The Citadel Athletics

2020-21: Appeared in five tournaments…posted a 79.54 stroke average in 13 rounds…shot season-low 73 in the second round of the Kiawah Island Classic…finished 7^th at the Oldfield Intercollegiate after shooting rounds of 78 and 74…shot 80-78-76 to finish 33^rd at the Southern Conference Championships.

2019-20: Competed in four tournaments for the Bulldogs ... In ten rounds of tournament play, improved on a 78.54 stroke average from last year ... Hit a low round mark 75 ... In the first tournament of the year, fired off a 75 in the second round of the Judaculla Cup (Sept. 9-10) for a top 10 finish ... Racked up victories in all three rounds of the Oyster Shuck Match Play (Feb. 24-25) hosted by The Citadel.

2018-19: Competed in seven tournaments for the Bulldogs as a true freshman … In 13 rounds of tournament play, boasted a team-high stroke average of 78.54 with a low round of 75 four times … In her first collegiate tournament, the Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 1-2), fired off a 75 in the first round and finished fourth out of 26 players with a three-round score of 229 … At the 2018 Blue Hose Match Play (Oct. 15-16), picked up a pair of wins over Charleston Southern and Longwood … Followed that up by picking up a pair of wins in the Oyster Shuck Match Play (Feb. 25-26) over North Carolina A&T and Coastal Georgia … At the Battle of Boulder Creek (March 3-5), finished tied for eighth out of 41 competitors with a three-round score of 228, including a pair of 75s in her first and third rounds … Shot a two-round 155, including a first-round 75, to finish tied for 22^nd out of 93 golfers at the Low Country Intercollegiate (March 16-17) … Wrapped up her freshman campaign with a three-round 247, including a 79 in the opening round, in the SoCon Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Pinecrest High School in Eberdeen N.C. … Was ranked as high as 27^th in the state of North Carolina … Named captain of the team as a senior, leading the Lady Patriots to a second-place finish at the North Carolina Division 4A State Championship … Competed in many junior golf events, including the North-South Junior Amateur, the USGA Junior Girls Qualifier, The Carolinas Golf Association Vicki DiSantis and Carolinas Junior Girls Championships, the Peggy Kirk Bell (PKB) Girls’ Tour Grandover Invitational and the Big I Qualifier … As a sophomore, was named the Conference Player of the Year for the North Carolia State Division 4A Southeast Conference, won the 2017 PKBGT Carolina’s Classic and led her team to the North Carolina Division 4A Championship … Was twice named her team’s Most Valuable Player … Was an active member of the National Honors Society and was a North Carolina Scholar.

PERSONAL: Full name is Mackenzie Ann Battle … Daughter of Stephen and Maureen Battle … Major is biology (pre-med).