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2025-26 Softball Fall Roster

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17 Makena Alexander

  • Position IF
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Frankton, Ind.,
  • Highschool Frankton HS

Biography

*BIG EAST Player of the Week (3/10/25)
*BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (4/22/24)

2025 Season (as a sophomore):
Started all 48 games for the Bulldogs...led Butler with nine home runs...second on the team with a .538 slugging %, 31 RBI, and 9 doubles...batted .265 over the season with 35 hits and 18 runs scored...stole three bases...opened the season at the Rosemont Dome going 7-for-17 over five games with four home runs and 12 RBI...named BIG EAST Player of the Week (3/10) after the DePaul series where she was 7-for-10 with two home runs and two doubles and 10 RBI.

2024 Season (as a freshman): Appeared in 48 games, starting 36...played primarily at shortstop and designated player...went 27-for-133 (.239) scoring 9 runs...tallied 3 home runs and 3 doubles and produced 15 total RBI...drew 14 walks and laid down 3 sacrifice bunts...stole 2 bases...named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week after knocking in the game-winning run vs. Creighton (4/19).

PRIOR TO BUTLER: A four-year varsity letterwinner at Frankton who started every season...All-State First Team (2023 & 2022) and Second Team (2021)...All-Conference and All-Area multiple seasons...2022 Max Preps All-America Second Team and Extra Innings All-America First Team...team captain helped lead her team to overall record of 55-22, going 19-2 in conference play...team won back-to-back conference and sectional championships, also winning a regional in 2021...batting: 2023 - .569/.656/1.865/1.208 with 41 hits, 10 HR, and 41 RBI, 2022 - .658/.735/2.342/1.608 with 52 hits, 20 HR, and 56 RBI, 2021 - .532/.600/1.714/1.114 with 42 hits, 12 HR, and 45 RBI...records include: state record 49-game hitting streak, Madison County single-season HR record (20), as well as at Frankfort: single-season average (.658), career HR (42), single-season HR (20), career RBI (142), single-season slugging (1.608)...also played volleyball...academic honors included graduating summa cum laude, 2023 Red Haven Award, Academic All-State and Academic All-Conference: Volleyball, Wrestling, Softball, National Honor Society, History Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, ALA Hoosier Girls State...played for Indy Crush Premier '04 with a 71-45-6 record.

ON CHOOSING BUTLER: "From the time I began travel softball, I knew I wanted to play top-level collegiate softball under an academically selective, prestigious university, and Butler University was the best fit for me to achieve my goals."

PERSONAL: Daughter of Heather & Levi Alexander...has three siblings, Corbin, Thaiden, and Lucy

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2024Freshman

    IF
    5'9"
    16
  • 17

    2025Sophomore

    IF
    5'9"
    17
  • 17

    2026Junior

    IF
    5'9"
    17
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