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2017-18: Played 28 rounds in 10 events and held a 77.29 stroke average … Earned her best 18-hole total (72, E) and tournament finish of the season at the Bama Beach Bash, where she shot 219 (+3) to tie for sixth out of 59 … Tied for 20th at the Xavier Invitational.  

2016-17: Competed in 10 events and recorded a 76.11 stroke average in 28 rounds ... Ended her sophomore season with three top-10 finishes ... Finished tied for seventh at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... Tied for fifth at the Chris Banister Golf Classic, her best finish of the year ... Tied for eighth at the Memphis Invitational ... Finished in a tie for 10th at Jan Weaver Murray State Invitational ... Also notched three top-20 finishes: tied for 11th at Samford Spring Shootout, tied for 20th at the Bama Beach Bash, and tied for 12th at the Panther Intercollegiate.

2015-16: Competed in seven tournaments ... Earned two top-20 finishes ... Shot a career-low 2-over par 74 in the second round of the 14th Annual USA Women’s Invitational at Azalea City Golf Club in Mobile ... Matched her career low in the opening round of the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate ... Also recorded a career-low three-round total of 229 at that tournament ... Finished with a 78.76 stroke average in 21 rounds.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Henry County High School ... Earned 2014 Region 5 Player of the Year honors ... First-team all-state as a junior by the Kentucky Golf Coaches Association ... Earned runner-up spot at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s Girls Golf Championship as a junior ... Finished in the top five as a senior at the KHSAA championship with a two-round total of 146 after a 1-over-par 73 in each round ... Four-time North Central Kentucky Conference medalist ... Picked up all-state honors as a senior, and finished with a 72.30 scoring average during her time at HCHS ... Won the Golfweek Junior Tour’s Wetherington Tournament at Wetherington Golf and Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2014 with a two-round score of 147, including an even-par 72 in the final round ... Lettered one year in softball at HCHS.

Personal: Full name is MacKenzie Rose Peyton ... Born Oct. 25, 1996, in New Castle, Ky. ... Only child to Chris and Billie Peyton ... Lists the Harry Potter series as her favorite movies ... Favorite book is “Where The Red Fern Grows” ... Favorite athletes are Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Kenny Perry ... Favorite music artist is Tim McGraw ... Lists hunting and fishing among her hobbies.

Major: Communication