University of Connecticut Athletics
2023 Softball Roster
Makenzie Mason
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Village Christian Academy
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, N.C.
2022: Made appearances in ten games...Scored two runs, with a .333 on base percentage.
2021: Appeared in 22 games with 18 starts… Produced six hits, three RBI, a triple, and scored five runs… Batted .128 and slugged .170… On-base percentage of .255… Picked up first-career stolen base April 2 at DePaul… 17 putouts… Fielded .970.
Before UConn: 4 year letter winner at Grays Creek High School and Freedom Christian… Finished the 2019 season with a .719 batting average, which ranked #15 in the nation… Led the county in hits and runs scored, finished 5th in RBIs, held an on-base percentage of .732 (Ranked 50th in Nation) and posted a .914 fielding percentage… Also earned 910 Preps Athlete of the Week honors and a selection to the 2019 East-West All Star Game for American Legion Fast-Pitch… Three-time (2017-19) All-State selection… Earned North Carolina (All-District, All Conference, PowerAde State Team and All-County) team honors in both 2018 and 2019… Assisted Freedom Christian to back-to-back appearances in the State Championship game, which included winning the 2016 State Championship where she was named Defensive MVP of the game… Garnered 2017 Offensive MVP honors and assisted Freedom Christian to a State Runner-Up finish… Competed three seasons on the Virginia Glory Premier Gold National team… Assisted the team to a ninth-place finish in the 2019 USA Elite Select World Fastpitch Championships, fifth-place in the 2019 Louisville Slugger IDT, and a 2019 US Club ranking of 43… Three-time Scholar Athlete Award recipient (2017-19), a three-year member of National Honor Society (2017-19), and a graduate of the West Point Summer Leadership Course… Also featured in the Fayetteville Observer.
