Mackenzie Lawter Season 2022

2022 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team
2022 All-ACC Second Team
2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2020 VaSID First-Team All-State
2017-18 ACC Academic Honor Roll
 
2022: Played in 55 games, starting all 55 at catcher… Went 1-for-1 with a home run, a walk, and two RBI against Wisconsin (2/11)... Led the way with a double and the game-winning RBI in the 1-0 win over Ohio State (2/25)... Hit a two-run home run against Syracuse (3/11) then went 1-for-2 with a walk and her second home run of the series (3/13)... Went 1-for-2 with a home run and walk against Liberty (4/12)... Recorded a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth against Virginia (4/16)... Went 2-for-2 with a home run and an RBI against Louisville (4/24)... Went 2-for-2 with a home run, a walk, and an RBI in the win over Boston College (4/29)... Hit a two-run home run to bring in the winning run in the 5-4 win over Miami (OH) in the Blacksburg Regional (5/21)... Tallied another go-ahead run with a three-run home run against No. 15 Kentucky in Game 7 of the Blacksburg Regional (5/22).

2021: Played in 44 games, starting 42 games at catcher… Had an RBI in Game 1 at UCLA in the Los Angeles Super Regional… Smashed a two-run homer, her third of the year, at Liberty (4/28)… Knocked in a season-high two runs vs. Notre Dame [2] (4/23)… Hit a home run in Game 2 of the doubleheader against Georgia Tech (4/17), scored two runs and earned a walk… Earned a walk and scored a run against Longwood (4/7)… Batted .500 in the Duke series (6 for 12), including hitting her first home run of the season… Singled up the middle for an RBI, scored two run, earned two walks and got hit by a pitch at Virginia (3/30)… Scored a run in every game at Kennesaw State (2/13 - 2/14) and also drew a career-high three walks in the second game of the doubleheader (2/13)… Has played in 41 games, starting 39 games at catcher… Smashed a two-run homer, her third of the year, at Liberty (4/28)… Knocked in a season-high two runs vs. Notre Dame [2] (4/23)… Hit a home run in Game 2 of the doubleheader against Georgia Tech (4/17), scored two runs and earned a walk… Earned a walk and scored a run against Longwood (4/7)… Batted .500 in the Duke series (6 for 12), including hitting her first home run of the season… Singled up the middle for an RBI, scored two run, earned two walks and got hit by a pitch at Virginia (3/30)… Scored a run in every game at Kennesaw State (2/13 - 2/14) and also drew a career-high three walks in the second game of the doubleheader (2/13).

2020: Played in 20 games, starting 19 at catcher … Hit .340 with eight RBIs in 2020 … Smacked an RBI double in the win at George Washington (3/10) … Had five multi-hit games, including two hits in the 4-0 win over Virginia (3/6) … Had a home run and a double versus Stony Brook (3/1) for two RBIs and a run scored … … Went 2 for 3 with two runs scored and a stolen base against Bradley (2/22) … Drove in the game-winning run against No. 21/23 Northwestern (2/16) … Went 2 for 3 and smacked a three-run homer against No. 16/16 Oklahoma State … Opened the season with two hits versus Iowa (2/7).

2019: Played in 46 games, drawing 45 starts at catcher and one as the designated player… Had a hit in both games against Illinois (5/18-19) at the Lexington Regional … Lifted a solo home run to straight-away center field versus NC State (5/9) in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship … Collected one walk in the win over Longwood (4/30) … Scored two runs along with three RBIs at Boston College (4/28) … Collected a two-run home run against North Carolina (4/21) … Hit a solo home run and then a run-rule walk-off two-run double against Virginia (4/12) … Earned one walk and one hit at Duke (4/6) … Homered once with two RBIs versus Louisville (3/31)  … Scored one run against Radford (3/27) … Tallied a single and a home run and a career-high five RBIs at Pitt (3/23) … Went a perfect 3 for 3 with two home runs and four RBIs versus Binghamton (3/19) … Collected a hit against NC State (3/17) … Notched one scored run and a hit versus UAB (3/3) … Scored one run at No. 8 Georgia (3/1) … Posted an RBI single and a stolen base at Radford (2/27) … Hit a two-run homer against Georgia State (2/24) … Belted a solo home run down the left-field line on her way to a career-high three hits versus ETSU (2/17) … Made five putouts behind the dish at Charleston Southern (2/16) … Saw playing time against Central Michigan (2/8), getting three putouts, and the first game against Purdue (2/9) with a season-high 14 putouts behind the dish.

2018: Graduated from high school a semester early and joined the Hokies in January … Threw out six base runners on 11 attempts … Caught two runners stealing vs. No. 20 Michigan … Recorded her first career hit vs. Florida A&M (2/9) … Scored a run at Virginia (4/13) … Threw a runner out trying steal second to end the game vs. Charlotte (4/4) … Went 1 for 2 vs. Hampton (5/2).
 
High School: Graduated from Halifax County High School … Played catcher and outfield for head coach Woody Bane … Second Team All-State, First Team All-Region, First Team All-District and Piedmont District Player of the Year… Helped lead her team to a Region 5-A north semifinals… Also played volleyball as a setter and received First Team All-District recognition.
 
Personal: Mackenzie Lawter ... Born on July 11, 2000 ... Daughter of Donna and Allen Lawter … Father played baseball at Longwood University and was recognized as Virginia Player of the Year in 1985 … Has three older siblings, Dani, Mallory, and Lyndsay … Majoring in multimedia journalism and political science.