Missouri State

Honors
All-MVC: 2023 (1st Team)
NFCA All-Region: 2023 (3rd Team)
MVC Pitcher of the Week: 3/7/23
MVC Player of the Week: 3/21/23
MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2023 (1st Team)
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2022, 2023, 2024
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2023-24
MVC Honor Roll: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
CSC Academic All-District Team: 2023
Missouri State Outstanding Female Athlete Award: 2023
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2024 (Junior)
Did not play her junior season after suffering a season-ending arm injury…Preseason All-MVC selection prior to her injury…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 (Sophomore)
NFCA All-Region Third Team selection…All-MVC First Team member...MSU Outstanding Female Athlete Award recipient…MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team honoree…Led Missouri State with a .318 batting average and broke the MSU single-season home run record with 14 on the year…Broke the single-season record for slugging percentage at .748, which ranked third in the Valley and 27^th nationally...Finished her sophomore campaign tied for seventh in program history with 19 career home runs in 67 games played.…Also contributed 34 hits, 33 RBI and 18 walks…Recorded five wins and two saves in the circle, totaling 68 strikeouts in 85.2 innings pitched…Collected seven multiple-hit and a team-leading nine multiple-RBI games…Logged a 17-game hit streak from March 31-May 6, which tied for the third-longest streak in MSU history…Hit a solo homer in the first game of the season against Nicholls (Feb. 10)…Named MVC Pitcher of the Week on March 7 for her performance at the Ole Miss Classic…She owned a 0.40 earned run average in 17.1 innings pitched on her way to earning a victory and a save, as she allowed just one earned run on 15 hits and walked three while striking out 17 batters at the tournament (March 3-5)…Earned MVC Player of the Week on March 21 following her performance to open the conference season...Led MSU with a .600 (3-for-5) batting average, seven RBI, three home runs, a 2.400 slugging percentage and an .800 on-base percentage, while also drawing four walks against Southern Illinois and Drake (March 14-19)…Knocked three home runs across a doubleheader versus Drake, collecting seven RBI (March 17)…Launched home runs in three consecutive games twice on the year against Belmont (April 21-23) and at Indiana State (April 28-30)…Broke the single-season home run record against the Sycamores (April 29)…Tossed a career-high 7.2 innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters versus Mount St. Mary’s (March 4)…Threw a complete game and struck out five in a rematch against the Mountaineers (March 5)…Pitched the final out in MSU’s 4-3 over Southern Illinois to record her second save of the season and secure an undefeated season at home for the Bears (April 26)…Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team and to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.

2022 (Freshman)
Started 22 games in 27 appearances for the Bears as a true freshman…Batted .224, while ranking third on the team with five home runs and fourth with 19 RBI and 15 walks…Recorded her first career hit, a two-run home run, against Kennesaw State (March 4)…In a doubleheader against Kennesaw State and Kansas City on March 4, Vaughan went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI...Logged her second three-RBI performance of the season with a three-run homer against Valparaiso (March 26)…Drew three walks and scored a run at Evansville in the series-opening victory (April 15)…Also made nine appearances in the circle, tossing 16.1 innings and striking out 12…Owned a perfect fielding percentage, committing no errors in 88 chances…Missed the last part of the season due to injury…NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.

High School
A two-time 6A state champion (2018, 2021), Vaughan was a four-year starter for coach Kent Early at Bentonville (Ark.) High … Earned all-state honors as a senior … Hit .352 with a .487 on-base percentage, while also striking out 129 batters and allowing just 10 earned runs during her senior season … Named to the all-state tournament team and AR All Stars team in her final season … As a sophomore, Vaughan performed at an all-conference level, hitting .384 on the year to pair with a 1.78 ERA in the circle … State runner-up in 2019 … Played in 33 games as a freshman with a .462 batting average and .903 slugging percentage en route to the state title … Named the state’s Newcomer of the Year and earned all-state honors after her remarkable freshman season. 
 
Personal
McKenzie Brooke Vaughan was born 7/10/03 in Little Rock, Ark. … Daughter of John and Janice Vaughan of Bella Vista, Ark. … Has one sister, Morgan …Her father, John, played football at the University of Central Arkansas … Her sister, Morgan, played softball at Arkansas Tech … Majoring in Exercise and Movement Science.