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Another Union Academy defender commits to Wake Forest

Mark McKenzie will be joining teammates Joseph DeZart and Matthew Real at the ACC school in the fall 2017.

U18 defender Mark McKenzie verbally committed to play college soccer at Wake Forest University, where he will join teammate Matthew Real in the fall of 2017. Academy defender Joseph DeZart is verbally committed to join the program in the fall of 2016.

The Demon Deacons were the top-seeded team in the NCAA Tournament this year but lost in the quarterfinals to Stanford. They have made the tourney 15 of the last 17 seasons, winning a national championship in 2007, when Michael Lahoud was on the team.