MacKenzi Dorsam '15 M'18 begins her ninth year as an assistant coach for the University of Southern Indiana softball team in 2023-24 after a stellar career with the Screaming Eagles.
During her first eight years with the Eagles' staff, Dorsam has helped the Eagles transition to the NCAA Division I level and to the Ohio Valley Conference in 2023, make five NCAA II Tournament appearances (her fifth year was shortened due to COVID-19), a 258-138 overall record, three NCAA II Midwest Region titles and the 2018 NCAA II National Championship.
She was a member of the NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2022 and was part of USI's NFCA Division II National Coaching Staff of the Year in 2018.
Dorsam, a two-time All-American as well as a first-team Academic All-American, concluded her four-year career ranked first all-time at USI in walks (82), second in runs scored (142), third in home runs (24), and fourth in RBIs (126).
Her 15 home runs and 50 RBIs in 2015 were the second-most in a single-season in program history.
The 2015 GLVC Player of the Year as well as the Daktronics Midwest Region Player of the Year, Dorsam had a knack for reaching base throughout her career. She reached base safely in 163 of 188 career games, including 128 of 146 games in her final three seasons.
A native of Dubois, Indiana, Dorsam earned her bachelor's degree in health services from USI in 2015. She earned her master's degree in sports management from USI in 2018.
Head Coach Sue Kunkle (middle) and assistant coaches MacKenzi Dorsam (left)
and Lexi Reese (Right) were named the 2018 NFCA Division II Coaching
Staff of the Year.
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