Mackenzie Perez
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Santa Ynez, CA
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- Position:
- All Around
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- Year:
- Fr
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- High School:
- Santa Ynez
Bio
High School: Attended Santa Ynez High for four years and was on varsity swim. Also played water polo and volleyball for three years. Was first-team all-league and first team All-CIF in her junior and senior years of water polo. She invests a lot time in sports and is a very dedicated athlete.
Personal: Born May 10, 1997 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Moved with her family to Santa Ynez Valley when she was 2 years old. One thing she is very passionate about are horses. Since she could walk, she was always on the back of a horse. She's also passionate about competing in barrel racing.
News mentions
SBCC received top honors from the Western State Conference as goalie Mackenzie Richards was named Player of the Year in women’s water polo for the 2015 fall season and Chuckie Roth was the Coach of the Year.
SBCC stormed out to a 4-0 first-quarter lead on Friday afternoon but No. 2 San Diego Mesa chipped away and then dominated the final period in an 8-5 victory in the Southern Cal Regional women’s water polo tournament at Mt. San Antonio College.
Kendra Carr scored three goals and Nicole Cosares tallied two goals and five steals on Saturday as SBCC edged L.A. Valley 10-8 to win its second straight WSC women’s water polo championship.
SBCC built halftime leads in all three women’s water polo games on Saturday in its Halloween Tournament at Santa Barbara High. The Vaqueros led Hancock 9-3 at the half and went on to capture the WSC morning contest 14-4.
SBCC dropped a tight 10-8 game to powerhouse Mt. San Antonio on Saturday at the Ventura Tournament, then fell to defending state champ, Fullerton, 15-2.
Kendra Carr continued her offensive onslaught on Friday, scoring a season-high six goals in SBCC’s 7-6 women’s water polo win over Cypress and three more in a 15-3 rout of San Diego Miramar on the first day of the Ventura Tournament.
Kendra Carr poured in five goals for the second straight game and SBCC beat Cuesta 14-5 on Wednesday in a WSC women’s water polo game at San Marcos High.
It took two overtimes and sudden death to decide Wednesday’s WSC women’s water polo showdown between conference leaders SBCC and L.A. Valley. After being tied 10-10 at the end of regulation, the Monarchs scored in the first OT and then in sudden death to edge the defending WSC champions 12-11 at Valley’s pool.
SBCC lost two more games at the Mt. SAC Classic on Saturday but Coach Chuckie Roth says his team is improving. The Vaqueros were edged by Long Beach 8-6 and then lost to American River 10-4.
SBCC ran into a pair of women’s water polo powerhouses on Friday and dropped two games on the first day of the Mt. SAC Classic in Walnut.
Second halves made all the difference on Friday as SBCC opened its women’s water polo season in the Central Coast Invitational at Cuesta in San Luis Obispo.