Hall of Fame
Dominant in the pitching circle, MacKenzie Bowden ranks first in the career record books for William Woods with 76 complete games and 865 career strikeouts. Her strikeout total is nearly 300 better than the next nearest mark, despite pitching more than 40 fewer innings over her career. She ranks second on the career IP list with 631.0, and unsurprisingly holds four of the top ten single-season strikeout totals - 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th.
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Compiling a 62-35 career record with an overall ERA of 1.58, Bowden helped William Woods to three NAIA Softball World Series appearances (2011, 2013, 2014) and was twice (2012, 2014) named AMC Pitcher of the Year. She earned First Team All-AMC honors all four years, but was also a standout in the classroom for WWU, maintaining a 4.0 GPA throughout her undergraduate program and also earning her master's degree from the Woods.
