Missouri State

Honors
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2023, 2024
MVC Honor Roll: 2022-23, 2023-24
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2023-24
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2024 (Sophomore)
Made 21 appearances in the circle, earning six starts…Owned a 4.64 ERA on the season with a 2-2 record, 51.1 innings pitched and 27 strikeouts…Ranked third in the MVC in runs allowed (38) and fourth in hits allowed (71) and walks allowed (21)…Tossed a season-high 6.0 innings and tied her career high with five strikeouts in her start at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 24)…Allowed three earned runs, surrendered no walks and struck out one in a complete-game, one-run loss against South Dakota (March 10)…Struck out the side after coming on in relief in the sixth at Belmont (April 12)…Collected her two victories on the season in back-to-back games at Evansville…Threw 2.1 hitless innings in relief while walking one and striking out one against the Purple Aces in game two of the series (April 27)…Hurled 5.0 innings in the start and allowed two earned runs on six hits in the series-clinching victory at Evansville (April 28)…Scattered four hits over five scoreless innings in relief to keep the Bears within striking distance in an eventual one-run loss to Indiana State (May 3)…Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors and was a recipient of the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award in addition to securing a spot on the MVC Honor Roll…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.

2023 (Freshman)
Made 16 appearances and earned four starts in the circle as a true freshman…Owned a 4-0 record on the year with a 3.00 ERA in 30.1 innings pitched…Tossed one complete game and struck out 14 batters…Hurled a complete game shutout for the first victory of her career and struck out a career-high five hitters against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 19)…Threw two crucial innings in relief at Illinois State to earn the victory, allowing just one earned run and three hits while striking out two (April 8)…Earned her third victory after pitching five scoreless innings in relief, giving up just one hit and striking out two in MSU’s extra-inning win over UIC (April 15)…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.

High School
Swick earned first-team all-state honors and was named 6A-3 All-District Pitcher of the Year after earning 21 wins and holding a 2.08 earned run average in the circle as a senior… Four-year starter for the Stillwater High School Pioneers…Became the school’s career leader in strikeouts with 524 and broke the single-season strikeouts record with 238 in her senior campaign…Helped lead her Pioneers squad to three regional championship titles and three trips to the state tournament in her career, while adding two COAC first-team laurels to her individual accomplishments in her junior and senior seasons.

Personal
Makenzi Michele Swick was born 1/19/04 in Stillwater, Okla. …Daughter of Shane and Tara Swick of Stillwater…Has two brothers, Tanner and Trevor…Majoring in Biology.