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2019 Softball Roster

4 McKenzie Paap

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Excelsior, Minn.
  • High School Minnetonka

Biography

2019: Played and started in all 56 games for the Mavericks in left field…Led the team in batting average (.364), runs scored (44), hits (68), on base % (.417) and stole bases (42)…Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team and the All-NSIC Second Team…Led the team with 23 multi-hit games, including a season-best four hits against St. Cloud State…Finished second all-time in career batting average at MSU (.405)…Finished her career as MSU’s all-time leader in at bats (809), hits (328), runs scored (211) and stolen bases (128).

2018: Finished four years with Minnesota State owning school career records for hits (328), at bats (809), runs (211) and steals (128)...Played and started in 47 games at left field for the Mavericks as a senior…Batted .402 with 72 hits and 49 runs scored…Also tallied seven doubles and 21 RBI…Named to All-NSIC Second Team…Finished the season on a 20-game hitting streak and tallied at least two hits in a game 18 times...Named Minnesota State's Senior Female Athlete of the Year.

2017: Started in all 71 games in the outfield…Batted .417 and recorded school single-season record 100 hits along with her teammate Jess Meidl…Finished second on the team in doubles with 17 and led the Mavericks with 41 stolen bases…Finished second on the team with 70 runs scored…Drove in 30 runs and posted a team-leading five triples…Received All-NSIC First Team honors and was named to the NSIC Gold Glove Team…Garnered D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team accolades…Recorded a 21-game hitting streak and posted at least two hits in 30 games…Named to the NSIC All-Tournament Team and the NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team…Batted .313 at the NCAA Championships and scored three runs…Her 100 hits were tied for the third most in Division II.

2016: Appeared in 58 games, including 56 starts in left field during her first season as a Maverick... Led MSU with a .433 batting average, a .552 slugging percentage, a .458 on-base percentage, 112 total bases, 88 total hits and 48 runs scored... Collected 16 extra base hits, including 10 doubles, four triples and two home runs... Added 28 RBI, 23 stolen bases and eight walks... Finished the season with 32 multi-hit performances, including nine games with three or more hits... NSIC Player of the Week on April 26... Named NSIC Freshman of the Year... Earned First-Team All-NSIC... Received NFCA All-Central Region First-Team honors... Named to the D2CCA All-Central Region First-Team.

High School: Led Minnetonka in several categories including hits (32), batting average (.457), on base % (.479), runs scored (20) and doubles (7). For her efforts during her junior season, she received all-conference and All-State Second Team honors...Paap also played for the Minnesota Renegades 97 summer team in 2013...While with the Renegades, Paap recorded 54 hits, including two home runs, as she batted .462 with 32 runs scored and 21 RBI...She helped her team claim a pair of tournament championships at the Ringneck Invitational and the Fury II Tournament, en route to a PGF National Championship.

Personal: Daughter of Keith and Frances Paap...Born July 3, 1997...Is double majoring in alcohol and drug studies and french.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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