McKenzie Wagoner

Photo by: Zach Del Bello

Photo by: Zach Del Bello

Position:
RHP
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
High School:
Newcastle HS
Hometown:
Newcastle, Okla.
Prev School:
Liberty
Pronounced:
R/R

2023 (Junior)
Named Second Team All-Conference USA … Honored as Conference USA Player of the Week (March 13, 2023) … Appeared in 33 games as a pitcher and started 17 for North Texas … Ranked No. 25 in the nation with a 1.54 ERA, the second lowest single-season mark in program history … Held opponents to a .201 batting average against for the sixth-lowest mark in UNT history … Collected 12 wins, 10 complete games, three shutouts and two saves … Tallied 85 strikeouts over 132.0 innings pitched … Recorded 33 defensive assists, seven putouts and two caught stealings … Posted her first win in relief with 4.2 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts over UIC on Feb. 10 … Completed 5.0 innings for a complete-game shutout in her first start versus UT Arlington on Feb. 17 … Spun her second complete-game shutout with 7.0 innings with seven strikeouts over Iowa State on March 4 … Matched the second-longest outing in program history with 11.0 innings and captured the win on 169 pitches with 13 strikeouts, all career-high marks, at LA Tech on March 10 … Pushed her season record to 7-1 with a seven-inning complete game versus UTSA on March 17 … Closed out Tarleton State for her first save of the season on April 4 … Allowed zero earned runs in a complete-game win over Middle Tennessee in the first round of the CUSA Championship on May 10 … Played in 17 games in which she recorded at least one at-bat … Tallied 10 hits with two home runs and two doubles … Scored five runs and knocked in nine RBI along with one stolen base … Recorded her first career run after her first career walk against Texas A&M-Commerce on March 14 … Collected her first career hit and stolen base versus UAB on April 1 … Broke out with career-high four RBI with her first home run and double at UTEP on April 7 … Hit a walkoff RBI-single in the seventh inning against Charlotte on April 15 … Finished 1-for-2 with one solo home run versus Middle Tennessee on May 6 … Named to CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Prior to North Texas
Played the previous two seasons at Liberty … Appeared as a pitcher in 36 games with 16 starts … Recorded an 11-5 record over 98.1 innings for the Flames … Struck out 67 batters with a 2.21 ERA over two years at Liberty … Finished the 2022 season with a 6-3 record, two saves and one complete game … Led the Liberty pitching staff with a 1.95 ERA and struck out 38 batters … Picked up her first win of the season against FAU on Feb. 18, 2022 and held the Owls to two hits in 4.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts … Collected two wins in the same day, including a 146-pitch complete game at Eastern Kentucky … Tallied 10.1 innings with nine strikeouts, only sacrificing three earned runs in the doubleheader against EKU on March 19, 2022 … Registered 1.1 hitless innings of relief work in her collegiate debut against Pittsburgh on Feb. 12, 2021 … Tallied a win in her first career start with a complete-game, seven-strikeout performance versus New Mexico State on Feb. 15, 2021 … Recorded career-high mark of eight strikeouts in a win over Longwood on March 6, 2021 … Held conference opponents scoreless over 10.0 innings, finishing with a 2-0 record and eight strikeouts as a freshman … Tossed 1.2 innings of one-hit relief in NCAA Knoxville Regional final against James Madison on May 23, 2021 … Named 2020 Gatorade Oklahoma Softball Player of the Year and Michele Smith Award at Newcastle HS … Three-time Daily Oklahoman Little All-City Team honoree, including Player of the Year honors her senior season … Helped team to four straight state tournament appearances, including runner-up as a junior and state championship as a senior … Earned a 4.0 GPA or better all four years … Played travel ball for Oklahoma Athletics.