Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mackenzie Lynn Gress [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | June 3, 2004||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Penn State Nittany Lions | ||
Number | 1 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Penn State Nittany Lions | 17 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | United States U-16 | 2 | (0) |
2024 | United States U-20 | 4 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 21, 2024 |
Mackenzie Lynn Gress (born June 3, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Raised in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, Gress attended Lyndhurst High School but never played prep soccer there. [2] She played club soccer for STA Girls Academy and was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the third-best goalkeeper of the 2022 class. [3] She committed to Penn State as a freshman. [4]
Gress redshirted her first season with the Penn State Nittany Lions and made only 4 appearances as an understudy to Kat Asman in the 2023 season. [5] She became Penn State's first-choice goalkeeper in the 2024 season, though she missed a stretch of games while at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and due to concussion protocol afterwards. She made 53 saves and kept 4 clean sheets in 13 starts, helping Penn State reach the NCAA tournament quarterfinals. [6] [7]
Gress was called up to the United States national under-14 team in 2018. [8] She played friendlies for the United States at the under-16 and under-20 levels. She was included on tournament rosters as Teagan Wy's backup at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where the United States won bronze, its best result since 2012. [9] [10]