2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

16 Mackenzie Close

  • Position OPP
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Southwest Christian High School
  • Hometown Prior Lake, MN

Biography

Achievements/Awards 
  • RMAC 6th place team finish, 2022

Year-by-Year
  • 2023 | 
  • 2022 | Red shirt 
  • 2021 | Close saw action in 26 matches and 86 sets. Close had a season high of 13 kills vs. Seattle Pacific on September 3rd, 2021. Close tallied 139 kills on the season with 43 digs and 58 block assists.
  • 2020 | Red Shirt

Beyond the Jersey 
  • INSPIRATIONAL PERSON OR QUOTE & WHY | “I don’t know who said it, but what motivates me is reminding myself that 'If you never know failure, you will never know success.’”
  • FAVORITE CCU MOMENT & WHY | “Freshman year, someone built a 6-foot snowman in the lawn and it was awesome!”
  • OUTSIDE OF SPORTS | Close enjoys spike ball, sleeping, and eating. She says, “It is the perfect triad of hobbies.”
  • WHY DID YOU CHOOSE CCU | “The volleyball team was very warm and welcoming! Bobby, Jason, and I were all roasting each other during my visit. I knew I had to come back to continue the battle throughout the next four years. Also, the Kinesiology program was brand new, and I wanted to give it a chance. I am so glad I did! I know God put me in the right place at the right time."
  • FAMILY TIES | Close is the daughter of Steve and Dana. She has one older brother. Mackenzie’s mother was on the crew team at UCLA.
  • POST COLLEGE DREAMS | Mackenzie hopes to eventually open her own PT clinic!
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2020Freshman

    MH
    6'1"
    16
  • 16

    2021Sophomore

    MH
    6'1"
    16
  • 16

    2022Junior

    OPP
    6'1"
    16