Maddie Ditta

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The Griz face Portland State Montana at South Campus Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

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Montana beat North Dakota 4-0 at South Campus Stadium on Sept. 12, 2024 in Missoula, Mont.

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Montana beat IU Indianapolis on Sept. 1, 2024 at South Campus Stadium in Missoula, Mont.

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Montana beat Montana State-Billings 2-0 on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024 at South Campus Stadium in Missoula, Mont.

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Year:
Freshman
Position:
M
Hometown:
Riverside, Calif.
Previous School:
Ramona HS

2024 (junior season):

College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
First-team All-Big Sky Conference
Started all 19 matches, averaged more than 84 minutes
Third on team with nine points
Totaled four goals, one assist
All four goals were game-winners
Took 37 shots, put 15 on goal
Scored game-winner in 3-0 home win over Oregon State
Had game-winner in three Big Sky wins (Northern Arizona, Portland State and Idaho State)
Assisted on Jen Estes’ game-winner in 1-0 home win over IU Indianapolis
Took eight shots in 0-0 road draw at Sacramento State
Five times put two shots on goal
Played all 110 minutes in Big Sky semifinal against Sacramento State

2023 (sophomore season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Second-team All-Big Sky Conference
Played in all 19 matches, made 14 starts
One of seven players with multiple goals
Totaled seven points on three goals and one assist
Played more than 72 minutes per match
All three goals were game-winners
Opened the scoring in 4-0 win over Utah Tech and 3-0 road win at Northern Colorado
Goal against Northern Colorado came on a penalty kick
Scored lone goal in 1-0 home win over Idaho State
Assisted on Eliza Bentler’s goal in 3-0 road win at North Dakota State
Took 18 shots, put seven on goal
Took three shots in Big Sky semifinal against Northern Arizona
Five times played all 90 minutes in a match, four of those in league

2022 (freshman season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Played in all 20 matches, made three starts
Averaged 44 minutes per match
One of team’s 13 goal-scorers, one of five players with multiple assists
Tied for eighth on team with four points
Took 21 shots, put six on goal
Scored first collegiate goal in 2-1 road win at Idaho State
Netted the game-winner in the 72nd minute
Assisted on Eliza Bentler’s first career goal in 3-0 home win over CSU Bakersfield
Assisted on Bella O’Brien’s goal in 2-1 road win at Sacramento State
Took season-high three shots three times
Put two shots on goal at Portland against NCAA tournament team
Played 53 minutes in road win at Sacramento State, a regular-season high
Played 77 and 97 minutes in Big Sky quarterfinal and semifinal matches

Career Highs (entering the 2025 season)
Goals: 1, eight times
Assists: 1, four times
Points: 2, eight times
Shots: 8 (Sacramento State, 10.18.24)
Shots on goal: 2, six times
Minutes: 110 (Sacramento State, 11.8.24)

Prep: A 2021 graduate of Ramona High … Won an Olympic Development Program West Region title in 2017 … Won regional and national championships in 2018 with Slammers FC ECNL … Made the Development Academy playoffs in 2019 with Legends FC, ECNL playoffs in 2021 and ’22.

Personal: The daughter of Mike and Alana Ditta ... An integrative physiology major.