Adam McKenzie

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Class: Sophomore Hometown: Petaluma, Calif. Height / Weight: 5-11 / 178

Position: D Last Team: Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)

2010-11 (Freshman)

Named to the AHA all-rookie team ... Played in all 38 games and had 19 points on five goals and 14 assists ... The No. 2 scoring freshman on the team ... +8 was the fourth best on the team ... Two power-play goals ...The top-scoring freshman defenseman in the AHA with 18 points in 27 league games (5-13-18) ... Career-best two assists vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010 ... First career goal came against Niagara, Nov. 20 ... AFA was 3-0-2 in games he scored a goal ... Tied his career best with two points (1-1-2) vs. UConn, Jan. 22.

Before Air Force

Named to the NAHL all-West Division team ... Played in 56 regular-season games for the Wenatchee Wild of the NAHL ... Played for coach Paul Baxter ...  Ranked eighth in the league in points by a defenseman with 31 points on nine goals and 22 assists ... Five power-play goals, one short-handed goal and one game-winner ... In 10 playoff games in 2009-10, he had seven points, all assists, the third-most of any defenseman ... Named to the all-tournament team at the NAHL's Robertson Cup as he helped lead the Wild to the tournament's semifinals ... In 2008-09, had 28 points in 57 regular-season games on four goals and 24 assists ... Earned the NAHL Academic Achievement award ... Graduated from St. Vincent High School ... Played two years of high school baseball and was the league MVP.

Personal

Member of Cadet Squadron 3... Parents are Tom and Cynthia McKenzie ... Has one sister, Monica ... Major is aeronautical engineering ... Minor is French ... Completed Combat Survival Training, Global Engagement and flew unmanned aerials this past summer ... On the dean's list both semesters as a freshman and was on the commandant's list once and athletic's list once ... Long-term goal is to be a developmental engineer ... Favorite book is Tom Clancy's Dead or Alive ... Favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Bobby Orr ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Credits his parents as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Started playing ice hockey at age five ... Favorite NHL team is the San Jose Sharks ... Favorite player is Sharks' defenseman Dan Boyle.