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A Pella High School alumna will be competing for an NCAA Championship to finish her first full season in college.

Maddie Parks of the UNI Panthers is heading to the Regional round of 64 this week in Columbia, Missouri. This is the 3rd time the Panthers will be in the NCAA Regional. Parks is a key member of UNI this spring, as the redshirt freshman is 2nd on the team with 31 runs scored, 27 walks, and nine doubles, and 3rd on the team in batting average (.295) and on-base percentage (.452) in 39 starts this spring.

Maddie was a first-team All-State selection in Pella as a senior in 2019, and in her three-year Lady Dutch varsity career, racked up 134 career hits and a .414 batting average, with 96 runs scored and 47 stolen bases in 102 games played.