 digs against Pitt-Johnstown (11/1)...Had 10 digs against West Chester (10/25)...Recorded 24 digs against IUP (10/19)...Had a career-high 28 digs against Clarion (10/19)...Recorded 19 digs against Seton Hill (10/18)...Had 17 digs against California (PA) (10/18)...Recorded 18 digs against Shippensburg (10/12)...Had 15 digs in a win over East Stroudsburg (10/8)...Recorded 19 digs against Pitt-Johnstown (10/5)...Had 10 digs in a win over Mercyhurst (9/27)...Recorded 26 digs in a win over Slippery Rock (9/27)...Had 21 digs against West Liberty (9/21)...Recorded 15 digs in a win over Charleston (9/21)...Had 11 digs in a win over West Virginia State (9/14)...Had eight digs against Caldwell (9/6)...Recorded eight digs in a win over Philadelphia (9/5).
High School Highlights: Brake played club at Elite Volleyball Training Center in Columbus, Ohio.
| Single-Match Highs |
| Assists |
8 |
vs. East Stroudsburg |
11/11/2016 |
| Aces |
5 |
vs. Millersville |
11/14/2015 |
| Digs |
28 |
vs. Clarion |
10/19/2013 |
The Brake File
Nickname: Maddi
Sheetz or Wawa: Wawa
Sports Role Model? Michael Phelps
Best Sporting Event you Attended: Ohio State vs. Michigan
What Was Your High School Mascot? Hawk
Favorite Social Media Platform: Instagram
Dunkin or Starbucks: Dunkin
Favorite Vacation Destination: Mexico
