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SDSU WGolf Ozarks National Invitational champions

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McKenzie Mages

Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Club Med Academies
Hometown:
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Major:
Communication Studies

HONORS AND AWARDS

Summit League Second Team (2024-25)
All-Summit League Honorable Mention (2023-24)
Summit League Peak Performer of the Week (2/9/23, 4/8/24, 3/13/25)
WGCA All-America Scholar (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023-24, 2024-25)
Summit League Academic All-League (2023-24, 2024-25)
Summit League Commissioner's List for Academic Excellence (2023-24, 2024-25)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

2024-25: Competed in 25 rounds across 9 events as a junior… posted three top-10 finishes on the season… averaged 73.84 shots per round… low round was a 66 for the first round of the Spring Jackrabbit Invitational… best tournament was a 212 at the Clash at Boulder Creek in October… best finish was first at the Spring Jackrabbit Invitational… finished 19^th at the Summit League Championships.

2023-24: Played 23 rounds across eight events as a sophomore... averaged a team-best 74.87 shots per round... posted five top-10 finishes on the season, including three in the top five... finished the season with a national rank of 700... opened the season with a top-25 finish and a score of 8-over... scored 5-over across two rounds to place sixth at the Big O Classic (10/2)... finished runner-up with a score of 10-over at the Tommie Invite (10/12)... tallied her season-best with a score of 4-over to finish 17th at the Jackrabbit Invitational (3/12)... followed up with a season-best placement as the WIU Intercollegiate medalist with a score of 6-over (4/6)... placed fourth with a score of 6-over at Stampede at the Creek (4/9)... finished the season with a ninth-place finish with a score of 9-over at the Summit League Women’s Golf Championship (4/23).

2022-23: Competed in all 10 events for the Jackrabbits in her freshman season... earned Summit League Peak Golfer of the Week honors after a strong showing at the Lady Bison Bay Point Classic... posted a pair of top-10 finishes, finishing ninth at the Bay Point Classic in February and 10th at the Lamar Cardinal Challenge in April... was the top Jackrabbit at the Golf Iconic Classic and the Lady Bison Bay Point Classic... fired three even-par rounds on the season, including a 71 in the second round of the Summit League Championships, where she placed 15th... averaged 78 shots per round on the season, ranking fourth on the team.

BEFORE SDSU: Member of the American Junior Golf Association... finished top-five in five of her six AJGA events from 2021 to 2022... finished first the the Billy Horschel Jr. Championship in 2021... named AJGA team MVP in 2020 and 2022... set her career low in 2020 with a 68 (-5) round... valedictorian of her high school class.