Part of first sister tandem in Purdue women's basketball history
CAREER
• Returned to the roster for 2025-26 as a graduate studnet after taking 2024-25 off
• Played first four seasons under the name Madison Layden, married Rees Zay, a former practice player, in the fall of 2024
• Part of first sister tandem to commit to play for Purdue, alongside McKenna
• Appeared in 111 games with 93 starts
• Finished with 1,022 career points, 36th 1,000-point scorer in program history
• One of five players in Purdue history to record 1,000 points and 200 3-pointers
• Knocked down 206 career triples to rank fifth in school history
• Shot 35% from behind the arc to tie for 14th in program history
• Made a 3-pointer in 87 career games with 62 multi-triple outings
• Reached double figures in 54 career games with a pair of 20-point outings
• Tallied 288 career assists and ranks seventh in Purdue history with a 1.47 assist-to-turnover ratio
• One of 17 players to record 30 3-pointers and 50 assists four times from 2020-24
• Big Ten All-Freshman
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
• Invited to USA Basketball U19 World Cup Trials
2024-25 / DID NOT PLAY
• Graduated in the spring of 2024 before enrolling in graduate school in the spring of 2025
2023-24 / AS A SENIOR
• Played and started 31 games
• Averaged 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.0 steals in 30.5 minutes per game
• Connected on 64 3-pointers, good for 10th in single-season history and sixth most by a senior at Purdue
• Ranked 12th in the Big Ten in 3-poitners made
• Shot 39.3% from distance and 39.8% from the field
• Recorded 18 games in double figures
• With McKenna, became first be on the court together in program history, playing together for 6:29 in the season opener at UCLA (Nov. 6)
• Scored a career-high 21 points against Southern (Nov. 12)
• Went a perfect 6-of-6 from the field and 4-of-4 from distance for 16 points against Southern Indiana (Nov. 26)
• Recorded her 1,000th points and 200th made 3-pointer on Senior Night against Penn State (Feb. 28)
• Also dished out seven assists against the Lady Lions (Feb. 28)
• Did not play in the WNIT
2022-23 / AS A JUNIOR
• Played in 28 games with 13 starts
• Tallied 6.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals over 29.2 minutes per game
• One of 12 players from the Big Ten to average over six points, four rebounds, three assists and one steal per game
• Finished second on the team in assists with 83, good for 24th in the Big Ten, while her 30 steals tied for second with Jayla Smith
• Topped double figures in seven games
• Became the fourth Purdue player since 2009-10 to score 100% of her points from behind the arc with at least five 3-pointers, following a 15-point routing against Florida State (Nov. 25)
• Shot 89.5% (34-38) at the line, including a 6-for-6 performance against Northwestern (Feb. 12)
• Dropped a season-high 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting with four 3-pointers against Michigan (Jan. 10)
2021-22 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
• Appeared in 29 games with 28 starts
• Led the team in scoring with 11.6 points per game at a 34.7% clip
• Shot 33.2% from distance with 63 3-pointers, second most on the team
• Sixty-three triples tied Courtney Moses (2012-13) and Katie Gearlds (2005-06) for 11th in program history
• Tallied 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game to go with 1.7 steals per outing
• Finished with 21 games in double figures, led the team in scoring eight times, rebounding five times, assists seven times, steals 12 times and blocks seven times
• One of 10 players in the nation to tally 130 rebounds, 80 assists, 60 3-pointers and 45 steals
• Joined Katie Gearlds, Ukari Figgs and Stephanie White as the only Boilermakers to total 130 rebounds, 80 assists, 60 3-pointers and 45 steals in a season
• Led Boilermakers in steals and minutes played as well
• Saw 3-point streak end at 24 games, one shy of Ashley Morrissette’s record, with back-to-back games without a 3-pointer early in the season, the longest stretch of her career
• Had steak of 13 straight games in double figures, 25th longest in school history and longest since Katie Gearlds’ 15 in 2006-07
• Dropped a career-high 20 points twice vs. Western Michigan on Nov. 14 and against Penn State on Feb. 9
• Averaged 10.5 points and 4.4 rebounds in Big Ten play
• Played all but one minute in overtime thriller against Indiana on Jan. 16, going for 15 points, eight rebounds and two steals
• Missed the two WNIT games due to illness
• Invited to the 2021 USA Basketball U19 World Cup Team Trials as one of 26 U19 players across the country to attend
2020-21 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Played in 23 games, making 21 starts
• Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team by the league’s coaches and media
• Averaged 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.1 steals over 31.7 minutes per game
• Totaled nine points and 3.1 rebounds per game in Big Ten play
• Led team with 45 made 3-pointers at a 40.5% clip, good for the fifth-best percentage by a rookie and 13th-best in a season in program history, while finishing fifth by a freshman in makes
• Became the 12th player in Purdue history to shoot 40% from the field and 40% behind the arc in a year
• Ranked 17th in the nation and fourth in the Big Ten in 3-pointers made by a freshman
• After not recording a triple in the first two games, closed the season on a 21-game 3-point streak – trailing only Ashley Morrissette’s 25 and Katie Gearlds’ 22
• Tallied a team-high 48 steals, good for fifth in the Big Ten and 13th among national freshmen
• 2.1 steals per game was sixth in the Big Ten, tied for 10th for freshmen in the country and second by a rookie in program history
• Recorded a steal first 22 games of the season
• Dished out 69 assists for three per game, tying Sharon Versyp for ninth by a rookie in program history
• One-of-seven freshmen nationally to have at least 8.5 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, a list that included Paige Bueckers from UConn
• Was the only freshman from the Big Ten, one-of-11 in the nation and one-of-six Big Ten rookies in the last six seasons with at least 65 assists and 45 steals on the year
• Finished in double-figure scoring eight times, more than five assists twice, connected on a 3-pointer in 21 games with 13 multi-triple outings and eight games with at least three steals
• Led the team in scoring once, assists seven times, steals 12 times and blocks twice
• Dropped a career-high 19 points at Iowa on Jan. 18, tying the freshman school record with six triples in a game
• Recorded seven assists against Michigan State on Jan. 3
• Set a season high with five steals against Illinois on Feb. 7
• Named the team’s Defensive Award winner
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterwinner at Northwestern High School in basketball
• Guided the Tigers to the 2018 and 2019 IHSAA 3A Basketball State Championships
• Took Northwestern to its third state title game in 2020 and a , after moving up to 4A for the season, where it took runner-up honors
• First player in IHSAA history to lead three Final Fours in scoring, a total of 114 (including separate classes) dating back to 1975-76
• Led Northwestern to back-to-back-to-back sectional titles in 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Three-time Hoosier Athletic Conference Champion in basketball in 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Dropped 25 points, eight boards and five assists in 2020 Indiana State Championship Game
• Went 10-of-12 at the charity stripe in the 2019 Indiana State Championship Game, both a record, and scored 19 points
• Tallied 13 points in the 2018 Indiana State Championship Game
• Closed career with 2,360 points on 52% shooting, 289 3-pointers, 509 rebounds, 713 assists and 539 steals
• Ranks 13th in IHSAA in career scoring and one of 46 2,000-point scorers in state history
• Averaged 20.3 points, 6.1 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 steals per game over four seasons
• Shot above 40% over from behind the arc for career
• Notched a career-high 25.6 points from a 52% field-goal clip as a senior
• Scored 767 points as a senior, tying Skylar Diggins from 2007-08 for 17th in IHSAA history
• Recorded 21.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 5.1 steals per game as a junior in 2018-19
• Played four years of volleyball at Northwestern
• Won three straight sectional championships with the Tigers' volleyball team
• Posted 6.1 kills and 3.6 digs per set as a senior with 1,814 kills, 1,207 digs, 1,129 assists and 138 service aces during her career
• Entered senior year with three letters in tennis, as well as three straight sectional titles
• Mother, Kathie, serves as the head coach of the basketball and tennis teams, as well as an assistant coach for the volleyball team
NOTEWORTHY
• Tabbed as a McDonald's All-America nominee
• 2020 MaxPreps All-America selection
• 2020 Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year
• Runner up for the 2020 Indiana Miss Basketball
• 2020 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
• IBCA Senior Supreme 15 and All-State selection in 2020
• No. 6 guard in the nation, No. 34 overall player and a four-star athlete by Prospect Nation
• No. 8 guard in the nation, No. 57 overall player and a rating of 20 by Dan Olson Girls Basketball Report
• No. 15 guard in the nation, No. 57 overall player, four-star athlete and rating of 95 by ESPN HoopGurlz
• No. 1 player in the state of Indiana by Prep Girls Hoops
• 2019 USA Today Indiana Player of the Year
• Tabbed AP All-State First Team in 2019 and 2020
• ICGSA First Team All-State in 2020
• Named IBCA Underclass Supreme All-State in 2018 and 2019
• Picked IBCA Honorable Mention Underclass All-State in 2017
• Four straight All-State selections by Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association
• Three-time All-Area Co-MVP by the Kokomo Tribune
• All-Hoosier Athletic Conference selection in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• Elected to the National Honor Society as a junior
• Earned Academic Honor Roll as a freshman, sophomore and junior
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Madison Riley Layden-Zay
• Pursuing a graduate degree in Innovation and Technology Leadership
• Graduated in 2024 with a degree in Selling & Sales Management
• Birthday: Feb. 7, 2002
• City Born: Kokomo, Ind.
• Spouse: Rees Zay
• Parents: Kathie and Jeff Layden
• Sibling: McKenna Layden
• Both parents played basketball at the University of Evansville
• Jeff was named to the Missouri Valley All-Bench Team and led the team in blocked shots in 1996-97, as well as 1993-94
• Kathie finisher her career with Evansville ranked seventh in career assists and tied for fourth in 3-pointers
• Katie retired in 2023 after 23 seasons as a high school head coach in Indiana, winning five state championships, the most by a non-private school head coach, and a record of 385-165