Missouri State

Honors & Awards

• American Volleyball Coaches Association Top Flight Award: 2025
• Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll: 2023-24, 2024-25
• MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2025
Played all 28 matches…Posted a 17-8 record with one match not starting and two matches going unfinished…Played all matches at Flight No. 2 with Amanda Cleary…Started season on 10-match winning streak while only dropping two sets in that span…Went undefeated in both Missouri State home tournaments…Broke record for most wins by a Missouri State pair in program history with Amanda Cleary to total 37 across two seasons…Went 1-0 in CUSA Tournament with win over UAB’s Isabel Day and Azmabeth Infante at Flight No. 2…Earned AVCA Top Flight Award…Made CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2024
Played all 33 matches…Posted a 20-11 record with two matches going unfinished…Played all matches at Flight No. 2 with Amanda Cleary…Was only pair to play every match at same flight…Started season 8-2 and went on seven-match winning streak across three different tournaments…Ended season tied for sixth in program history in wins (33).

2023
Played all 22 matches...Posted a 13-8 record with one match not finishing...Played all matches paired with Manuela Niemeyer...Primarily played on Flight No. 4 where she held a 12-2 record...Had nine two-set sweeps...Started the season 8-0 by going undefeated in both Mo State Tournaments.

Background
Comes to MSU from Nashville, Tenn. where she attended Nashville Christian School and Acellus Academy... Started on her high school volleyball team for four straight years... Was named her conference’s Varsity Volleyball Offensive Player of the Year her sophomore year... Selected onto the Division II, District 4A All-Tournament Team and All-District regular-season teams... Named the NCS Varsity Offensive Player of the Year. 

Personal
MacKenzie Steele was born on 5/23/2004, in Nashville, Tenn...Daughter of John and Charla Steele...Plans to major in Exercise and Movement Science.

Updated: 5/23/2025