2019: Scored on a wild pitch to help spark a comeback and defeat Idaho State (2/10) ... Stole a base in consecutive victories over Indiana (3/16) and Rutgers (3/23) ... Exploded for two home runs and career-bests in runs and RBI with two each against DePaul (3/27) ... Scored the eventual game-winning run as a pinch runner versus Nebraska (4/5).
2018: Started every game at third base ... A tremendous and athletic defender, made just 11 miscues in her final 53 games at the hot corner after debuting with four errors in her first four-career games ... In her very first collegiate at-bat, nearly hit a home run against No. 7 Arizona with a flyout to the wall in left field ... Doubled against San Diego State (2/9) for her first-career hit ... In the seventh inning against SDSU with the winning run on third, two outs and the bases loaded, made an incredible grab of a ground ball that took a terrible hop, wheeled and tagged the runner heading to third to send the game to extra innings ... Scored twice in the ACC/B1G Challenge opener against Louisville (2/16) ... Was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs in a 3-1 win against N.C. State (2/17) ... Finished 2-for-3 in a rematch victory against SDSU (2/23) ... Doubled, scored, had an RBI and a steal in a win against St. John’s (2/25) ... Was 1-for-1 with a walk against No. 1 Washington (3/2) ... Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored in a win over Nebraska (4/1) ... Walked, stole a base, drove in a run, scored a run and dropped down two sacrifices in an all-around stat-filled day during a run-rule win over No. 22 Ohio State (4/15) ... Smashed her first-career home run during a massive seven-run, seventh-inning comeback in an 8-7 win at Rutgers (4/22) ... Flexed into the lineup to run against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament, stealing a base and scoring a run ... Flexed in to run and scored again in the NCAA Regional championship game against No. 7 Georgia (5/20).
High School: Two-time all-state, three-time all-area and three-time all-conference … Hit .441 as a freshman with eight home runs and 33 RBIs … Recorded an OPS of 1.031 during her sophomore season, scoring 31 runs and knocking in 26 … Hit .462 with a 1.223 OPS during a stellar junior campaign, recording 30 runs and 30 RBIs … Led her team to a 29-3 record and a Sectional championship in 2015 … Squad went 28-2 with a conference title in 2016 … Has played four years of club with the Beverly Bandits, winning the 18u PGF Shootout 2016 Championship and the 16u Boulder Independence Day Tournament in 2015 … National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born MacKenzie Jacqueline Dunlap … Daughter of Jonathan and Jennifer Dunlap … Brother, Jerzy, is in the United States Navy … … Played on the same club team as fellow Northwestern Class of 2021 members Rachel Lewis and Kenna Wilkey … Chose Northwestern over Ohio State … Major is Communication Studies.
2018: Started every game at third base ... A tremendous and athletic defender, made just 11 miscues in her final 53 games at the hot corner after debuting with four errors in her first four-career games ... In her very first collegiate at-bat, nearly hit a home run against No. 7 Arizona with a flyout to the wall in left field ... Doubled against San Diego State (2/9) for her first-career hit ... In the seventh inning against SDSU with the winning run on third, two outs and the bases loaded, made an incredible grab of a ground ball that took a terrible hop, wheeled and tagged the runner heading to third to send the game to extra innings ... Scored twice in the ACC/B1G Challenge opener against Louisville (2/16) ... Was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs in a 3-1 win against N.C. State (2/17) ... Finished 2-for-3 in a rematch victory against SDSU (2/23) ... Doubled, scored, had an RBI and a steal in a win against St. John’s (2/25) ... Was 1-for-1 with a walk against No. 1 Washington (3/2) ... Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored in a win over Nebraska (4/1) ... Walked, stole a base, drove in a run, scored a run and dropped down two sacrifices in an all-around stat-filled day during a run-rule win over No. 22 Ohio State (4/15) ... Smashed her first-career home run during a massive seven-run, seventh-inning comeback in an 8-7 win at Rutgers (4/22) ... Flexed into the lineup to run against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament, stealing a base and scoring a run ... Flexed in to run and scored again in the NCAA Regional championship game against No. 7 Georgia (5/20).
High School: Two-time all-state, three-time all-area and three-time all-conference … Hit .441 as a freshman with eight home runs and 33 RBIs … Recorded an OPS of 1.031 during her sophomore season, scoring 31 runs and knocking in 26 … Hit .462 with a 1.223 OPS during a stellar junior campaign, recording 30 runs and 30 RBIs … Led her team to a 29-3 record and a Sectional championship in 2015 … Squad went 28-2 with a conference title in 2016 … Has played four years of club with the Beverly Bandits, winning the 18u PGF Shootout 2016 Championship and the 16u Boulder Independence Day Tournament in 2015 … National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born MacKenzie Jacqueline Dunlap … Daughter of Jonathan and Jennifer Dunlap … Brother, Jerzy, is in the United States Navy … … Played on the same club team as fellow Northwestern Class of 2021 members Rachel Lewis and Kenna Wilkey … Chose Northwestern over Ohio State … Major is Communication Studies.