#12 Mackenzie Manuel Season 2025
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2018)
Did not play.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2017)
Did not feature for the Tigers during her true freshman season in 2017 … Received a redshirt to maintain her freshman year of eligibility.
PRIOR TO LSU
A prolific striker during her prep career at Mandeville (La.) High School under the direction of coach Sean Esker … Played three seasons at Mandeville High School while missing her senior season due to a knee injury … Still served as captain of her high school team during her senior season … Burst onto the scene as a freshman while scoring a school record 59 goals in her debut season at the high school level … Earned her first of three selections to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Winter-Spring All-American team in 2014 following her freshman season … Also named an NSCAA Winter-Spring All-American in 2015 and 2016 … One of the most decorated high school standouts in the state of Louisiana throughout her time at Mandeville High School … Three-time NSCAA Louisiana High School State Player of the Year from 2014-16 … Three-time all-state, all-district and all-metro selection in her career … Was a two-year member of the Region III Olympic Development Program Team player pool … Competed seven years with the Louisiana State ODP Team … Invited to a U.S. Women’s Youth National Team camp in Phoenix, Arizona, two times during her youth career … Also a product of Mandeville Soccer Club and Baton Rouge Soccer Club … Played with Mandeville Soccer Club for six years under coaches Aris Kyriakides and Wes Leake … Played two years with the Baton Rouge Soccer Club under Roger Charcap and Gary Buete … 2017 recipient of the Kelly C. O’Mahoney Soccer Award … Also played basketball and ran track and cross country during her time at Mandeville High School.
PERSONAL
Born on March 4, 1999 … Parents are Bret and Mimi Manuel … Mother graduated from LSU … Has one older sister, Elizabeth, who played four seasons with the women’s soccer team at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette … An honor student at Mandeville High School who graduated with a 4.0 unweighted and 4.3 weighted grade-point average … Plans to major in biology at LSU.