A first-team All-Midwest Region honoree by the NFCA as well as Daktronics, Dorsam led the Screaming Eagles and was sixth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with a .388 batting average in 2014. In addition, she led USI with 54 hits, 34 runs, 31 RBIs, while also tallying eight doubles, one triple, and four home runs.
Defensively, Dorsam split time between second base, shortstop, and catcher, totaling 165 putouts and 65 assists while committing just seven errors. She also played a game at first base early in the season.
“What an honor for MacKenzi,” USI Head Coach Sue Kunkle said. “Her coaches and teammates are extremely proud of her!
“At the beginning of the year, MacKenzi made goals for herself and one of them was to get first-team All-Region honors so she could qualify (for the national ballot) and hopefully earn an All-America honor,” Kunkle continued. “She is an exceptional player who has worked hard to better herself as a player each year and is excited to bring even better things to this program next year.”
The Dubois, Indiana, native garnered second-team All-Midwest Region honors by Daktronics and the NFCA last year as the Eagles advanced to the NCAA II Tournament. She was named second-team All-GLVC East Division honors each of the last two seasons.
USI finished the 2014 season with a 22-23 overall record and a 12-22 mark in the GLVC, good for sixth in an East Division that saw two teams advance to the NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament.
2014 NFCA Division II All-American Teams
First Team
Pos.: Player, School
P: Morgan Foley*, Indianapolis
P: Jackie Bishop, Missouri Western State
P: Rita Hokianga, West Texas A&M
C: Natalie Wideman, California-Pennsylvania
C: Alyson Dzierzynski, LIU Post
1B: Anna Shartzer, West Alabama
2B: Jenny Nelson, Winona State
3B: Nicole Yancey, West Georgia
SS: Alexis Mercer, Armstrong Atlantic State
OF: Courtney Albritton*$, Valdosta State
OF: Morgan Spearman%, Angelo State
OF: Tiffany Brown, Pittsburg State
DP: McKenzie Rynard, Pittsburg State
UT/P: Cori Reinhardt+, Cal State, Monterey Bay
UT/Non-P: Darian Dunn, Angelo State
At-Large/UT-P: Ally Foster, Bellarmine
Second Team
Pos.: Player, School
P: Kayla Cox&^, Tampa
P: Hannah Perryman%, Missouri, St. Louis
P: Kalynn Schrock, Central Oklahoma
C: Kim Jerrick^, Midwestern State
C: Lindsay Erickson*$#, Minnesota State, Mankato
1B: Kendra Sancet, Texas Woman’s
2B: Tiffany Hollingsworth, Humboldt State
3B: Jessica Sipe, West Texas A&M
SS: Makayla Kovac, Colorado Mesa
OF: Renee Erwin, West Texas A&M
OF: Whitney Okvist+, Georgia
OF: Rebecca Lee, Hawaii-Hilo
DP: Lacye Walker, Armstrong Atlantic State
UT/P: Jenelle Trautmann$, Augustana
UT/Non-P: Ana Coscorrosa, Lee
At-Large/SS: Shelby Altman, Valdosta State
Third Team
Pos.: Player, School
P: Carley Tysinger, Catawba
C: Tiffany McIntosh, California State, San Bernardino
1B: Brielle Reighn, Caldwell
2B: Micherie Koria, Angelo State
3B: Nicki Sprague, Azusa Pacific
SS: Nicole Nobbe, California State, San Bernardino
OF: Macie Couey, Alabama-Huntsville
At-Large/OF: Ashton Bell, Lubbock Christian
At-Large/P: Alex Sagl, California-Pennsylvania
At-Large/SS: Samantha Holien, Minnesota State, Mankato
At-Large/UT-Non-P: MacKenzi Dorsam, Southern Indiana
At-Large/UT-P: Monique Roberge, Queens (NY)
At-Large/OF: Megan Konieczka, Sonoma State
^2013 NFCA Division II First-Team All-America
*2013 NFCA Division II Second-Team All-America
%2013 NFCA Division II Third-Team All-America
+2012 NFCA Division II First-Team All-America
$2012 NFCA Division II Second-Team All-America
&2012 NFCA Division II Third-Team All-America
~ 2011 NFCA Division II First-Team All-America
# 2011 NFCA Division II Second-Team All-America
! 2011 NFCA Division II Third-Team All-America