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2021 Softball Roster

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25 Mackenzie Swinehart

25 Mackenzie Swinehart

  • Position:
    Outfielder
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Mattawan
  • Hometown:
    Mattawan, Mich.

Summary

Biography

2021: First Team All-MAC ... Third Team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region ... Finished career as WMU’s all-time leader in games played (225) ... led the team and finished fifth in the MAC with a .393 batting average ... .466 on-base percentage led the team and was 10th in the league ... finished fifth in the MAC in runs scored (44), while also ranking second in total hits (66) and third in hit-by-pitches (nine)...  recorded seven outfield assists on the year and committed just four errors, good for a .951 fielding percentage in centerfield ... Opened the season with a 3-for-4 performance against DePaul, the first of seven games on the year with three hits or more ... Went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and three runs scored against Mississippi Valley State (March 5) ... Had a pair of RBI versus Stephen F. Austin (March 6) ... Homered against MAC Champion Miami (March 20) ... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a homer, four RBI and four runs scored in series opener against Buffalo (April 2) ... Hit an eighth-inning walk-off home run to defeat the Bulls (April 3) ... Had a 4-for-4 performance against Akron (May 1) ... Had at least one hit in 39 of 52 games played on the year ... Started every game and was the only Bronco to play in all 52 games.

2020: Started all 21 games ... one of three Broncos to start all 21 games ... finished with a .297 batting average, 19 hits, 12 runs scored, seven batted in and two walks ... second on the team in runs scored and hits and fifth in RBI ... tallied six 2+ hit performances and two games with three RBI ... scored two runs each at No. 22 Arizona State (February 8) and at Belmont (February 15) ... in final three games of the season, collected six hits, three runs batted in, three stolen bases and one run scored while hitting .750 during the span ... swiped two bases versus Providence (March 7) ... during 9-7 victory at No. 22 Arizona State, WMU's first top-25 win since 2018, hit a two-run triple in the second inning, scored the game-winning run in the fourth inning and pushed the Bronco lead to 9-4 in the fifth frame with a solo home run to center field ... helped team to a 8-6 comeback win at Belmont with a leadoff double and run scored during Western's four-run seventh inning ... defensively, finished with a 1.000 fielding percentage and 33 putouts with a year-high six versus No. 5 Arizona (February 8) ... season halted after 21 games due to coronavirus pandemic.

2019: Academic All-Mid-American Conference ... appeared 46 games, all starts ... held the second-highest batting average on the team at .327 and scored the most runs for the Broncos at 35 ... recorded 53 hits with 17 RBI, six doubles and three triples ... ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak ... recorded 16 multiple-hit games ... season high of three hits came in the first game of the season at Arizona State (February 8). 

2018: Appeared in 54 games, starting 52 as an outfielder … batted .358 … recorded 67 hits, tied for third most in a single season with her mother Wendy (Berryman) Swinehart … 67 hits were third most in the MAC … owned a team-long 11 game hit streak … collected seven doubles, one triple and 14 runs batted in … finished second on the team with 19 multiple-hit games … delivered a season-high four RBI against Villanova (March 10) … picked up a season-high four hits against NIU (April 28) … tied for longest streak on the team of games reaching base safely at 14 … scored 31 runs, the second most on team.

2017: Second team All-MAC ... All-MAC Freshman Team … played in 53 games and made 50 starts, primarily in right field … led WMU with a .373 batting average during MAC play, the highest among all league freshmen and the sixth best overall … for the season hit .365, the second-highest mark on the team ... totaled 57 hits, four doubles, two triples, 11 runs batted in and 31 scored … went four-for-five in stolen bases … collected 18 multiple-hit games, second most on the team, including seven games with three hits … went three-for-three against Stanford and three-for-four against Virginia (February 10) … had a double and a triple in game one of a doubleheader against Ball State (May 6) … batted .636, going 7-for-11, with three RBI in a three-game series against Toledo.

High School: Four-time all-conference selection … as a sophomore, junior and senior, was an all-district, all-region and all-state pick … helped Mattawan High School advance to the state quarterfinals in 2016 … was a member of Midwest United travel soccer state championship team in 2015 ... three-sport athlete at Mattawan in softball, soccer and basketball ... played club with Michigan Batbusters.

Personal: Majoring in youth and community development … daughter of Kurtis and Wendy Swinehart … mother played two years of softball at Lake Michigan College and two years at Western Michigan ... has two younger siblings, Jordyn and Joshua ... born October 18, 1997.

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Historical Player Information

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