Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  First-year player at FMU....Transfer from Santa Fe State College, where she played the 2025 season....Also played one season (2024) at Eastern Florida State College....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2025 (fall).

SFSC:  Batted .319 with 33 runs scored, nine doubles, 17 homers, 49 RBIs, a .638 slugging percentage, and .370 on-base percentage....2024-25 Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team by CSC....2024-25 NJCAA All-Academic....2024-25 FCSAA Academic All-State....2025 Spring All-Saints Academic Team....2024-25 CSC Academic All-American....Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

EFSC:  Hit .394 with 21 doubles, four homers, 49 RBIs, a .591 slugging percentage, and a .439 on-base percentage....Led team in doubles, homers, extra-base hits, and RBIs....Named to the 2024 FCSAA All-Tournament Team....2024 All-FCSAA second-team....2024 All-Citrus Conference first-team....2024 All-Citrus Conference North Team....2024 FCSAA All-Academic Team.

PERSONAL:

• Born in Boca Raton, FL
• Graduate of Pompano Beach High School, where she played for coach John McGuire
• Named first-team All-Broward County three times (2021-23)
• 3-time first-team All-Sun Sentinel and All-Miami Herald (2021-23)
• Also lettered in basketball
• Nickname is Kenzie

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Pharmacist
• How you got your nickname:  Short for McKenzie
• Favorite Fictional Character:  Bucky Barnes “Winter Soldier”
• Favorite Athlete:  Michaela Edenfield
• Favorite Sports Team:  Miami Dolphins
• Favorite Movie or TV Show:  Avatar: The Way of Water , Supernatural or American Horror Story
• Favorite Food:  Pizza    
• Favorite Vacation Spot:  Emerald Isle, NC
• Favorite Musical Artist:  The Warning
• Favorite Thing About FMU:  The foundations all around campus and all of the nature.
• Favorite Off-Field Activity:  Pickleball.
• Goals for Upcoming Season:  Be conference champs and get to the World Series; Have over a .300 batting average
• Why you first chose your sport:  My parents got me into it; Although, right before high school I played travel basketball and travel softball; Due to their increasing schedules, I had to make a choice and stuck with travel softball; I still played basketball in high school
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport:  Dealing with failure
• Do you have any siblings who have played/are playing sports in college?  My brother Jaxson Jewell, plays football and is a freshman at the United States Naval Academy (#25 plays CB)
• Interesting Notes:  My Dad played football at Purdue University (1993-1998); I like to do Diamond Art, Word searches, read and go thrift shopping in my spare time; I have 25 tattoos
• Brush With Greatness:  I met Aleshia Ocasio who played for University of Florida