- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my top choice because I loved the small campus and how nice the team was. Also, I loved how close it is to the beach, so it was perfect!"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Randolph-Macon College
Career Highs
Goals: NA
Assists: 1 - (at Sweet Briar - 9/29/13)
Points: 1 - (at Sweet Briar - 9/29/13)
First-Year (2013): Played in 13 games as a first-year midfielder… Attempted three shots on the season when moving up on the offensive end… Posted her first collegiate point with an assist at Sweet Briar College on September 29.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: Honorable Mention All-Virginia as a senior… Second Team All-Region… First Team All-District… Most Valuable Defender 2011-12… Most Valuable Offensive Player 2012-13… Competed in the National Festival 2009-13… Competed in the Disney Showcase 2008… Fredericksburg All-Area Second Team honoree… Member of the High Voltage field hockey team… Graduated with a 3.8 GPA… Honor Graduate… Member of the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Karen and David Raines… Mom attended the University of Mary Washington… Has five siblings: Kyle, a student at Old Dominion University, Hunter, Katelyn, Jordan and Teren.
Get to Know Mackenzie
- Enjoys country music and spending vacation time in Nags Head, North Carolina
- Favorites include any book, the movies "She's The Man" and "Pitch Perfect," and the TV series "Duck Dynasty"
- A fan of hockey's Brooks Laich and the Washington Capitals, and singer Jason Aldean
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "I am very passionate, dedicated and a fun-loving person"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "being on a team and knowing we are all working hard for each other"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "playing more aggressively"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to do the best I can to improve individually and contribute to the team in any way I can"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Luke Bryan, because I would want him to sing to me all day and hopefully fall in love with me and make my dreams come true"
- People might be surprised to know: "I played the violin for seven years"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I have a great husband, four kids, a great job and I'm living at the beach somewhere"
- The most important advice I've received is: "everything is mental" -- high school coach
