2026 Softball Roster

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Brian Foley for Foley-Photograph

21 Mackenzie Waghorn

  • Class Junior
  • Position C/OF
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  • High School Saratoga Springs
  • INFLCR mackenzie-waghorn

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2024, Fall 2025
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2023-24

2026: Made 38 appearances for the Wildcats, starting in 26 of them … Accounted for 14 hits with three runs scored and nine RBI on the year … Walked nine times on the season … Posted her first hit of the season at Georgia Tech … Got a hit against Virginia Tech, Kansas and Southern Indiana … Had a triple as part of a two-hit day at DePaul … Drove home a trio of runners at Penn … Scored a run in game two of the series versus St. John's … Totaled 59 putouts and 13 assists with a .960 fielding percentage behind the plate.

2025: Played in 20 games during her sophomore season … Started 11 games behind the plate … Made 53 putouts with just one error on the campaign … Worked the first walk of her career in an upset win at No. 25 Florida Atlantic … Totaled a two-hit day against No. 15 Virginia Tech with her first career home run, powering the 'Cats to victory on a grand slam … Appeared as a defensive replacement for Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament game against Providence.

2024: Played in eight games with six at bats during her first year … Made her collegiate debut with a pinch-hit appearance against Alabama … Registered her first career putouts with a pair of them against Georgia Southern … Made her first career start against Lehigh, recording a pair of putouts … Started behind the dish at Penn with a season-best three putouts for the Wildcats.

Saratoga Springs High School: Five-year starter in softball for Saratoga Springs … Named a conference all-star in three separate seasons … Selected as Coaches Award, Athletic Director's Award and Leadership Award recipient in her senior year … Won the Suburban Council championship in 2022 … Also played as a guard in basketball … Earned academic high honor roll all four years as a scholastic … Played club for Rhode Island Thunder National, placing 5th at PGF in 2021 with the 16U team.

Personal: Born 1/22/05 in Saratoga Springs, New York … Youngest of two children of Brian and Christine Waghorn … Younger sister of Haley, who played softball at Saint Michael's College … Enjoys watching sports and reading in her spare time … Chose to attend Villanova because "I loved the coaching staff and fell in love with the school as soon as I stepped on campus" … Noted the combination of high academics and athletics as a draw to VU ... Majoring in communication.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2024Freshman

    C
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2025Sophomore

    C
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2026Junior

    C/OF
    5'6"
    21