2024 Softball Roster
Roster
MaKenzie Hilling
- Position:
- Catcher/First Baseman
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Hilliard
- Hometown:
- Hilliard, Ohio
Career: 2023 Patriot League Tournament Team...2024 Second Team All-Patriot League...2025 Patriot League Tournament Team...1x Patriot League Player of the Week...123 hits...73 walks (school record)...35 doubles (tenth in Bucknell history)...
2025 (Senior): Selected to the Patriot League Tournament Team...Set Bucknell Record for Career Walks...Appeared and started in the team's 48 games...batted .265 with two home runs and 19 RBIs...Belted 11 doubles...Her 35 career doubles are tenth in Bucknell history...Her 73 walks rank first in Bison history, passing Hall of Famer Jen Yuengling's mark set in 1993...Crossed the 100-hit milestone, finishing with 123...Batted 4-for-9 in the Patriot League Tournament, including a solo home run against Lehigh (5/10)...
2024 (Junior): 2024 Second Team All-Patriot League...Appeared and started in 45 of the team's 46 games...batted .270 with 34 hits and 17 RBIs...Poled 11 doubles, which ranked tenth in the Patriot League...Drew 23 walks to finish fourth in the circuit...Recorded a .377 on-base percentage...
2023 (Sophomore):Â Selected to the Patriot League Tournament Team...Appeared and started all 46 games...batted .233 with 30 hits, seven doubles, one home run, and 16Â RBIs...Collected 21 walks and an on-base percentage of .342...Drove in three RBIs, including a two-run home run, against Maine (2/11)...Went 2-for-4 with a double and RBI against USC Upstate (2/11)...Drove in an RBI against Georgetown (2/18)...Went 1-for-3 with an RBI against Radford (2/24)...Went 3-4 with a double and an RBI against Hartford (3/10)...Collected an RBI and scored a run against Hartford (3/11)...Hit a two-run double in the second game versus Colgate (3/26)...Smacked three hits and drove in an RBI in Game One against Army (4/8)...Went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored against Boston (4/15)...Hit 1-for-2 with a double, run scored, and RBI against Holy Cross (4/22)...Posted three hits in the final series against Lafayette (5-6/7)...Batted 3-for-8 with a double and run scored in the Patriot League Tournament...
2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 41 of the team’s 45 games, making 39 starts … batted .214 with 24 hits, a team-high 12 walks, and 10 RBIs … posted six doubles and a home run … third on the team with 111 putouts and caught two runners stealing … six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games … went 1-for-3 with a walk, two RBIs and her first-career home run in a game at Lehigh … went 2-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt, a double and two RBIs in a win at Lafayette.
High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner and three-year team captain at Hilliard Bradley … two-time First Team All-Conference … two-time Scholar-Athlete and Golden Glove Award winner … Second Team All-District and All-Metro Special Mention as a sophomore … sectional champions and Team MVP senior season …  captured Ohio Capital Conference title as a freshman … .452 batting average, .699 slugging percentage and .537 on-base percentage as a senior … also played for Ohio Stingrays … daughter of Elena and Gregory … sister, Alexia, plays softball at Findlay.
Major: Cell Biology/Biochemistry
