University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2024 
ACWPC Academic All-American, Outstanding level … Big West Academic All-Conference honoree … Played in all 27 games for the Gauchos … Set a new career-high of 22 goals over the season … Recorded eight multi-goal games, including one hat-trick against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Sept. 8 … Also had two multi-assist performances, with two assists against Pepperdine (Sept. 21) and three assists against UC Irvine (Oct. 26) … Recorded 12 steals in total.

2023
ACWPC Academic All-American, Outstanding level ... Earned UC Santa Barbara's Golden Eagle Award as the player on the team with the highest GPA ... CSC Academic All-District selection ... Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... Featured in all 30 games for the Gauchos, setting new career highs for both goals (11) and assists (15) … Recorded five multi-assist games, including against No. 1 UCLA (Oct. 20) and No. 9 UC Irvine (Oct. 21) … Also posted multi-point performances with two goals against Biola (Sept. 9) and a goal and an assist against No. 6 Princeton (Oct. 17) … Scored in the season opener against No. 3 UCLA (Sept. 2) … Made the final stop on defense to clinch Santa Barbara’s overtime victory in The Big West Semifinal against UC San Diego (Nov. 18).

2022
GCC All-Academic Team honoree ... Appeared in 18 games for UC Santa Barbara, scoring seven goals … Scored his first career goal against No. 5 Long Beach State (September 4) … Tallied his first multi-goal game against Fresno Pacific (October 7) … Scored or assisted in both of UC Santa Barbara’s games against Cal, with an assist against the then-No. 1 Golden Bears on September 24 and a goal against No. 2 Cal on October 2.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia … A four-year letter winner and three-year starter under Head Coach Scott Parker … Helped Princes win the South Australia All-State Championship in 2020 and 2021 … Earned Water Polo Honors at PAC in 2019, 2020, and 2021 … Vice Captain in 2020 … Team Co-Captain in 2021 Also played for the Adelaide Jets from 2019-2022 … Australian Youth National Team member from 2019-2022 … Currently in the Olympic development program.

PERSONAL
Grew up in Adelaide, South Australia … Son of Emma and Charles McKenzie … Has two older brothers, Hamish and William … Majoring in Economics at UC Santa Barbara … Plans to pursue a career in international trade or banking … Enjoys traveling and playing basketball in his free time … Lists LeBron James among his favorite athletes, alongside Connor McGregor, Australian footballer Tom Hawkins, and Hungarian water polo player Denes Varga … Roots for the Geelong CATS Australian Rules Football team … Lists his favorite sports moment as winning his School Intercollegiate Water Polo Final … Listens to Juice World and Kanye West … Enjoys reading biographies and George Orwell novels, especially 1984 … Favorite TV shows include Suits and Peaky Blinders … Favorite movies are Shutter Island, Inception, Good Will Hunting, and The Wolf of Wall Street.