2016-17 Women's Crew Roster
Roster
Dorsett, Mackenzie

Mackenzie Dorsett
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Galloway, N.J.
- High School:
- Absegami
Bio
2020-21 / Graduate Student
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, seven of them as the seventh seat in the Second Varsity 8…helped Drexel to a gold medal in the 2V8 at the Dad Vail Regatta…part of first place finishes at the Murphy Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta…2V8 posted a strong showing at the CAA Championships, finishing second.
2019-20 / Senior
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…named a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete… received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll… member of the varsity eight that garnered Drexel School of Education Athletes of the Week recognition twice (Oct. 21 and Nov. 4)…began the year with a win in the varsity eight over Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in Rumson, N.J. (Sept. 21)…won the varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…earned silver with the varsity eight in the Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26) …placed third out of 30 boats in the women’s open 8+ A boat at the Navy Day Regatta (Oct. 12)…placed third out of 32 boats with the varsity eight at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19)… finished 14th out of 47 boats with the varsity eight A boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Junior
Member of the second varsity eight for a majority of the races this spring…in the seven seat, part of a fourth place finish in the second varsity eight at the CAA Championships (May 19)…placed third in the second varsity eight at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished fourth in the second varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…won gold in the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with three second varsity eight wins over Duquesne, GW and MIT (April 12-13)…finished second in the third final of the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay in California (April 7)…placed fourth in the varsity eight petite final at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…placed third in the varsity eight grand final at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race with La Salle to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16)…named a CRCA Scholar Athlete for the second time (June 27).
2017-18 / Sophomore
CRCA Scholar Athlete…helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…key piece in the women’s team winning its second consecutive women’s title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat bow for the second varsity eight that captured gold at the Dad Vail Regatta…won the silver medal with the second varsity eight and helped the Dragons to a second-place finish at the CAA Championships …competed at the Henley Women’s Regatta and the Reading Amateur Regatta in England…at the 30th annual George Washington Invitational on the Potomac River placed first and second with the second varsity eight… helped the women’s team to the Wilkens Bowl (women’s points title) at the George Washington Invitational for the second straight season…sat bow for the second varsity eight’s second place finish at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup…sat bow for the second varsity eight that finished sixth at the Cooper Sprints and ninth at the Eastern Sprints…placed second at the Kelly Cup in the second varsity eight…at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta placed second in the second varsity eight as bow…in the fall, earned a second-place finish with the varsity eight B at the Frostbite Regatta…sat 7-seat at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta where the second varsity eight finished third…finished second as part of the second varsity eight at the Navy Day Regatta.
2016-17 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their fifth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…key piece in the women’s team winning its first ever women’s title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat bow in the second varsity eight that won the gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta…won the silver medal with the second varsity eight and helped the Dragons to a second-place finish at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships…earned the CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...earned a second-place finish with the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta…helped the women’s team to the Wilkens Bowl (women’s points title) at the George Washington Invitational…victorious in races against Georgetown and Navy as well as MIT and Dayton at the event in the second varsity eight…won the gold medal in the second varsity eight at the Kelly Cup…advanced to the grand final and finished sixth overall with the second varsity eight at Eastern Sprints…earned a second- and a third-place finish with the second varsity eight at the Hornet Invitational in Sacramento…earned a top-10 finish with the second varsity eight at the Murphy Cup...in the fall, earned a sixth-place finish out of 56 boats with the second varsity eight B at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…finished third of 17 in the second varsity eight B at the Navy Day Regatta…sat bow in the varsity eight B that took first place and in the freshmen eight that took second at the Frostbite Regatta to close the fall season…took first sitting bow in the freshmen eight at the Rutgers Fall Classic…rowed bow in the varsity eight C at the Princeton Three-Mile Chase.
Background
Attended Absegami High School…rowed all four years…2015 hammer award winner…second place at the 2015 Garden State Championship…finished fifth at the City Championships…took fifth at Stotesbury…fifth-place finish at SRAA Nationals…fifth at the National Scholastic Championships.
Personal
Daughter of Diane and Kenneth Dorsett…has one younger brother…majoring in screenwriting and playwriting.
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, seven of them as the seventh seat in the Second Varsity 8…helped Drexel to a gold medal in the 2V8 at the Dad Vail Regatta…part of first place finishes at the Murphy Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta…2V8 posted a strong showing at the CAA Championships, finishing second.
2019-20 / Senior
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…named a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete… received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll… member of the varsity eight that garnered Drexel School of Education Athletes of the Week recognition twice (Oct. 21 and Nov. 4)…began the year with a win in the varsity eight over Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in Rumson, N.J. (Sept. 21)…won the varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…earned silver with the varsity eight in the Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26) …placed third out of 30 boats in the women’s open 8+ A boat at the Navy Day Regatta (Oct. 12)…placed third out of 32 boats with the varsity eight at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19)… finished 14th out of 47 boats with the varsity eight A boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Junior
Member of the second varsity eight for a majority of the races this spring…in the seven seat, part of a fourth place finish in the second varsity eight at the CAA Championships (May 19)…placed third in the second varsity eight at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished fourth in the second varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…won gold in the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with three second varsity eight wins over Duquesne, GW and MIT (April 12-13)…finished second in the third final of the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay in California (April 7)…placed fourth in the varsity eight petite final at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…placed third in the varsity eight grand final at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race with La Salle to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16)…named a CRCA Scholar Athlete for the second time (June 27).
2017-18 / Sophomore
CRCA Scholar Athlete…helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…key piece in the women’s team winning its second consecutive women’s title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat bow for the second varsity eight that captured gold at the Dad Vail Regatta…won the silver medal with the second varsity eight and helped the Dragons to a second-place finish at the CAA Championships …competed at the Henley Women’s Regatta and the Reading Amateur Regatta in England…at the 30th annual George Washington Invitational on the Potomac River placed first and second with the second varsity eight… helped the women’s team to the Wilkens Bowl (women’s points title) at the George Washington Invitational for the second straight season…sat bow for the second varsity eight’s second place finish at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup…sat bow for the second varsity eight that finished sixth at the Cooper Sprints and ninth at the Eastern Sprints…placed second at the Kelly Cup in the second varsity eight…at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta placed second in the second varsity eight as bow…in the fall, earned a second-place finish with the varsity eight B at the Frostbite Regatta…sat 7-seat at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta where the second varsity eight finished third…finished second as part of the second varsity eight at the Navy Day Regatta.
2016-17 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their fifth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…key piece in the women’s team winning its first ever women’s title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat bow in the second varsity eight that won the gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta…won the silver medal with the second varsity eight and helped the Dragons to a second-place finish at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships…earned the CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...earned a second-place finish with the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta…helped the women’s team to the Wilkens Bowl (women’s points title) at the George Washington Invitational…victorious in races against Georgetown and Navy as well as MIT and Dayton at the event in the second varsity eight…won the gold medal in the second varsity eight at the Kelly Cup…advanced to the grand final and finished sixth overall with the second varsity eight at Eastern Sprints…earned a second- and a third-place finish with the second varsity eight at the Hornet Invitational in Sacramento…earned a top-10 finish with the second varsity eight at the Murphy Cup...in the fall, earned a sixth-place finish out of 56 boats with the second varsity eight B at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…finished third of 17 in the second varsity eight B at the Navy Day Regatta…sat bow in the varsity eight B that took first place and in the freshmen eight that took second at the Frostbite Regatta to close the fall season…took first sitting bow in the freshmen eight at the Rutgers Fall Classic…rowed bow in the varsity eight C at the Princeton Three-Mile Chase.
Background
Attended Absegami High School…rowed all four years…2015 hammer award winner…second place at the 2015 Garden State Championship…finished fifth at the City Championships…took fifth at Stotesbury…fifth-place finish at SRAA Nationals…fifth at the National Scholastic Championships.
Personal
Daughter of Diane and Kenneth Dorsett…has one younger brother…majoring in screenwriting and playwriting.
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