Elmira College Athletics

Honors & Awards
Empire 8 Pitcher of the Week (3/26)
EC Athlete of the Week (4/23/18, 5/7/18, 4/16/19)

2020 Season
The 2020 spring season was canceled before Elmira played a game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Season
Started in 22 contests as both a pitcher and in the field...In the circle, she tossed a team-leading 75.2 innings with 54 strikeouts and 11 complete games...Earned five wins with a 4.07 ERA...At the dish she batted .224 with 13 hits, six RBI and five runs scored...Picked up her first victory with a season-high-tying 11 strikeouts in seven innings of work ni a 4-3 triumph over Morrisville (3/27)...Struck out 11 and earned a 5-0 shutout victory against Clarks Summit (3/28)...Tossed a season-high eight innings and struck out four en route to an 8-7 win over SUNY Poly (4/3)...Racked up 8 K's and gave up four hits in a 7-3 victory over E8 foe Sage (4/14).

2018 Season
Performed well at the plate and in the pitcher's circle, logging a .267 batting average (12-for-45) while leading the team in ERA (2.81), wins (5), shutouts (2), and strikeouts (52)...Ranked eighth in the Empire 8 Conference in ERA and strikeouts...Won her first career start, a 14-2 victory over Cazenovia (3/25), by tossing a five-inning complete game with four strikeouts...Also went 1-for-3 with an RBI double and one run in the victory over the Wildcats...Struck out eight and allowed four runs (three earned) in an 8-4 complete-game victory vs. Houghton (4/14)...Guided EC to a 6-5 Empire 8 triumph vs. Nazareth (4/21), surrendering three earned runs while striking out five...Posted a season-high three RBIs in a loss to the Golden Flyers in the nightcap...Pitched a two-hit shutout with five punch outs in an 8-0 win vs. Alfred State (4/26)...Pitched all 7.0 innings in a three-hit shutout and tied a season-high with eight strikeouts in a 2-0 win over SUNY Canton (5/1)...Logged her second multi-hit outing in the late game against the Roos, going 2-for-2 at the plate in the season finale.

Before Elmira
Played both softball and volleyball at Thomas A. Edison High School in nearby Elmira Heights, New York...Was named the Interscholastic Athletic Conference (IAC) South Division MVP during her junior and senior seasons on the volleyball court...On the diamond, was named an all-state pitcher three times, which included first-team nods as a sophomore and senior...In 2014, she led TAE to a Class C state softball championship, pitching the team to wins in the state semis and finals.

Personal
Mckenzie is a Nursing major.