Mackenzie Dufresne
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  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Tarpon Springs, Fla.
  • High School:
    Tarpon Springs HS
  • Position:
    MB
  • Major:
    Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Twitter:
    @mac__3
  • Instagram:
    mac_3
  • m
    34
  • k/s
    2.28
  • h %
    .438
  • a/s
    0.18
  • b/s
    1.03
  • sa/s
    0.24
  • d/s
    0.54
Bio

Honors and Awards

  • 2023 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll (4.0).
  • 2023 CSC First Team Academic All-American.
  • 2023 NCAA Elite 90 Nominee.
  • 2023 AVCA First Team All-American. 
  • 2023 NCAA South Regional All-Championship Team.
  • 2023 AVCA All-South Region.
  • 2023 CCA First Team All-South Region.
  • 2023 First Team All-Sunshine State Conference.
  • 2023 South Region All-Crossover Team.
  • Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week (10/10/2023).
  • 2021-22 Freddie Soloman Community Service Award Recipient.
  • 2022 NCAA National Leader, Hitting Percentage.
  • 2022 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention.
  • 2022 AVCA All-South Region.
  • 2022 First Team All-Sunshine State Conference.
  • 2021 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
  • 2020 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
  • 2019 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll with perfect 4.0 GPA.

As a Senior

  • Played in all 34 matches.
  • First on the team with 97 block assists, a career-high.
  • Finished atop the Sunshine State Conference in hitting percentage with .439.
  • Ranked third in the nation in hitting percentage.
  • Logged nine double-digit kill games.
  • Season-best 17 kills and seven blocks against Florida Tech (10/6/2023).
  • Second on the team with 117 total blocks, a career-high.
  • Had a career-high three-block solo versus Embry-Riddle (10/14/2023).
  • Fourth on the team and career-high in kills with 260.
  • Finished with 62 digs, a career-high 20 assists, and 27 aces during the season.
  • Tied a career best for assists with three versus Central Missouri (9/1/2023).

As a Junior

  • Played in all 33 matches in 2022 season.
  • Top-hitting percentage attacker in Division 2 with .454.
  • She was also first on the team with 93 block assists, second in solo blocks with 16, and fourth in kills with 235.
  • Also had 19 service aces and 76 digs.
  • Had season-best 5 digs vs. Florida Southern (9/9) and Embry Riddle (10/29), and 4 service aces vs. Shorter (10/15).
  • Finished the season with 6 double-digit kills matches and a season-best and career-high 27 kills vs. Wheeling (9/3).
  • She played all 10 sets in the three NCAA South Regional matches, logging the most kills with 11 vs. Spring Hill (11/18).

As a Sophomore (2021)

  • Member of 2021 national championship team.
  • Totaled 139 kills and 77 block assists.
  • Had a hitting percentage of .375.

As a Sophomore (2020)

  • Competed in spring 2020-21 season, receiving a COVID-19 waiver.
  • Played in 9 matches and started in 4.
  • Played in 25 sets.
  • Had career highs in the following: hitting percentage with .647 at Flagler (2/23), assists with 3 assists vs Saint Leo (3/27), total blocks with 6 blocks at Flagler (2/23), block solo with 2 block solo at Flagler (2/23) and Saint Leo (3/27), and matched a career-high with 4 block assists at Flagler (2/23).
  • Had a season highs in the following: kills with 12 at Flagler (2/23), total attempts with 17 at Flagler (2/23), and points with 16 at Flagler (2/23).
  • Led the team in block solo (5), block assists (15), and total blocks (20).
  • Second on the team with blocks per set (0.80).

As a Freshman

  • Competed in all 33 matches and 112 sets.
  • Top five in kills within the team with a total of 152 kills.
  • Averaged 1.36 kills per set.
  • Finished with an attack percentage of .321 and 364 total attacks.
  • Recorded a season-high of 13 kills against #11 Ferris State (9/14).
  • Recorded another game of double-digit kills with 10 against Florida Southern (11/5) where she also logged another season-high of 11 digs.
  • Tallied eight assists, 22 service aces, 67 digs, and 74 total blocks, eight of which were solo blocks.
  • Ranked sixth in the SSC in hitting percentage.

High School

  • Attended Tarpon Springs High School.
  • Played for Coach Patrick Sneed.
  • Was the captain of her high school team from 2016 to 2017.
  • Received Offensive MVP honors three years in a row (2016-2018).
  • Received team MVP honors during her final season at Tarpon Springs (2019).
  • Played club for Aaron Harrison.

Personal

  • Earned Salutatorian honors.
  • Criminology and criminal justice major.
  • Daughter of Mark and Julia Dufresne.
  • Born September 6.

Career Highs

NCAA Career Statistics

Recent games
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 34 20
Sets 114 71
Kills 260 161
Kills per set 2.28 2.27
Errors 43 27
Total Attacks 496 306
Total Attacks per set 4.35 4.31
Hitting Percentage .438 .438
Assists 20 14
Assists per set 0.18 0.20
Service Aces 27 13
Service Errors 22 10
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.18
Receptions 7 4
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 62 38
Digs per set 0.54 0.54
Block Solo 20 12
Block Assist 97 55
Block Total 117 67
Blocks per set 1.03 0.94
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 2 1
Points 355.5 213.5
Points per set 3.1 3.0
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Game Log - Offense
Game Log - Defense
Game Log - Serve/Receive

Career Stats: Offense

Career Stats: Defense

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

Splits Stats: Offense

Splits Stats: Defense

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

News mentions
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Photos
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