Missouri State

Honors
All-MVC: 2023 (1st Team), 2025 (1st Team)
NFCA All-Region: 2023 (3rd Team), 2025 (2nd Team)
MVC Pitcher of the Week: 3/7/23
MVC Player of the Week: 3/21/23, 3/18/25
MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2023 (1st Team), 2025 (1st Team)
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2023-24
MVC Honor Roll: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
CSC Academic All-District Team: 2023, 2025
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

Career Summary
Appeared in 120 career games and made 117 starts…Made 70 career appearances and 32 starts in the circle…Owned a career .287 batting average, .642 slugging percentage, .407 on-base percentage and .974 fielding percentage…Recorded 94 hits, 94 RBI, 55 walks, 48 runs, 34 home runs and 12 doubles across her career…Pitched 212.2 career innings with a 16-19 record, eight complete games, three saves and 129 strikeouts…Left Missouri State as the career leader in home runs and slugging percentage.
 
2025 (Senior)
NFCA All-Region Second Team…All-MVC First Team…MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team…CSC Academic All-District Team…Started all 53 games on the season with 31 appearances and 23 starts in the circle…Led the team in batting average (.290), RBI (42), walks (22), home runs (15), slugging percentage (.617), ERA (3.73), wins (11) and complete games (5)…Finished the season as one of seven players in NCAA Division I with at least 15 homers, 40 RBI, 20 walks and 10 wins in the circle…Tallied 14 multiple-hit and 13 multiple-RBI games to lead the team…Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings to earn her first win of the season against Tulsa (Feb. 14)…Logged six hits, including three doubles, and drove in three runs at the Woo Pig Classic (Feb. 28-March 2)…Named MVC Player of the Week after batting .571 (8-for-14) and slugging 1.143 with 10 RBI, five runs, two homers and two doubles across a 3-1 week for the Bears at SIUE (March 11) and against UIC (March 13-15)…Earned two victories in the circle in both the UIC (March 13-15) and Evansville (March 21-22) series…Matched her career high with four RBI with a grand slam in the fourth inning at Southern Illinois (March 18)…Launched a three-run homer in a run-rule victory over Evansville (March 22)…Hit a solo homer to help lift MoState to a series win at Murray State (March 28)…Put together a 2-for-3 day with a three-run homer and captured a complete-game victory in a run-rule win at Northern Iowa (April 5)…Drove in four runs, had three hits and walked twice in two victories at Indiana State (April 12-13)…Went 5-for-12 (.417) with four RBI, three extra-base hits and two runs in the series at Illinois State (April 17-18)…Hurled 8.0 innings, matching her career high, and struck out three in a one-run, extra-inning victory over Belmont (April 25)…Broke the Missouri State career home run record with a solo homer in the first inning, the 32^nd of her career, against Belmont (April 26)…Logged a win and her lone save of the season in the final regular season series at Drake (May 3-4)…Helped lead the Bears to a win in the opening round of the MVC Tournament against UIC after coming on in relief and tossing 4.0 scoreless innings as MoState mounted its comeback (May 7)…Went 3-for-4 with two solo home runs in the final game of her career, a 6-5 loss against Illinois State in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals (May 8)… Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and 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.