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Bennett Named Judy Kruckman Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete

Bennett Named Judy Kruckman Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete

OSHKOSH, Wis.- Mackenzie Bennett was named the 2022 Judy Kruckman Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete. It is the first time a player on Oshkosh's women's soccer team has won the award.

A senior defender from Geneva, Ill., Bennett is majoring in nursing and currently holds at 3.79 cumulative GPA. She has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll four times and has been on UW-Oshkosh's Dean's List and Honor Roll multiple semesters. 

Bennett is a member of the Leadership Council and works for ThedaCare. She is passionate about volunteering in her community, volunteering with the Oshkosh Area Humane Society, Polar Plunge, Copia Cup and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

She was named to the All-WIAC first team for the second consecutive season in 2022. Last season, she was also named the Defender of the Year, earning additional honors in the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team and the All-North/Central Region First Team

2021 and the United Soccer Coaches All-Region IX First Team. Bennett has been a team captain for the last two seasons, helping the team to a program-record 16 wins in the 2021 season and both the WIAC regular-season and tournament titles. 

The WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award is named after Judy Kruckman, who served as Assistant Commissioner for the WIAC from 1996-98. Prior to this appointment, she was Commissioner of the Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WWIAC) from October 1984 - September 1996. Kruckman was the women's athletics director at UW-Eau Claire from 1974-84, and one of the original representatives to the WWIAC when it formed in 1971.

In order to be nominated for the scholar-athlete award, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.50 grade point average. In addition, she must be in her last year of competition, or on schedule to graduate this academic year, and have competed for a minimum of two years. The award is based on academic achievements, athletics accomplishments and involvement in other campus activities, organizations and community service projects.