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27 Mackenzie Cherry

  • Position Defender
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Canton, Ga.
  • High School Creekview HS

Biography

Honors
2021 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2020 All-Sun Belt First Team


2021 (Senior)

  • Named All-Sun Belt second team
  • One of just four players to start all 17 matches this season
  • Logged a team-leading 1,600 minutes for the CCU backline
  • Played every minute of every match this season
  • Provided the assist on the Chants’ loan goal v. Louisiana (Oct. 8)
  • Helped the Chanticleers earn four shutouts
  • Attempted nine shots, four on goal
  • Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2021 fall term

2020-21 (Junior)

  • Named All-Sun Belt first team
  • Earned Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors for her performance against Georgia State in the season opener (Sept. 20)
  • Named TopDrawerSoccer.com Honorable Mention National Team of the Week on Sept. 22
  • Started all 15 matches played
  • Logged 1346 minutes of action on the Chanticleer defense
  • Tallied three points on one goal and one assist
  • Recorded a goal in the season opener against Georgia State
  • Assisted on a goal against Appalachian State (Oct. 4)
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2020 fall and 2021 spring terms

2019 (Sophomore)

  • Played in and started on the defensive backline in all 18 matches
  • Logged 1575 minutes on the pitch
  • Totaled two points on two assists on the season
  • Recorded an assist in the 3-1 win over Jacksonville and in the 3-1 loss at Louisiana
  • Also recorded one shot on the year, putting it on frame in the Sun Belt Championship quarterfinals loss to Georgia State
  • Played every minute of 15 matches on the season
  • Named to the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2020 spring term

2018 (Freshman)

  • Started all 17 matches on defense as a true freshman
  • Scored her first career goal with the game-winner in the 3-0 win over Louisiana
  • Totaled six shots on the year, putting three shots on frame for a .500 shots on goal percentage
  • Logged 1525 minutes on the pitch on the year
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.25 GPA) for both the 2018 fall and 2019 spring semesters
  • A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List


Prior to Coastal Carolina

  • Tabbed the Cherokee County Player of the Year as both a junior and senior
  • A three-time all-region and all-county first team selection at Creekview High School
  • Named the Creekview High School Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year as a senior
  • Led her high school team to back-to-back Elite 8 finishes
  • Totaled 39 goals and 18 assists over her final two years
  • Uncle, Scott Cherry, was a member of the University of North Carolina basketball 1993 National Championship team

 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2018Freshman

    Defender
    5'9"
    27
  • 27

    2019Sophomore

    Defender
    5'9"
    27
  • 27

    2020Junior

    Defender
    5'9"
    27
  • 27

    2021Senior

    Defender
    5'9"
    27