Mackenzie Karl

Mackenzie Karl takes the ball down the field

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Field hockey's Mackenzie Karl dribbles the ball down the field

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Field hockey's Mackenzie Karl studio photo

Photo by: Jeff Reinking | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Westfield
Hometown:
Centreville, Va.

• Member of USA Field Hockey U17 Team (2015-16)

As a senior (2021): Played in 19 games with two starts... Scored in the 4-1 win against Miami (OH) (10/4)... Registered her first career goal in the 3-1 win against Liberty (9/12)... Dished out an assist in the 1-0 win against Indiana (9/10)... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad

As a junior (2020-21): Sidelined due to injury before playing in the ACC Semifinal game against Virginia... Played in 11 games... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad and ACC Academic Honor Roll.

As a sophomore (2019): Played in 20 games with two starts... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad selection.

As a freshman: Played in all 19 games with six starts... Dished out her first career assist in the 2-1 win against UMass Lowell... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA National Academic Team selection.

High School/Club: Four-year starter for 2017 Virginia Class 6 state champion Westfield High School... NFHCA and Max Field Hockey All-America first team (2017)... Four-time Max Field Hockey and NFHCA All-South Region team member (2015-18)... Virginia 6A State Player of the Year (2017)... Region 6A North Player of the Year (2017)... Earned all-state honors four times and was a two-time Conference Player of the Year (2016-17)... Four-time All-Concorde Conference and All-Northern Region and All-Met selection... Named Westfield’s team captain her junior and senior years... Selected to USA Field Hockey’s Under 17 team in 2015-16... Seven-time National Futures Level I tournament participant... Three-time Futures Elite selection and competed in the Futures Elite Championship (2014-15)... Junior National Camp selection (2015, 2017, 2018)... Three-time Junior Olympics participant (2013, 2014, 2015).

Personal: Full name is Mackenzie Grace Karl... Nickname is Mack... Daughter of Starr and Mark Karl... Has a sister, Shannon, and two brothers: Tucker and Tanner... Birthdate is September 24, 1999... Major is sport administration... Her mom played field hockey at Virginia Tech and her sister played field hockey at William & Mary and coached at Georgetown... Her proudest moment was making the U.S. U-17 team... The greatest challenge she’s overcome was almost tearing her labrum in her hip her junior year... Hobbies include snowboarding - which she has been doing since she was five years old.