2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 2
Mackenzie Aunkst
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Harrison City, Pa.
- High School:
- Penn-Trafford HS
2023 (5th Yr.)
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16)
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2022 (r-Sr.)
- Made her return from an injury sustained in 2021 against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 28
- Went on to play in 17 matches on the year, including five starts
- Played 473 minutes, including a season-best 67 minutes at TCU on Oct. 6
- Tallied 30 or more minutes in seven games
- Helped the WVU defense earn seven shutouts on the season
2021 (r-Jr.)
- Played in and started eight matches before suffering a season-ending knee injury at James Madison on Sept. 16
- Tallied 614 minutes before getting injured, including 90 minutes or more four times
- Struck four shots on the year, placing two on goal
- Recorded a season-best 110 minutes to help the Mountaineers salvage a draw against Georgetown on Sept. 9
- Helped the defense record four shutouts
- Earned the assist on Lauren Segalla’s first-half goal in WVU’s season-opening, 4-0 victory against Buffalo on Aug. 19
2020-21 (r-So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started all 14 matches for the Mountaineers, playing 1,235 minutes to rank No. 3 on the team
- Finished the year with four shots, including a pair of shots on goal
- Tallied her first career shot on goal against Texas on Oct. 2
- A mainstay of WVU’s defensive unit, she helped WVU notch a trio of clean sheets
- Totaled 90 or more minutes 13 times, with a season high of 110 minutes at Oklahoma State on Sept. 25
2019 (r-Fr.)
- Played in 19 games, including 16 starts, totaling 1,316 minutes
- Finished with three shots
- Made her Mountaineer debut on Aug. 23, against Duquesne
- Logged 90 or more minutes seven times, including a season-high 110 on Sept. 6, against Penn State
2018 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
High School
- Multi-year member of Beadling Soccer Club
- Won the 2017 State Cup and Region 1 Championship with Beadling, as well as the 2016 Region 1 league title
- At Penn-Trafford High, named to the 2017 All-Pennsylvania Team
- Two-time All-WPIAL honoree
- Three-time all-section and Big 56 Player selection
- Also ran track and played basketball for Penn-Trafford
- Broke three school track records as a freshman and was a two-time state qualifier
- Earned three all-section basketball honors
Personal
- Daughter of Tim and Lisa Aunkst
- Has one sister and one brother
- Birthday is March 17
- Earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management and is now working toward her master’s degree in sport management
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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