2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Blake, McKenzie
Jersey Number 34
McKenzie Blake
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Haddonfield
- Hometown:
- Haddonfield, N.J.
Bio
Honors
Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2024, 2025)
Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American (2025)
Honorable Mention Inside Lacrosse All-American (2024)
Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (2024)
First-Team IWLCA All-Region (2024)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023, 2024)
USA Lacrosse Magazine Player of the Week (4/8/24)
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (2/27/23, 4/8/24)
2024: Tewaaraton Award Watch List selection ... First-Team IWLCA All-Region ... Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy ... Honorable Mention Inside Lacrosse All-American ... Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American ... Started all 18 games ... Led the team with 72 points and 67 goals ... Her 67 goals ranked No. 3 all-time in a single season by a Tiger ... Led the Ivy League and ranked No. 15 in the country in goals ... Ranked No. 4 in the Ivy League and No. 13 in the country in goals-per-game at 3.72 ... Led team with 63 draw controls ... Won seven draws and added a goal and an assist at Virginia (2/17) ... Scored five goals and won eight draw controls against Penn State ... Won five draws and scored three times against Rutgers (2/28) ... Notched a hat trick against Yale (3/2) ... Scored four times against Monmouth (3/6) ... Netted four goals and picked up five ground balls against Florida (3/13) ... Won five draws and scored twice against Cornell (3/23) ... Scored five times against Penn (4/3) ... Found the back of the cage five times and won four draws against Columbia (4/6) ... Named USA Lacrosse Magazine and Ivy League Player of the Week after her performances against Penn and Columbia ... Scored four goals and won four draws against Loyola (4/10) ... Netted five goals and won four draws against Brown (4/13) ... Potted four goals and won four draws against Maryland (4/17) ... Had a four-goal game against Dartmouth (4/20) ... Had a five-goal, four-draw control game against Harvard (4/27) ... Won seven draw controls and had two goals against Penn (5/3) in the Ivy League Tournament ... Scored five goals against Drexel (5/10) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Had four goals and four draw controls against Boston College (5/12) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
2023: First-Team All-Ivy ... Named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (2/27) ... Played in 15 games, starting each ... Tallied 47 points, second-most on the team ... Scored a team-high 39 goals ... Won 21 draws and picked up 18 ground balls ... Had eight games with 3+ goals ... Scored six goals and added four ground balls at Temple (2/25) ... Had hat tricks against Rutgers (3/1) and Yale (3/4) ... Won four draw controls while adding three points (1g, 2a) against Penn State (3/18) ... Scored three times against Cornell (3/25) ... Scored five goals and won five draws against Saint Joseph's (4/5) ... Netted a hat trick and won three draws against Columbia (4/8) ... Secured three draw controls against Loyola (4/12) ... Tallied a hat trick against Brown (4/16) ... Scored twice at Penn (4/19) ... Had a six-point game, scoring four goals and adding two assists against Harvard (4/30).
2022: Started all 19 games ... Third on team in goals with 36 ... Fourth on team in points with 46 ... Tied for fourth on team in assists with 10 ... Led all field players and was second on team with 34 ground balls ... Fourth on team with 12 caused turnovers ... Recorded a hat trick, adding four ground balls and two caused turnovers in collegiate debut at Virginia (2/20) ... Had a goal and three assists with two ground balls against Temple (2/26) ... Caused two turnovers and picked up five ground balls against Cornell (3/5) ... Scored five times with two ground balls at USC (3/8) ... Scored four times at San Diego State (3/12) ... Had a goal and two assists at Penn State (3/18) ... Scored twice, adding an assist to go with three ground balls and two draw controls at Brown (4/9) ... Scored twice, adding two ground balls and an assist against Dartmouth (4/16) ... Had two goals and three ground balls against Penn (4/20) ... Scored twice against Harvard (4/23) ... Tallied two goals, two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Columbia (4/27) ... Had two goals against Yale (4/30) ... Scored four times and added two ground balls in Ivy Tournament final against Yale (5/8) ... Scored against UMass in NCAA Tournament first round (5/13) ... Had two ground balls and an assist against Syracuse in NCAA Tournament second round (5/15).
Before Princeton: 2019 and 2021 All-American ... Three-time State champion (2018, 2019, 2021) ... 2021 New Jersey Player of the Year ... 2021 Academic All-American ... Three-time South Jersey Midfielder of the Year (2018, 2019, 2021) ... Played club for HHH ... Also lettered in soccer and basketball ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Jessica and Matthew Blake ... Mother played lacrosse at Saint Joseph's ... Older brother, Aiden, plays lacrosse at Cornell ... Intends to study psychology.
Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2024, 2025)
Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American (2025)
Honorable Mention Inside Lacrosse All-American (2024)
Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (2024)
First-Team IWLCA All-Region (2024)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023, 2024)
USA Lacrosse Magazine Player of the Week (4/8/24)
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (2/27/23, 4/8/24)
2024: Tewaaraton Award Watch List selection ... First-Team IWLCA All-Region ... Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy ... Honorable Mention Inside Lacrosse All-American ... Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American ... Started all 18 games ... Led the team with 72 points and 67 goals ... Her 67 goals ranked No. 3 all-time in a single season by a Tiger ... Led the Ivy League and ranked No. 15 in the country in goals ... Ranked No. 4 in the Ivy League and No. 13 in the country in goals-per-game at 3.72 ... Led team with 63 draw controls ... Won seven draws and added a goal and an assist at Virginia (2/17) ... Scored five goals and won eight draw controls against Penn State ... Won five draws and scored three times against Rutgers (2/28) ... Notched a hat trick against Yale (3/2) ... Scored four times against Monmouth (3/6) ... Netted four goals and picked up five ground balls against Florida (3/13) ... Won five draws and scored twice against Cornell (3/23) ... Scored five times against Penn (4/3) ... Found the back of the cage five times and won four draws against Columbia (4/6) ... Named USA Lacrosse Magazine and Ivy League Player of the Week after her performances against Penn and Columbia ... Scored four goals and won four draws against Loyola (4/10) ... Netted five goals and won four draws against Brown (4/13) ... Potted four goals and won four draws against Maryland (4/17) ... Had a four-goal game against Dartmouth (4/20) ... Had a five-goal, four-draw control game against Harvard (4/27) ... Won seven draw controls and had two goals against Penn (5/3) in the Ivy League Tournament ... Scored five goals against Drexel (5/10) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Had four goals and four draw controls against Boston College (5/12) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
2023: First-Team All-Ivy ... Named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (2/27) ... Played in 15 games, starting each ... Tallied 47 points, second-most on the team ... Scored a team-high 39 goals ... Won 21 draws and picked up 18 ground balls ... Had eight games with 3+ goals ... Scored six goals and added four ground balls at Temple (2/25) ... Had hat tricks against Rutgers (3/1) and Yale (3/4) ... Won four draw controls while adding three points (1g, 2a) against Penn State (3/18) ... Scored three times against Cornell (3/25) ... Scored five goals and won five draws against Saint Joseph's (4/5) ... Netted a hat trick and won three draws against Columbia (4/8) ... Secured three draw controls against Loyola (4/12) ... Tallied a hat trick against Brown (4/16) ... Scored twice at Penn (4/19) ... Had a six-point game, scoring four goals and adding two assists against Harvard (4/30).
2022: Started all 19 games ... Third on team in goals with 36 ... Fourth on team in points with 46 ... Tied for fourth on team in assists with 10 ... Led all field players and was second on team with 34 ground balls ... Fourth on team with 12 caused turnovers ... Recorded a hat trick, adding four ground balls and two caused turnovers in collegiate debut at Virginia (2/20) ... Had a goal and three assists with two ground balls against Temple (2/26) ... Caused two turnovers and picked up five ground balls against Cornell (3/5) ... Scored five times with two ground balls at USC (3/8) ... Scored four times at San Diego State (3/12) ... Had a goal and two assists at Penn State (3/18) ... Scored twice, adding an assist to go with three ground balls and two draw controls at Brown (4/9) ... Scored twice, adding two ground balls and an assist against Dartmouth (4/16) ... Had two goals and three ground balls against Penn (4/20) ... Scored twice against Harvard (4/23) ... Tallied two goals, two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Columbia (4/27) ... Had two goals against Yale (4/30) ... Scored four times and added two ground balls in Ivy Tournament final against Yale (5/8) ... Scored against UMass in NCAA Tournament first round (5/13) ... Had two ground balls and an assist against Syracuse in NCAA Tournament second round (5/15).
Before Princeton: 2019 and 2021 All-American ... Three-time State champion (2018, 2019, 2021) ... 2021 New Jersey Player of the Year ... 2021 Academic All-American ... Three-time South Jersey Midfielder of the Year (2018, 2019, 2021) ... Played club for HHH ... Also lettered in soccer and basketball ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Jessica and Matthew Blake ... Mother played lacrosse at Saint Joseph's ... Older brother, Aiden, plays lacrosse at Cornell ... Intends to study psychology.
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