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Career: Collected 78 starts and played in a school-record 107 matches as a Blue Devil ... tallied 21 goals and 29 assists for 71 points ... tallied six game-winning goals ... her 29 assists ranked tied for fourth on Duke's all-time charts … helped lead Duke to three straight NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal appearances in her final three years … played in 16 NCAA Tournament matches to rank tied for fifth on Duke’s all-time charts.

Awards/Honors: 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-America nominee … 2022 & 2021 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 ACC Honor Roll.

2022 – Graduate Student: Made 21 starts and saw action in all 23 matches … College Sports Communicators Academic All-America nominee … named to All-ACC Academic Team ... collected three goals and eight assists for 14 points … her eight assists ranked tied for fifth in the ACC, 34th nationally and second-best on the Duke squad … tied a career high with two goals along with a career-high five points at NC State (9/25) … added a goal against Charlotte (8/28) … assisted on the game-winning goal in the final two minutes at Syracuse (9/16) … notched a late assist in the NCAA Tournament second round against Texas (11/18) to lift Duke to a 1-0 win … registered other assists against UNC Greensboro (8/21), Charlotte (8/28), UCLA (9/1), Boston College (9/22), NC State (9/25) and Radford (11/12).

2021 -- Senior: Started 18 of 21 matches, recording five goals and eight assists for 18 points ... eight assists led the team ... earned two penalty kicks in the second half against No. 13 Arkansas, converting her opportunity on the second (Aug. 19) ... scored the game-winner in the 88th minute versus No. 19 Washington (Aug. 22) ... assisted on Duke's opening goal against the Huskies ... scored in the 64th minute at Vanderbilt (Aug. 29) to put Duke ahead 2-0 ... had a goal and assist in first half against East Carolina (Sept. 9) ... logged 60 minutes with two shots in win at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... recorded five assists in six-game span from Sept. 26-Oct. 21, including a helper on the game-winner in overtime against No. 15 Notre Dame (Oct. 21) ... played 53 minutes in win over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... put one shot on goal off three attempts at Louisville (Oct. 28) ... had a goal and assist in NCAA Round of 16 win over St. John's (Nov. 21).

2020-21 -- Junior: Started 13-of-21 matches ... tied for second on the team with five assists ... played 67 minutes in season opener at Wake Forest (Sept. 10), recording an assist ... logged season-high 93 minutes of action vs. Wake (Sept. 20) with three shots ... notched an assist and two shots on goal in win at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... assisted on opening goal at UNCW (March 6) ... scored first goal of the season and dished out two assists while recording six shots in first half vs. Coastal Carolina (March 17) ... played 60 minutes at No. 7 West Virginia (March 27) ... logged 44 minutes in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. top-seeded Florida State (May 9) ... named to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2019 -- Sophomore: Saw action in all 20 contests, making 18 starts on the season … closed out the campaign tied for first on the team in points and assists ... tabbed the ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 15 ... selected to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week as an honorable mention during the week of Sept. 10 for her performance across the Duke Nike Classic ... tabbed to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week for a second week in a row on Sept. 17 as an honorable mention for her performance against James Madsion ... came off the bench in the season-opener against La Salle (Aug. 22), recording a career-high tying four shot attempts in the win ... registered one shot attempt in the final game of the Carolina Nike Classic at No. 2 North Carolina (Aug. 25), logging 43 minutes of action ... earned her first start of the season in the home opener versus No. 13 Georgetown (Aug. 28), recording one shot on goal across her career-high 87 minutes of action ... posted a career-high three points in the win against No. 19 Santa Clara (Aug. 31), scoring her first goal of the season before assisting on the golden goal in overtime ... recorded her first career multi-goal game in the opening game of the Duke Nike Classic against UNLV (Sept. 5), finishing with a career-high four points in the two-goal effort ... registered one assist in the match versus LSU (Sept. 8) while recording three shots, including one on goal ... recorded a game-high four points in the matchup against James Madison (Sept. 15), tallying one goal and a career-high two assists ... registered two shot attempts in the ACC opener versus NC State (Sept. 22), including one on target ... connected on her fifth goal of the season in the matchup at Wake Forest (Sept. 26) on her lone shot of the contest ... registered one shot attempt in the match at No. 1 Virginia (Sept. 29) ... logged two shots in the matchup at No. 23 Virginia Tech (Oct. 6), including one on target ... recorded a career-high five points in the matchup versus ninth-ranked Clemson (Oct. 13), including two goals and one assist as she netted her second career multi-goal game … notched her eighth goal of the season in the first-round matchup against Utah (Nov. 15), while also recording one assist to close the contest with three points.

2018 -- Freshman: Played in all 17 contests (five starts) so far in 2018, tallying four goals on 15 shots (nine attempts on goal) along with one assist … played in 710 minutes … recorded her first-career goal with a score a little more than two minutes into Duke’s 2-0 opening day win against No. 23 Ohio State at home on Aug. 16 … made her first-career start against Illinois (Aug. 19), playing 37 minutes …reeled in the second goal of her career against Elon (Aug. 26) … scored her game-winning goal in Duke’s 2-0 defeat of Marquette on Aug. 30 … recorded the first assist of her career on Duke’s game-winning goal in its 2-0 victory at Miami on Sept. 20 … scored the game-tying goal in Duke's 2-1 comeback victory against No. 11 Boston College (Oct. 21).

National Team Experience: Was a US Soccer Federation National Camp selection from 2014-15 … selected to the U.S. U-16 National Team Training Camp Rosters Feb. 15-22, 2015 in Carson, Calif., and April 6-13, 2015 in Chula Vista, Calif. … three-time U.S. U-14 National Team Training Camp Roster member (June 1-8, 2014 in Portland, Ore., Aug. 23-30, 2014 in Orlando, Fla., and Nov. 1-8, 2014 in Carson, Calif.) … took part in the U.S. Soccer East Coast U-16 Combine on March 20-21, 2015 in Millersville, Pa.

High School: Ranked No. 21 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Top 150 and has been in the Top 25 since 2014 … named the No. 2 player in the New Jersey region … tabbed the No. 9 midfielder nationally … a standout midfielder/forward and MVP at Germantown Academy … over her high school career, she accumulated 80 goals and 41 assists (201 total points) … High School All-American East Team selection (2017-18) …  named High School All-American East Best XI in 2018 … Named a Top 5 Player and First Team selection by The Intelligencer … led her squad to the 2015 Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association State Championship, while finishing as a finalist in 2014 and quarterfinalist in 2016-17 … two-time All-Southeastern Pennsylvania Girls Soccer Team Selection (First Team, 2016 & Second Team, 2015) … tabbed INTER-AC All-League her last three seasons … despite missing part of her senior season due to injury, the team captain tallied 13 goals and seven assists … was tabbed a USA Today All-USA Preseason Girls Soccer Team selection (2017-18) … recorded a career-high 26 goals and 15 assists in her junior season … also earned the Gummey Memorial Award, a prestigious honor given to a junior class member who makes the greatest endeavor in athletics and scholarship … tallied 23 goals and 14 assists en route to leading Germantown to the PAISAA State Championship her sophomore year … began her career with 18 goals and five assists her freshman year, finishing as a PAISAA State Finalist … Lettered two years for the Germantown varsity volleyball squad as a setter, earning the Coaches Award … member of the Dean’s List from 2014 to present and sports a 4.0 GPA … also a member of the Honor Arts Program from 2014 to present … CSO Senior Leader (2016-Present), which leads and oversees the Community Service Organization programs and community outreach to raise funds, awareness and generate volunteers for a variety of internal and external organizations, including Make-A-Wish … a Freshman Seminar Leader in 2017, mentoring incoming freshman … selected to the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program (2017), representing Germantown Academy in the XP Program.

ODP/Club: An ODP National, Regional and State selection from 2011-14 … tabbed ODP First Team – State EPYSA from 2011-14 as well … twice landed on the ODP Regional Team (2013-14) … participated in the ODP Region 1 Camp from 2013-14 and was selected as a Top 5 player … participated in the ODP National Training Camp in Phoenix, Ariz. (Jan. 2014) … ECNL Elite Clubs National League ID2 National Training Camp selection (2015-17) … identified as a top player nationally and regionally in the SCNL for three-straight years … 2016 and 2017 ECNL Northeast Metro Player Development Program (Both in West Chester, Pa.) … named 2016 and 2017 ECNL Player to Watch … forward/midfielder for Players Development Academy (Somerset, N.J., June 2015-Present) under head coach Mick Smith … member of U-18/U-19 Sky Blue/PDA – U.S. Soccer Development Academy … played with top 10 nationally ranked U-17 PDA ECNL, capturing the 2017 Northeast ECNL Conference Championship and scoring 15 goals with 14 assists … won the 2016 U-16 ECNL National Championship with U-16 PDA ECNL (33-0-5 overall, 27-0-4 ECNL League), assisting on the game-winning goal in the 1-0 championship match victory with 10 seconds left in overtime … scored 10 goals and contributed seven assists … 2016 Northeast ECNL Conference Champions … 2016 Jefferson Cup Champions (undefeated – top tier) … 2015 CASL Champions (undefeated – top tier) … also played with FCBUCKS ECNL – Pennsylvania from 2013-15, earning co-captain status and capturing the 2013 PA State Championship … ECNL 2013-14 Regular Season top scorer (15 goals in 15 games) … participated in 2015 and 2016 ECNL National Training Camps, both in Portland, Ore., being named a Top 11 Player ID2 in 2015 … invited to 2017 ECNL National Training Camp, but declined to attend Duke Soccer Camp.

Personal: Full name is Mackenzie Pluck … born April 12, 2000 in Pennsylvania … daughter of Joe and Alison Pluck … has two brothers, JP and Liam, and one sister, Kat … her mother, Alison, played tennis and field hockey at Ursinus College from 1988-92 … graduated from Duke in May of 2022 with a degree in psychology along with a minor in visual arts and a markets and management certificate … was enrolled in the Master of Management Studies (MMS) program at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 2022-23.

Last Updated 2/2/2023