
Career Highlights
- Few can match the softball resume of the Pinconning High School and Grand Valley State University star.
- Mackson Rivera delivered perhaps the single greatest softball game in state championship history in 2000, pitching a no-hitter for eight innings then blasting a walk-off home run to give Pinconning a 1-0 win over Wyoming Rogers for the Class B crown.
- She was a first-team all-state player and led the Spartans to four NEMC and four district titles.
- She ranks among the state's all-time softball pitching leaders with 104 wins, 1,419 strikeouts, 73 shutouts, 32 no-hitters and a 0.40 ERA.
- Her dominant career continued at GVSU, where she remains the all-time leader with 103 wins, 58 shutouts, a 0.67 ERA and 1,015 strikeouts.
- She was the GLIAC Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003 and led the Lakers to four NCAA Regional appearances.
- She also pitched professionally for the Lady Explorers and served as an assistant coach at Grand Valley State.