University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Career Highlights
- Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022)
- MSC Player of the Week (3/11/19)
-MSC Academic All-Conference (2020, 2022)


As a junior (2023) … MSC Second Team All-Conference … MSC Gold Glove … Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete … MSC Academic All-Conference … Played all 55 games … Batted .358 (58-162), with 11 doubles and 15 extra base hits, 37 runs scored, and 29 RBI … Tallied the game winning hit in the eighth inning against USCB and had the go-ahead double in the tenth against Madonna in the NAIA Opening Round … Notched 17 multi-hit games, including going 3-3 with a double and a pair of runs scored against Georgetown … Tallied a season-high 3 RBI against Midway … Smashed a homer in the wins over Rio Grande and Houston-Victoria … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage and had four outfield assists.
 
As a sophomore (2022) … Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete ... MSC Academic All-Conference … Competed in 42 games with 41 starts… Tied for third on the team in doubles with 10… Fourth on the team in home runs with two… Fifth on the team in runs with 25… Third on the team in stolen bases tallying nine… Batted .233 on the season with 19 RBI and 45 total bases… Had a season best for RBI against Georgetown with four, going 3-3 at the plate... Defensively, had 46 putouts with four assists for a fielding percentage of .980.


As a sophomore (2021) ... Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete ... Redshirted.
 
Prior to Cumberlands ... Competed for Pikeville... MSC Player of the Week (3/11/19)… MSC Academic All-Conference (2019)… In 2019 led the team in batting average at .350 off 55 hits in 157 appearances, second on the team in doubles (10), second in home runs (3), and tied for second in triples (2)... In 2020 had a batting average of .304 playing in all 14 games with 14 hits in 46 plate appearances... Recorded three doubles, two triples and two home runs.

 
Scott County High School
Helped the Cardinals to two-state championships in 2016 and 2018.
 
Personal
The daughter of Ross Pawlak and Amy Buckner, Mackenzie is from Georgetown, KY … Has six siblings: Blake, Carter, Tre, Zach, Addison, and Elijah… Chose UC because of the family atmosphere and facilities.
 
Mackenzie Pawlak Hitting Game Highs

AT-BATS	6 vs. Bethel (4/28/23)
RUNS SCORED	3 vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, (3/29/22)
HITS	3, Three Times (Last vs. USCB, 5/15/23)
RUNS BATTED IN	4 vs. Georgetown, 4/23/22)
TOTAL BASES	6 vs. Houston-Victoria (3/4/23)
WALKS	1, Nine Times (last vs. Georgetown, 4/22/22)