#7  McKenzie Clark

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2024

• ACC Honor Roll
• NFCA All-Region Southeast Second Team
• Second Team All-ACC
• Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team
• Finished career with 198 runs to sit ninth all-time in the ACC (pending ACC record book updates)
• Holds Clemson Career Records in: Triples (13), Runs Scored (198), Stolen Bases (46), Hit By Pitch (29), Sac Flies (11)
• Maintained a career-high .365 average, .477 on-base percentage and .641 slugging percentage
• Led the team with 53 runs scored – also had 61 hits and 41 RBIs which ranked in the top two in both categories
• Finished ACC play with a .363 average with three doubles, three home runs and one triple and 20 RBIs
• No. 3 on SportsCenter Top 10 with her jumping catch at the fence against Duke in the ACC Championships Semifinals
• Tallied a triple and two-run homer vs. Southeastern Louisiana (May 18)
• Finished the season with 10 home runs to tie for a team-high, also drew 29 walks which tied for a team-high
• Recorded 18 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games
• Maintained the teams longest hitting streak (13 games) from March 23 to April 16
• Set Clemson’s career record for stolen bases (46) with a stolen base against Duke (April 13)
• Had three hits in series finale at Louisville with two runs and two RBIs (April 28)
• Clocked two RBIs and scored two runs vs. Virginia in the ACC Championship Quarterfinals (May 9)
• Hit by a career-high two pitches against Liberty (Feb. 10) – hit by 12 on the year
• Tallied three hits in series opener at Notre Dame with two runs scored (April 19)
• Went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored at Syracuse (April 7)
• Hit two home runs to finish with four RBIs vs. Fordham (March 10)
• Finished with three runs scored and three RBIs in series finale vs. NC State (March 3)
• Scored three runs in games against Boston College (March 30) and Duke (April 12)
• No. 7 on Softball America Preseason Outfielder Rankings
• No. 32 on Softball America Preseason Player Rankings
• No. 86 on D1Softball’s D100 Preseason Player Rankings

2023

• Started all 61 games
• CSC Academic All-District
• NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• NFCA Selected Top Performance (March 14 – Week 5)
• No. 66 on D1Softball Top 100 Final Rankings
• Finished with a .335 average with 60 hits, including 11 doubles, 13 home runs and one triple
• Held a .626 slugging percentage and .443 on-base percentage
• Scored 56 runs with 38 RBIs and 11 stolen bases
• Maintained a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 63 putouts and four assists
• Hit a two-run homer in the Norman Super Regional against Oklahoma (May 27) – finished the game going 2-for-5
• Had four hits, four runs scored and one RBI in the Clemson Regional (May 19-21)
• Tallied four hits with a double and home run, three runs and two RBIs against Georgia State (Feb. 10)
• Finished with three hits against Northwestern (Feb. 17) and vs. Charlotte (March 15)
• Tied a program-record three stolen bases against UIC to help set a team single-game record with seven (Feb. 24)
• Brought in three runners against UIC (Feb. 24), vs. Jacksonville (March 11) and at Boston College (March 31)
• Scored two runs in Clemson’s 4-3 win at South Carolina (April 11)
• Went 3-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored at NC State (April 14)
• Hit home runs in back-to-back games against Pittsburgh (April 22 & 23)
• Preseason All-ACC
• No. 12 Preseason D1Softball Top 25 Outfielder List
• No. 43 Preseason Extra Inning Softball’s Top 100 List
• No. 48 Preseason D1Softball D100 Player Rankings
• No. 60 Softball America’s 2023 Preseason Top 100 Rankings

2022

• ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
• Second Team All-ACC
• ACC All-Academic
• Led the Tigers with a .328 overall average and team-high .356 in ACC play this season
• Led the team with a .624 slugging percentage
• Had a team-high 59 hits on the year with 13 doubles and two triples and team-high 42 runs scored
• Hit 12 home runs this season including nine in ACC play
• Had four hits in the NCAA Clemson Regional, including going 3-for-3 against UNCW (May 20)
• Went 4-for-4 with one run and two RBIs in the ACC Tournament Championship game against Florida State (May 14)
• Went 3-for-4 with three home runs against Florida State (April 22) in Tallahassee
• Went 4-for-4 with three runs scored against Akron (Feb. 26)
• Recorded Clemson’s first inside the park home run against Akron (Feb. 26)
• Finished with three hits against South Carolina with two runs (March 30)
• Fifth on the team with six stolen bases
• Maintains a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on the year with 54 putouts and five assists
• Preseason All-ACC selection

2021

• NFCA All-Region Southeast selection
• First Team All-ACC selection
• ACC All-Freshman Team selection
• All-ACC Academic selection
• One of two players to start in all 52 games, including 50 games in center field and two games at catcher
• Hit .355 in 169 at bats, with 47 runs, nine doubles, six triples, nine homers, a .639 slugging percentage, a .431 on-base percentage and 23 stolen bases
• Her six triples tied for first in the ACC and tied for eighth nationally
• Successful on 23 of her 29 stolen base attempts; her 23 stolen bases led the team and was good for sixth in the ACC and 41st in the nation
• Led the team in at bats (169) and runs (47)
• Second on the team in batting average (.355) and on-base percentage (.431), third in doubles (9) and slugging percentage (.639)
• Achieved a .981 fielding percentage and registered six assists in center field
• Recorded 16 multi-hit games, good for second on the team
• Tallied a 10-game hitting streak, the second longest among any Tiger on the season
• Her three stolen bases against Elon (Feb. 27) were the most by any Tiger in a single game on the season
• Registered a go-ahead RBI-triple in the Tigers’ 11-inning victory at Louisville (March 19)
• Registered a game-winning RBI-single in the top of the seventh in an elimination game against Troy (May 22) at the Tuscaloosa Regional
• Appeared on ESPN’s Sportscenter Top 10 Plays after robbing Syracuse of home run to center field on May 9

We meet again, @sportscenter 😌 #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/zBu87JuH2x

— Clemson Softball 🥎 (@clemsonsoftball) May 9, 2021

• Enrolled at Clemson in the Fall of 2020
• ACC Academic Honor Roll recipient

Before Clemson

• No. 19 prospect according to ExtraInningSoftball.com
• 2020 Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) High School All-American
• 2020 Gatorade Player of the Year finalist
• Three-time First Team All-State selection (2017-19)
• Two-time Team MVP (2017-18)
• 2019 Team Defensive Player of the Year
• Two-time Basketball MVP (2017-18)
• 2017 Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
• 2016 Offensive Player of the Year as an 8th grader on her high school softball team

Personal

• Born McKenzie Ann Clark on Jan. 31, 2002
• Daughter of Brian and Carrie Clark
• Her mother, Carrie, played volleyball at Jacksonville University
• Her nickname is “Pie” → Read More
• Majoring in Criminal Justice