2008: Mackie pitched in a team-high 31 games and also started a number of games as the designated player… in the circle, led the team in wins, games started, complete games, innings pitched and strikeouts… at the plate, led the team in walks and on-base percentage… one of only two Panthers that walked more than she struck out… went 5-3 with 2.08 ERA in OVC play, ranking sixth in ERA… reached base safely to begin an inning 50 percent of the time (14-of-28)… registered 196 groundouts vs. 79 flyouts... went 3-2 with a 1.25 ERA and .208 batting average against at home… drew 16 of her 24 walks in true road games… batted .320 (8-for-25) with eight RBIs in neutral-site contests… batted .316 (6-for-19) with five RBIs and eight walks in post-spring break midweek action… homered at the plate and pitched complete game in the circle, striking out five while not giving up an earned run, against Indiana for EIU’s first win of the year… worked the final 2 1/3 innings against Jackson State to earn a save… tough-luck loser against Florida Gulf Coast after giving up only one earned run over 7 1/3 innings… earned a pair of wins in the Tennessee State series, surrendering just three runs over 14 innings in her games one and three starts… followed that up with a complete-game, four-hit shutout in the home-opening against Austin Peay… beat Southern Illinois with six innings on one-run ball, striking out five… allowed just one earned run over eight innings in the Samford series, winning the opener of the three-game set… struck out a season-high seven in complete-game victory in the nightcap of the doubleheader sweep of Morehead State… retired the first 12 batters she faced in home finale against Eastern Kentucky… collected a season-high three RBIs with a two-hit effort in the win against Buffalo… walked three times against Florida Gulf Coast and Butler… ignited the scoring in the six-run rally against Southern Illinois with a two-run double… hit a solo home run in the nightcap of the doubleheader at Illinois… singled twice during EIU’s nine-run inning in game two of the Eastern Kentucky series… National Rankings: 81st in walks… OVC Top 10 Rankings: sixth in walks… EIU Single-Season Rankings: third in walks… EIU All-Time Rankings: fourth in appearances, fifth in games started, sixth in strikeouts, and eighth in victories and innings pitched.
2007: OVC co-Pitcher of the Week (April 2)… NIST All-Tournament Team… Mackie pitched in 30 games and batted in 27 contests… led the EIU pitching staff in wins, ERA, games started and batting average against… posted the lowest ERA by an EIU pitcher since Sara DeLaere (1.94) in 1999… drop ball specialist recorded 83 more groundouts than flyouts… sported the best strikeout to walk ratio of the staff… also allowed the fewest home runs per appearance and had not surrendered a longball entering OVC play… led the team with seven wins and a 1.44 ERA at Williams Field… represented EIU on the NIST All-Tournament Team after posting a 1.45 ERA and surrendering just three extra-base hits over 19 1/3 innings… led the way with a 1.74 ERA in April… pitched in each of the final five games of the season, giving up just two earned runs while striking out 14… went 6-0 with a 2.07 ERA in post-spring break midweek action… earned her first career OVC Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing her first one-hitter in the rubber game of the Tennessee State series… she would have retired the final 20 Tigers in a row if not for an error in the third inning… was a one-woman team in the loss to Tulsa, allowing just three runs over 6 1/3 innings in the circle and hitting her first career home run to account for EIU's only tally… did not allow an earned run in back-to-back West Coast starts against UC Riverside and UC Davis… surrendered just one run over 6 2/3 in home-opening win against Indiana State… recorded season highs for strikeouts (7) and innings pitched (7 1/3) in extra-inning victory over Morehead State… was the winning pitcher in EIU's first-ever victory against Illinois, limiting the nation's top home-run hitting team to just one earned run in her complete-game effort… was deserving of a win in both of her starts against Jacksonville State after surrendering just one earned run over 10 1/3 innings… earned her first career save in the nightcap of the Southeast Missouri doubleheader after being the winning pitcher in the first game… had two RBIs and scored twice in both wins over Alabama A&M… knocked in the game-winning run in the opener of the TSU series with a sacrifice fly in the sixth… also drove in the game-winning run against Stephen F. Austin with a pinch hit double… was 2-for-7 as a pinch hitter… two multi-hit games, two multi-RBI efforts… Top 10 OVC Rankings: sixth in batting average against, eighth in ERA and games started.
2006: OVC All-Tournament Team… Mackie pitched in 32 games and started 26 times… was the winning pitcher in both EIU victories at the OVC Tournament… pitched remarkably well in the extra-inning win over Jacksonville State at the OVC Tourney, holding the high-powered JSU offense to only six hits and one run in an eight-inning complete game… tossed 3 1/3 innings of one-hit relief a day earlier against Eastern Kentucky giving the Panthers a chance to rally for victory… struck out a career-high nine in four-hit complete game against Samford… tossed back-to-back shutouts twice: against Boston College and at Saint Louis, and versus Yale and Fairleigh Dickinson at the Rebel Spring Games… struck out six in both complete-game efforts against BC and SLU… for the second year in a row, was the winning pitcher in both EIU victories against Morehead State… she allowed just one run while striking out 11 in 9 2/3 innings that weekend… did not walk a batter while allowing just two runs thru 7 1/3 innings against league and tournament champion Tennessee Tech… posted a 0.28 ERA in 24 2/3 innings at the Rebel Games… registered a 1.85 ERA thru 34 innings pitched at home… was dynamite in the month of March, posting eight wins and a 1.24 ERA while opposing hitters batted just .207… proved to be EIU’s toughest pitcher in May as well, allowing just one extra-base hit while registering a 1.35 ERA in the final month of the season… at the OVC Tournament, meanwhile, she did not surrender an extra-base hit in 14 2/3 innings… OVC Rankings: tied for seventh in wins (13), tied for eighth in games started and shutouts, and 10th in ERA… EIU Single-Season Rankings: tied for seventh in appearances and tied for 10th in games started.
2005: Started 10 games and appeared in 16… earned her first collegiate victory after holding high-powered Jacksonville State to only four runs in a complete-game effort… earned a pair of victories in the Morehead State series after allowing only three runs in 11 1/3 innings… held Southeast Missouri to one run in 5 1/3 innings, allowing the Panthers to rally for a comeback victory… pitched an inning-and-a-third of hitless relief at Samford as EIU rallied for a comeback win… struck out three versus Winthrop… allowed only two hits and one run in her impressive complete-game debut against North Dakota State… walked in her only plate appearance.
HIGH SCHOOL: Karyn was a softball letter-winner for coach Ron Ramspott... four-year scholar athlete and two-time all-conference selection... also named second team All-Metro... two-time Rock-n-Fire award honoree by the conference coaches... played for the St. Louis Wiplash summer league team.
PERSONAL: No. 1 sports highlight was "pitching in the district championships of the state tournament"... her father has been a major influence on her sports career because "he has always been there for me and helped me as a pitcher"... most admires her former coach Jim Griener because "he helped me tremendously with my pitching ability"... her older sister Heather played softball at Truman State in Missouri... daughter of Bruce and Chris Mackie... MAJOR: Physical Education.
