Biography
Career Honors:
1st in Career Blocks with 203 (2019-23)
3rd team All-MIAA Center (2021-22)
2x Honorable Mention All-MIAA Center (2020-21 & 22-23)
3x All-MIAA Defensive Team member (2020-21, 21-22 & 22-23)
Only Lion to have games with 5, 6, and 7 blocks in a career
Single-season blocks record with 72 in 2022-23
Junior record for blocks in a single-seaosn in 2022-23 with 72
Sophomore record for blocks in a single-season in 2020-21 with 50
Freshman record for blocks in a single-season in 2019-20 with 33
Only Lion to have a 30-point 20-rebound game (at Rogers State Jan. 28th, 2021)
3rd best single-season blocks total in Southern history in 2020-21 with 50
4th best single-season blocks total in Southern history in 2021-22 with 48
3rd Lion to have a 20-point 20-rebound game (at Emporia State Jan. 16th, 2021)
2022-23 - Stokes started in all 36 games for the Lions as a center as she continues to be one of the premier rim protectors in Division-IIÂ while averaging 8.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 0.6 assists and 0.5 steals a game in 22.1 minutes ... For the season scored 306 points going 135-for-240 from the field, 36-for-49 from free throws while grabbing 302 rebounds, dishing out 22 assists, blocking 72 shots and collecting 17 steals ... Shot 56.3 percent from the field and 73.5 percent from free throws.
2021-22 - Stokes appeared in 28 games for the Lions getting the start in 22 as a center... Averaged 10.0 points, 7.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists a game while shooting 48.3 percent from the field... Became the 13th Lion to eclipse 500 points and 500 rebounds in a career joining the exclusive club against #2 Fort Hays State (Jan. 20th)... Became the career leader in blocks against #14 Nebraska-Kearney (Jan. 22nd)... Became the 53rd Lion to eclipse 500 career points against Northwest Missouri (Jan. 1st)... Scored a season-high 25 points against Pittsburg State (Feb. 16th) going 8-of-15 from the field and 9-of-10 from free throws while adding 13 rebounds a block and a steal... Swatted five shots against Northeastern State (Jan. 11th) while also having 12 points and eight rebounds... Registered eight games this season with 10 or more rebounds... Eclipsed 15 points eight times this season and 20 points once... Notched a double-double in five games this season... As a team the Lions ranked in Division II, 8th in fewest turnovers committed per game (12.2), 24th in three's attempted (701), 30th in assist-turnover ratio (1.08), 32nd in three point field goal defense (27.2) and turnover margin (+4.23), 33rd in three's made (221), 34th in fewest turnovers committed (377), 40th in rebounds (1,207), 41st in free throws made (416), 43rd in scoring margin (+10.3), 46th in free throws attempted (574) and 49th in blocks (111)... In the MIAA the Lions were first in blocks per game (3.6), field goal percentage defense (37.2) and turnover margin (+4.23). Second in defensive rebounds per game (27.9), rebounds per game (38.94), three's made and attempted (221-701) and three's made per game (7.1). Third in Blocks (111), offensive rebounds per game (11.0), rebounds (1,207), scoring margin (+10.3), three point field goal defense (27.2) and fewest turnovers committed per game (12.2). Fourth in assist-turnover ratio (1.08), fewest turnovers committed (377), free throws made and attempted (416-574), scoring defense (59.7) and turnovers forced per game (16.39). Fifth in steals (253), Sixth in assists (406), steals per game (13.1) and three point percentage (31.5)... Helped set the team record for made and attempted three's in a single-season going 221-for-701 while tying the single-game records for makes and attempts as well.
2020-21 - Stokes appeared and started all 23 games for the Lions ... On the season averaged 24.9 minutes a game, 10.3 points per game, 10.5 rebounds a game, shooting 53.6 percent from the field, 78.2 percent from the free throw line and averaged 2.2 blocks per game ... Stokes has firmly established herself as one of the best shot blockers in not only the MIAA but Division II and as one of the premier rebounding and scoring options as a center ... Became the first Lion to ever achieve a 30-point, 20-rebound game in the Lions 81-78 overtime win on the road against Rogers State (Jan. 28th) finishing with 31 points and 21 rebounds going 13-of-19 from the field and 5-of-7 from the free throw line while tying the school's single-game shot record with seven ... Became the third Lion to join the 20-point and rebound club as well after scoring 21 points and grabbing 22 rebounds (10 offensive) in the Lions road game against Emporia State (Jan. 16th) ... Had seven double-doubles on the season, six games with four or more blocks, five games scoring 15 or more, four games with 15 or more rebounds, three games scoring 20 or more, and had two games with five or more blocks ... In Division II ranked ninth in rebounds (242), tenth in blocked shots (50), 15th in defensive rebounds per game (8.2), 19th in blocked shots per game (2.17) and 34th in double-doubles (7). Led the MIAA in blocked shots per game, second in blocked shots, defensive rebounds per game, rebounds, fifth in double-doubles, eighth in offensive rebounds per game (22.3), 21st in field goals made (97) and 30th in free throws made (43) ... As a team the Lions ranked in Division II, ninth in blocked shots (98) and free throws made (331), 12th in free throws attempted (446), 24th in rebounds (860) and 30th in blocked shots per game. In the MIAA ranked second in blocked shots per game (4.3), defensive rebounds per game (27.5), third in blocked shots, fourth in field goal defensive percentage (38.4), free throws made and sixth in free throws attempted
2019-20 - Appeared in all 28 games for the Lions starting seven during her redshirt freshman season at Southern where she averaged 16.0 minutes per game … averaged 6.2 points, 0.75 assists, and 0.5 steals per game … She posted a season-high 22 points vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan (12/17/19) where she was 11-of-17 from the field.
2018-19 - Redshirted.Â
Prior to Southern - Was a four-year letter winner for head coach Chris Shore, while earning a letter in volleyball at Cassville High School ... standing at 6’4, she finished her scholastic as part of the 1,000-point and 1,000 rebound clubs by scoring 1,440 points and grabbing 1,028 rebounds with the peak coming as junior with 502 points and 288 rebounds for the Wildcats, while registering a field-goal percentage of over 70 in back-to-back seasons (senior and junior) … landed on the second-team All-District team in her first year playing high school basketball which launched her towards first-team All-District and Conference honors in addition to Joplin Globe All-tournament recognition as a senior and junior … also named to the Galena All-tournament team in all four years as well as the Southwest All-tournament squad from sophomore to senior year where they won the Southwest tournament during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, adding a Galena tournament title during the 2017-18 campaign (named SW MVP as a junior) … inducted into the National Honors Society during junior year.
Personal - Madi is the daughter of Travis Stokes and is pursuing a major in special education at Southern.
