2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Mackenzei Bernal-Mahagan
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Permian HS
- Hometown:
- Odessa, Texas
HONORS: 1x Big South Player of the Week (2/17/26), 1x Big South Conference Champion (2026)
2026 (Junior): Made Upstate debut on Feb. 6, 2026 against St. Francis at DP and appeared in all 61 games while starting in 57 (55 at DP, one at RF, one at 1B) .... had 161 at bats with 50 hits contributed to a .311 batting average... added 50 hits along with nine doubles and four HRs while adding 42 RBI....named Big South Player of the Week on Feb. 17, 2026... added 71 total bases and six stolen bases...opened her Upstate career with a four-RBI day against Saint Francis (2/7/26)...added a season high with three hits against Wofford (4/15/26)....added a season-high of two runs scored against Presbyterian (5/1/26).....key contributor in the three-peat of USC Upstate Softball winning the 2026 Conference Championship over Winthrop (5/9/26).....helped Upstate add their first Regional win over SE Louisiana since May 19, 2017 and added her 14th multi-hit game against Belmont pushing Upstate to the NCAA Regional Final for the first time in program history.
PRIOR TO UPSTATE: Transfers from Odessa College (Texas)... appeared in 54 games at Odessa College with a batting average of .480....added 14 Homer's and 82 RBIs....swiped 10 bases... was ranked second in the nation in doubles...10th in the nation in RBIs....24th in the nation for Batting average, second in school record for doubles in a single season.....played in 55 games during sophomore year with a .406 batting average and 10 homeruns, 69 RBIs and five stolen bases.......was named NFCA NJCAA D1 Second Team All-American.....NJCAA All-Academic second team....NJCAC Player of the Week....Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society..... graduated from Permian HS (Texas)... four-year letter playing all four years... was named Furmian Player of the Year in 2023.... was part of the 2023 District Championship team...was a member of the Next Level Travel Ball Team.
