Mackenzie Allessie Season 2023

ACADEMICS: Major - Criminology
 
CAREER NOTES:
Athletic: Two-time member U.S. National Team (2019, 2022)...First team All-American (2020, 2021)...Second Team All-American (2022)...Third team All-American (2019)...First team All-Big Ten (2019, 2020. 2021, 2022)...First team NFHCA All-Region (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)...Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (2020).
 
2022 / SENIOR SEASON:
Season: Earned First Team All-Big Ten, First Team NFHCA All-Region and Second Team NFHCA All-American honors...Led Penn State with 18 assists...Had 12 goals and ended the season with 42 points.
Virginia (8/26/22): Picked up two assists in 3-2 win. UAlbany (9/3/22): Two more assists at Albany. Delaware (9/11/22): Scored first two goals of the season in road win. Cornell (9/17/22): Notched another two goals in win over Big Red in Ann Arbor. Michigan State (9/23/22): Picked up a goal and an assist. Northwestern (9/30/22) Season high three goals at NU. Indiana (10/2/22): Picked up a goal and two assists in 4-0 victory over Hoosiers, closing out 10-point road  weekend (at NU and IU). Maryland (10/21/22): Had two assists and a goal in 5-1 win over Terrapins. UAlbany (11/13/22): Had two assists and the game winning goal in 1-0 victory over UAlbany in NCAA quarterfinals in Ann Arbor, sending Penn State to national semifinals.
 
2021 / JUNIOR SEASON:
Season: Earned First Team All-Big Ten, First Team NFHCA All-Region and First Team NFHCA All-American honors...B1G Offensive Player of the Week (10/13/21)...Led Penn State with 12 assists...Had nine goals and ended year with 30 points.
Virginia (8/27/21): Notched first point as a Nittany Lion with an assist in 3-2 OT win. William & Mary (8/29/21): Had two assists. Albany (9/10/21): First goal as a Nittany Lion, also had two assists, in 3-1 victory. Delaware (9/12/21): Scored on goal and added an assist.  Maryland (9/18/21): Picked up a goal in 3-2 OT win. Indiana (10/1/21): Scored a goal and had an assist. Northwestern (10/3/21): Notched game’s first goal in 2-1 double-OT win. Bucknell (10/9/21): Notched one goal. Lafayette (10/15/21): Had one assist. Princeton (10/17/21): Picked up a goal and an assist. Ohio State (10/22/21): Notched on goal in her return to Columbus. Michigan State (10/24/21): Assisted on game’s lone goal in 1-0 road win. Michigan (10/29/21): Three points off a goal and an assist. Maryland (11/4/21): Had an assists in 3-2 B1G tournament victory.
 
2020 / SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year honors with 35 point season...Scored 15 goals and had five assists...Led OSU to Big Ten Tournament title game after an 0-7 start, finishing the year 7-9.
Indiana (4/2/21): Had three goals and an assist for seven points in 5-0 win.  Indiana (4/4/21): Scored three goals for six points in 6-0 win, finishing weekend with six goals and an assist.  Michigan State (4/9/21): Scored a goal in 4-2 win over Spartans.  Michigan State (4/11/21): Had two goals and two assists for six points in 5-0 victory.  Penn State (4/16/21): Had an assist in close 2-1 loss to the Nittany Lions. Penn State (4/17/21) had two goals for four points in 3-2 overtime win over Penn State. Penn State (4/21/21): Had an assist in 4-3 overtime win over Penn State in Big Ten tourney.  Northwestern (4/22/21): Had a goal in 2-1 Big Ten semifinal victory over the Wildcats.
 
2019 / FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Played in and started all 18 games as a true freshman for Ohio State....Earned first team All-Big Ten honors and third team All-American laurels after finishing the year with 37 points off 16 goals and five assists.
UMass (8/30/19): Had one assist in collegiate opener, a 7-0 win over UMass. Boston (9/2/19): Scored first collegiate goal in 3-2 win over BU. James Madison (9/6/19): Had a goal in 3-0 victory.  Central Michigan (9/13/19): Scored two goals and dished off two assists for six points in 11-0 win. Indiana (9/29/19): Scored two goals in 6-2 win. Ohio (10/6/19): Season high seven points off three goals and an assist in 6-1 victory. Kent State (10/27/19): Notched two goals in 4-0 win. Michigan State (11/2/19): Scored a goal in 3-0 Big Ten victory.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Became the youngest player to be named to the United State’s National Team in 2018, making first appearance on Jan. 27 of that year against Chile...Played in 2019 Pan Am games  for team USA...At Donegal High School, led nation in goals with 76 in 2016 as a sophomore...National high school scoring champion with 91 goals and nation-best 38 assists as a junior in 2017...Left Donegal as the national career record holder in single season goals (124), career goals (351) and career points (838)...Three-time first team all-state honoree...Three-time Penn Live Player of the Year.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Gina and Andy Allessie...Has three siblings, brother Brady and sisters Andrea and Mercedes...Mother Gina played field hockey and lacrosse at Cortland State...Father Andy played football and wrestled at East Stroudsburg.