GLIAC Player of the Week (4/2/07)
2007 Preseason All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
2006 First Team All-North Central Region
2006 First Team All-GLIAC
2006 Silver Glove Award Winner (Northwoods League) 2006:
First Team All-Region and All-GLIAC selection...Appeared in 55 games with 52 of 54 starts at second base...Hit .379 on the year, ranking 10th in the GLIAC and fourth on the squad...Tied for the Laker lead in RBIs, with 54, ranking third in the conference...Second on the team with six home runs...One of three Lakers to reach the 100 total base plateau with exactly 100...Ranked in the top four in all three extra-base hit categories: doubles (11/T4th), triples (2/T1st) and home runs (6/2nd)...Led the team in stolen bases with 15...Tied for the third on the team with 67 hits...Went 67-for-177 on the season with 43 runs scored, 54 RBIs and 100 total bases...Went 15-for-22 on the base paths...Turned in a .957 fielding percentage from his second base position...129 assists ranked second on the squad...Turned in 10 games with two or more RBIs, including five games of four RBIs...Tallied a hit in 19 of his first 21 games as a Laker...Went 9-for-12 with three runs scored and seven RBIs in a four game stretch late in the season against Hillsdale and Ashland (5/3-5/6)...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and three RBIs at Northwood (4/5)...Hit a grand slam vs. Quincy in the North Central Regional...Named the Northwoods League Silver Glove Award Winner as the best fielder this past summer.
Prior to GVSU:
Played two years at Grand Rapids Community College...Coached by Doug Wabeke and Mike Cupples...Sat out 2004 season due to injury...Hit .350 and was named 2003 NJCAA World Series MVP...Team captured three-straight NJCAA National Championships.
High School:
Prepped at Wyoming Park High School...Coached by Ron Engels...Two-time all-OK Gold, all-district, and all-region honoree...Team was state finalist in 2001.
Personal:
Son of Jim and Mary McKenzie...Born in Grand Rapids, Mich. as Justin McKenzie...Engineering major...Enjoys playing the guitar, ping-pong, tennis, and golf.
Single Game Highs
At Bats: 5 (eight times, most recently vs Gannon (3/31/07))
Runs: 3 (four times, most recently vs Gannon (3/31/07))
Hits: 3 (11 times, most recently vs Gannon (3/31/07))
RBIs: 5 (two times, most recently vs Gannon (3/30/07)
Total Bases: 10 vs Emporia State (3/6/07)
Stolen Bases: 3 vs Gannon (4/9/06)
Hit Streak: 13 games (4/17/06-5/6/06)
