Mackenzie Adkins

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Back/IM
Hometown:
Geneva, Ill.
Height:
5-4
High School:
Rosary
Squadron:
8 / Eagle Eight

FRESHMAN | 2018-19: Recorded three top-five team times, including the third fastest 200 back (2:05.69), as well as the fifth quickest in the 100 back (58.44) and 400 IM (4:31.04)…Also had the sixth fastest 100 fly time on the team (58.21).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Was a four year letterwinner for Rosary High School…Also swam for the Academy Bullets Swim Club…Was a co-captain as a senior…Was a member of the State Championship team her junior and senior years…Qualified for the High School State Championships in the 500 free, and is in her high school’s top-20 all-time list in that event…Was an NSCA qualifier in club for the 200 backstroke…Selected by the coaches to be the Team Athletic Rep at the Illinois State Swimming House of Delegates...Was the Vice President of the National Honor Society chapter at her school…Earned high honor roll status (GPA above a 3.75) every quarter…Received the Arthur J. Wiesbrook scholarship for having one of two top entrance exam scores…Was a member of the Mu Alpha Theta Mathematical Honor Society all four years of high school.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 8…Serves as the Public Affairs Clerk in her squadron…Daughter of Douglas Adkins and Jacqueline Walker-Adkins…Father served in the Marine Corps…Nickname is Mack…Majoring in legal studies with a minor in Japanese…Has played violin since she was seven, and is also self-taught on the guitar and mandolin…Greatest athletic accomplishments include qualifying for state in the 500 free, and winning the state championships with her team…Was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, home to the Wright Brothers and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base…Had a grandfather and cousin who served in the Army, while her other grandfather served in the Navy…Chose the Academy because “I knew from a young age that I loved to serve others as well as travel, and there is no better way to do that in my mind than by joining the Air Force. Growing up I had always heard inspirational stories, as well as some pretty scary ones, from the members of my family who were in the military so I knew what I was getting into, and that just made me want to come even more.”