“Allie Mack”, as her friends call her, was Ohio State’s first commitment to the ’07-’08 class, having verbally committed during the spring of ’07 during her junior of high school.  Mackerty comes to the Buckeyes with an extremely accredited hockey resume.  Her experience includes multiple years in the supremely tough Midwest Elite Hockey League with the AAA Ohio Flames.  Mackerty played U14, U16, and U19 goalie with the Flames.  Former Buckeye captain Iris Baker (ACHA ’04-’06) also played from the Flames.  Mackerty finished youth hockey with two years of boy’s play for her high school hockey team.  She started every game as a senior at Macedonia High in the hockey-rich Cleveland, OH area.  And like returning Buckeyes Marci Falappi, Stephanie Sepsi, and Brittany Parker, Mackerty is a veteran of the respected Chicago Showcase USA Hockey all-star event.  Recent successful Ohio State teams have been backboned by Chicago Showcase attendees and Mackerty continues in that tradition.

Amazingly, Mackerty’s academic resume exceeds her athletic accomplishments.  At Macedonia High Mackerty did it all:  She was a writer and editor for the school newspaper for four years, attended the Kent State school of journalism through a special program at her school, was a member of the Academic Challenge Team, participated in “peer mediation” to help troubled teens, was a National Honor Society member, graduated with a 3.8 GPA, and participated in the Relay For Life cancer research fundraising program.  While attending Ohio State Mackerty will be receiving the Ohio State Land Grant Opportunity Scholarship and the Trustee Scholarship – two highly valuable and sought after academic financial assistance awards.

Personal
Mackerty’s parents are Dan and Lisa and she has three siblings in Danny (age 16), Emily (13), and Thomas (9).  Nordonia, Ohio is there home.