Maddie Hurst

Bio

Career honors:

• 2024 SAC Freshman of the Year
• 2024 AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year
• 2024 1st Team All-SAC 
• 2024 SAC All-Freshman Team
• 2025 1st Team All-SAC
• 2025 CSC Academic All-District
• SAC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 17, 2025)

2025 (Sophomore): Hurst grabbed her second First Team All-SAC nod this season after 14 games this season with double-digit kills. She finished the year 9th in the SAC in kills per set with 2.95, and led the Eagles in hitting percentage with a .332 accuracy clip. She was 5th in the SAC in attacking percentage and ranked 69th in DII. Thanks to a midseason surge, the sophomore broke multiple single-game hitting percentage records. She aided Carson-Newman in hitting an astounding .616 against Tusculum to help the team set a single-game record for attacking percentage; she notched the third-highest single-game hitting percentage from an individual in C-N volleyball history (.636). Just a few weeks later, she hit .652 against LMU. Then, with a .677, landing 22 kills on 31 swings with one error against Newberry, she matched the school record for single game attacking percentage. That week in November garnered her weekly honors from the conference. She strung together 13 games in a row with nine or more kills down the most important stretch of the season. Hurst has led the Eagles in hitting percentage 10 times in 2025. Her .332 hitting percentage is 8th all-time in the CNVB single-season record books. 

Her 22 kills against Newberry on November 14th was the third time in 2025 she eclipsed the 20 kill mark, also meeting that mark on Oct. 24th against Catawba and knocked down a career high 23 kills on Oct. 17th against Coker. She landed 7 kills in the first round of the Southeast Regional vs Flagler. 

2024 (Freshman): Played all games but one in her freshman season. Her 292 kills was second among Eagles players by 1 and she landed 6th among all other SAC players. A consistent presence at the net, Hurst logged 16 games with double-digit kills highlighted by a career high 19 kills in her third game in an Eagles uniform against Union (Tenn.). She also led the team and was top 10 in the SAC in hitting percentage (.270). Her team leading 102 total blocks landed tied for third among all SAC players. Her prowess at the net was demonstrated against Anderson on Nov. 15, when she became the first Eagle in two years to collect over 10 blocks in a match and was one shy of a single game record for Carson-Newman. Her dominance over the season earned her multiple accolades including SAC Freshman of the Year. She is the first Eagle to earn the honor since Natalie Harris in 2015. The AVCA also recognized her as the Southeast Region Freshman of the Year. She is the first Eagle to recieve that honor.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played under Head Coach Jessica Maxey where she thrived being named to First Team All-District her senior year, and a two-time winner of the region's Hitter of the Year Award in her sophomore and junior years. She racked up an impressive 1258 kills in her time as a Grizzly surpassing the 1000 kill mark on Sept. 11 of her senior year. While a star on the volleyball court, Hurst returned to the gym and was a member of the Grainger girl's basketball team. She was also a star academically finishing in the top 10 percent of her graduating class. 

PERSONAL: Her sister, Millie, plays softball at Johnson University and her brother, Jeb, plays baseball at Virginia-Wise.