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  Lana Mackey

Lana Mackey

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Perry, Ga.

High School:
Westfield Schools

Height:
5-10

Position:
P

Bats/Throws:
R/R

2007: One of three returning players to play in and start all 58 games... Registered 26 starts in the circle posting a 9-14 record and 3.04 ERA... Struck out 113 batters in 138 innings... Tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout to defeat UNCG in her first career SoCon start... Held Elon without an earned run over seven innings while fanning career-best 11 batters in a 7-3 win... Six times worked six or more innings without surrendering an earned run... Limited Georgia Southern to just one earned run on five hits in nine innings to pick up the victory in Furman's SoCon Tournament title clinching victory... Batted .281 with five homers and 28 RBI... Ranked fifth in the SoCon with 10 doubles... 13 multi-hit games, including going 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI and 2-for-3 with a double, homer and four RBI in back-to-back games against CofC... Homered twice in SoCon Tournament title run, including a three-run blast in an upset of second-seeded Charleston.

High School: Played for coach Rodney Culverhouse at Westfield Schools... Led team to five straight region championships... Team won state championship in 2001, and reached the championship game and state final four the next two seasons... Four-time Region 3-AAA Player of the Year...Five-time all-state selection... Named to the all-region team five different times...All-Middle Georgia First Team as a junior and senior... Houston County Player of the Year as a sophomore... Set the school's records in strikeouts, wins, and earned run average as an eighth-grader... Lettered four times in basketball, three times in track and field, twice in tennis, and once in cross-country... 400m State Champion as a junior, and state finalist as a sophomore... 400m Region Champion as a junior and senior... Played travel ball with the Georgia Heat and coach Rodney Dickey... Wendy's High School Heisman Nominee... Sammy "Got Milk?" Athlete of the Year Finalist... First Honor Graduate and Class Treasurer... Member of the Beta Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Personal: Lana Carol Mackey was born April 25, 1988 in Chattanooga, Tenn... Daughter of Alan and Beverly Mackey... Undecided on major.

 
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