Entering the Season: Plays the small forward position...one of five seniors on the team...four-year member of the program...
2015-16 (Junior Year): Contributed 2.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game, playing in every one for the Bulldogs...posted a season-high 12 points--tying her career-best--versus Hope on Jan. 2...had a five-game stretch in which she had at least one steal, totaling eight in that span...had her season-high of eight rebounds accomplished three times...during the summer, helped the U.S. team to a 4-0 pool-play record at the 2015 World Deaf Basketball Championship in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei...the Americans defeated Lithuania, 68-54, in the gold medal game...her best outing of the international event came against Japan, when she led the team with 16 points and 12 rebounds in just 19 minutes.
2014-15 (Sophomore Year): Upped her minutes which resulted in career highs of 5.0 points and 3.9 rebounds per contest...reach double-digit points on three occasions, including a career-best 12 at Calvin on Jan. 7...on Dec. 21 versus Finlandia, she tallied 11 points on 4-of-6 field goal shooting (3-for-5 three-pointers)...hauled down a personal-record 12 rebounds to pace the Bulldogs in a 70-57 win over Kean (Dec. 29).
2013-14 (Freshman Year): Played in nine games…averaged 0.8 rebounds…scored six points, including her first collegiate field goal at Anderson on Dec. 21.
Why did you choose Adrian College?: "Because of the basketball program and solid education."
Who has been the Biggest Influence on Me as an Athlete and Why?: "My dad, as he has proved everyone wrong with my hearing impairment and believed in me that I can do as much as anyone else can do."
High School: Prepped at Trenton, graduating in 2013…played three years of varsity basketball for coach Rob Sauter...named all-league and -Downriver from 2011-13...played three years of varsity softball under coach John Biedenback, helping squad to the Downriver League championship...ran one year of cross country...named all-academic conference twice...named All-Area by the News Herald as a senior...selected All-State Honorable Mention by the Detroit News...team MVP in both softball and basketball as a senior...member of the National Honor Society, participating on a committee for community service projects.
Personal: Full name is Paige Marie Machnacki...majoring in sports management...born in Wyandotte, Mich., on May 18, 1995...daughter of Greg and Laura Machnacki...father graduated from University of Detroit Mercy...Favorites: sports teams--Michigan Wolverines and all Detroit sports; athletes--Henrik Zetterberg, Miguel Cabrera; TV shows--Secret & Lies, Blood & Oil, Prison Break and Revenge; movies--Friends with Benefits, The Hangover and Home Alone; writers--Nicholas Sparks; books--Twilight series, Divergent series; musicians-- The Weeknd, Charlie Puth, Drake, Tray Songz; foods--mexican and seafood...enjoys kayaking, skiing, traveling and working out...athletic goal is to be the best that she can be on and off the court...aspires to work for a sports facility in a management capacity.
