#63 Mac Vasquez 2022-23 Softball Roster

AS A SENIOR (2024)

• Appeared in 23 games making seven starts in her final campaign
• Earned a .250 batting average as one of the key hitters off the bench for the Notre Dame offense
• Recorded 10 hits, five RBI and scored three times
• Drew four walks for a .318 on-base percentage
• Started the second game of her career in the season opener, going 1-for-3 with a run scored in a 3-0 win over Central Arkansas (Feb. 9)
• Earned another 1-for-3 performance in her next start against No. 16/13 Utah in the first live NCAA softball game on MLB Network (Feb. 10)
• Drove in the go-ahead runs in the top of the sixth inning with a pinch-hit single up the middle to take the series at Georgia Tech (March 17)
• Brought home a run with a bases loaded walk against Michigan State (March 19)
• Added another RBI pinch hit against NC State (March 22)
• Earned a multi-hit game against Virginia, going 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in a 10-3 win during Strikeout Cancer weekend(April 6)
• Drove in a run as the Irish eliminated North Carolina in the ACC Tournament (May 8)

AS A JUNIOR (2023)

• Appeared in six games with a start
• Hit for a .333 average (2-for-6) with five RBI and two runs scored
• Got her first at bat on opening weekend against Memphis (Feb. 12) driving in two with a single
• Got her first start of her career as the designated player at Elon (March 14)
• Had a pinch-hit two-run homer in the run-rule win over IUPUI (March 28)
• Drove in a run with a bases loaded walk against Ball State (April 4)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)

• Played in eight games in her second season
• Logged seven at bats, earning a .429 average
• Knocked three singles, drove in a run and scored twice
• Earned her first collegiate hit in her pinch hit appearance against Bucknell (Feb. 12)
• Added another hit, an RBI and scored a run against Detroit Mercy (March 15)
• Pinch hit single in the five inning victory over Loyola-Chicago (March 29)

AS A FRESHMAN (2021)

• Saw action in four games in 2021, scoring one run and earning one walk.

PREP & PERSONAL

• Majoring in Political Science
• Twitter: @Macvasquez63
• Instagram: @Mac.vasquez63
• Full name: Mackenzie
• “Mac has a natural sense for the game,” head coach Deanna Gumpf explained. “She is a smooth and steady all-around player.”
• “The outgoing and caring coaching staff immediately set the impression that the softball program is a family,” Vasquez revealed. “Along with an amazing coaching staff, the softball program competes in a Power 5 conference and has established itself as a premier program in the country. The opportunity to receive an education from the University of Notre Dame and compete at the highest level athletically was irresistible.”
• 141 hits, 122 runs scored, 130 RBI, 16 home runs
• 44 doubles, 17 triples, 28 bases stolen
• Was named first-team all-state in Texas as a junior and first-team all-district as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
• Earned all-area infield as a freshman and sophomore
• With Boerne High School, honored with the team Selfless Award as a junior
• Team was regional quarterfinalists as a junior, as well as Bi-District Champions and Undefeated District Champions as a freshman
• Played on the Texas Blaze club team, which finished in the Top 10 at the PGF Premier Bracket 16u in 2018, and placed second in 16u at the World Fastpitch Championships in 2019