2017 Soccer Roster
Roster
McKenzie Adams
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Madison Central HS
- Hometown:
- Madison, Miss.
2017 (SENIOR)
Appeared in a pair of contests her senior season, tallying 14 minutes.
2016 (JUNIOR)
Saw action in 17 games, getting the starting nod twice… Made her first start of the season against Southern Miss… Logged 303 minutes in her junior season, playing a season-high 35 minutes against Virginia Tech… Recorded a career-high two assists, both coming in the 3-1 win over UT Martin… Took four shots with all but one on target.
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 10 games for the Bulldogs, earning the start four times… Her first start of the year was against Murray State (Aug. 23)… Logged 312 minutes, with a season-high 74 coming against South Florida (Aug. 30)… Earned an assist against Missouri (Sept. 27) for her only point of the season… The assist to Kennadi Carbin was the equalizer against the Tigers, which led to a draw… Tallied two shots, with one on goal… Took two corner kicks for the Maroon and White.
2014 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in all 18 games for MSU on the year and started in 11 of them… Took 15 shots, six of which were on goal… Tallied three points on one goal and one assist… Started the first six games of the season and eight out of the first nine… Played all 90 minutes in the season opener against Iowa State (Aug. 22… The first shot of her career went for a goal at Furman (Aug. 28)… Recorded the first assist of her career in the following game against Southern Miss (Aug. 31)… Against USM she also recorded a career-high six shots and two shots on goal.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Three-star player by TopDrawerSoccer.com… Standout midfielder and defender for Cecil Hinds’ Madison Central High School squad, helping the squad to a 77-9-7 record as a starter… Capped her final prep campaign by scoring 43 points on 15 goals and 13 assists to lead MCHS to the 6A state championship and a No. 9 national ranking by MaxPreps… Earned a selection to the 2014 Mississippi High School All-Star Game and The Clarion-Ledger All-State Team following her senior season… Helped the Jaguars to three-straight district championships and a pair of state titles… Tallied three goals and eight assists as junior to lead MCHS to the district championship… Compiled seven points (three goals, one assist) in a sophomore campaign that saw Madison Central win the district with an 18-3-2 record… Scored three goals and assisted four more in her first varsity season, guiding Madison Central to a 20-2-2 record and the Mississippi Class 6A state championship… Played club soccer for David Johnson’s Mississippi Fire and Ben Waldrum’s FC Dallas ’96 squad of the ECNL… Won the Gulf States Premier League and went to the finals of the U.S. Club Soccer National Cup with the Fire in 2012… Part of the Fire’s Mississippi State Cup championship squad in 2011… Member of the Mississippi ODP ’95 Girls program from 2007-12… Named to the ODP regional pool in 2012 and 2010… Selected to the National ODP Development Camp in 2010 and 2011… Earned a place in the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Club ID2 in Frisco, Texas… Claimed a spot at the U19 Winter Inter-regional in 2009… Helped Mississippi’s ’95 ODP Team win the 2012 Karen Flannigan Cup, the ODP championship for Region III… Also participated on Madison Central’s bowling squad that took third place at the overall state tournament in 2013… Earned the scholar-athlete award for bowling and soccer.
COMMUNITY SERVICE/ACADEMICS
Visited Jamaica in the summer of 2015 as a part of a mission trip… Volunteers her time reading to children at local schools… Takes part in the car pool meet and greets with area elementary schools… Named a President’s Scholar at MSU after earning a 4.0 in 2015… Named to the 2015 and 2016 Fall SEC Honor Roll lists.
PERSONAL
Born McKenzie Adams on Sept. 4, 1995 in Jackson, Miss.… The daughter of Kevin and Tina Adams… Has two sisters, Mallory and Mollie… Majoring in kinesiology…. Favorite team to face is Ole Miss… Has a superstition of sitting on the left side of the bus… Goal after college is to become a physical therapist.
