2026 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
MacKenzie Steele
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Nashville Christian School / Acellus Academy
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
Honors & Awards
- American Volleyball Coaches Association Top Flight Award: 2025, 2026
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll: 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26
- MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026Â Â
2026
Played all 30 matches…Posted a team-best 24-6 record while playing every match alongside Amanda Cleary…Competed primarily at Flight No. 2 and moved to Flight No. 1 during lineup adjustments…Helped Missouri State open the season 14-0 for the best start in program history…Went undefeated at the Battle of the Bay and Austin Peay Invitational…Recorded her 70th career victory during the Austin Peay Invitational…Helped the Bears finish 9-0 at home and closed her final home appearance with a straight-set victory on Senior Day…Earned Missouri State’s first point during its reverse sweep of FIU in the opening round of the Conference USA Championship…Went 3-0 at the conference tournament with victories over FIU, UAB and South Florida…Ended the season on a program-record 15-match winning streak alongside Cleary…Finished with a 63-23 career record alongside Cleary…Became Missouri State’s all-time career wins leader with 76 victories…Helped the Bears finish 24-6 and record the second-most wins in program history…Earned the AVCA Top Flight Award.
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.Â
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.
