Makenzie Soat
Joining the Crusaders in 2012-13
Competing in Women's Volleyball
Position: MB
Height: 5-9
Hometown: Galena, Ill.
Previous School: Galena HS
High School: 2012 graduate of Galena High School...was a member of the Pirates' volleybal and track and field programs...earned unanimous first-team all-conference volleyball honors as a senior...led the Pirates to the Northwestern Upper Illini Conference (NUIC) and regional championships....finished 13-0 in NUIC play and fashioned a 33-4 overall record, setting a new school mark for wins in a season...earned TH and Freeport Journal Standard first-team all-area honors....as a junior, the three-year volleyball letterwinner earned second-team all-conference and TH all-area honorable mention honors....picked up three varsity letters as a member of the Pirates' track and field program...member of the National Honor Society,..student council.
Pesonal File: Born on November 18, 1993 in Dubuque, Iowa...daughter of Tim and Tami Soat, of Galena...has one brother and one sister...sister is a member of the volleyball program at MacMurray College...pursuing a degree in physical therapy.
Clarke University Head Women's Volleyball Coach Chris Miron has announced that Makenzie Soat, of Galena, Ill., has signed a letter of intent to enroll at the university next fall and join the Crusaders' volleyball program.
Soat, a 5-9 middle blocker, earned unanimous first-team all-conference volleyball honors as a senior at Galena High School, leading the Pirates to the Northwestern Upper Illini Conference (NUIC) and regional championships. Galena finished 13-0 in NUIC play and fashioned a 33-4 overall record, setting a new school mark for wins in a season. Soat earned TH and Freeport Journal Standard first-team all-area honors.
As a junior, the three-year volleyball letterwinner earned second-team all-conference and TH all-area honorable mention honors.
Soat also picked up three varsity letters as a member of the Pirates' track and field program.
A member of the National Honor Society, Soat will pursue a degree in physical therapy at Clarke.
Makenzie is the daughter of Tim and Tami Soat, of Galena.