Mackenzie Alaina Roark (born June 16, 1989) is an American softball coach and former player. She is the former head coach at

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

Career

She attended Mount Juliet High School in

Mount Juliet, Tennessee Mt. Juliet (also referred to as Mount Juliet) is a city located in western Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. A suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, it is approximately east of downtown Nashville. Mt. Juliet is located mostly between ...

. She later attended

Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

, where she pitched for the

Virginia Tech Hokies softball The Virginia Tech Hokies softball team is a college softball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Their home games are played at Tech Softball Park. The team appeared in the NCAA Tournament in four successiv ...

team. During her freshman season in 2008, Roark led the Hokies to the 2008 Women's College World Series, where they lost to

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, 2–0.

Coaching career

After graduating from Virginia Tech, Roark later went on to serve as an assistant softball coach at

, East Tennessee State, and

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. Roark was named head softball coach at

on August 25, 2018. On July 18, 2022, Roark announced her retirement from coaching after serving as head coach at Ohio for four seasons.

Head coaching record

References

External links

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Ohio bio

Virginia Tech bio

East Tennessee State bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roark, Kenzie 1989 births Living people American softball coaches Ohio Bobcats softball coaches Virginia Tech Hokies softball coaches Virginia Tech Hokies softball players Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee