Indiana University Athletics
Holmes On 2023-24 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s Player of the Year Watch List
11/3/2023 6:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes has earned a spot on the 2023-24 Jersey Mike's Naismith Women's Player of the Year Watch List.
A preseason Lisa Leslie Award and Wade Trophy watch list candidate, Holmes enters her fifth and final season with the Hoosiers in 2023-24. A three-time first team All-American last season, she is a unanimous preseason all-Big Ten honoree from the coaches and was also selected by the media vote The Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous selection for All-Big Ten first teams as a senior, the Gorham, Maine native averaged 22.3 points (second in B1G), a team-high 7.8 rebounds and shot a NCAA second-best 68.0 percent from the floor.
Holmes led the Hoosiers in scoring on 25 occasions as a senior while posting double figures in 31 games, scoring 20 points 19 times and three 30-point scoring efforts. Her nine double-doubles led the team, as six of her double-doubles occurred in conference play which ranks eighth all-time in a single season. She also led the league in blocks (58) and blocks per game (1.9) and averages 1.1 steals (35) per game. Holmes is now in the top five in scoring in school history (1,897) and second in all-time blocks (208).
No. 9/9 Indiana will begin regular season play on Thursday, November 9 at home against Eastern Illinois.
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A preseason Lisa Leslie Award and Wade Trophy watch list candidate, Holmes enters her fifth and final season with the Hoosiers in 2023-24. A three-time first team All-American last season, she is a unanimous preseason all-Big Ten honoree from the coaches and was also selected by the media vote The Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous selection for All-Big Ten first teams as a senior, the Gorham, Maine native averaged 22.3 points (second in B1G), a team-high 7.8 rebounds and shot a NCAA second-best 68.0 percent from the floor.
Holmes led the Hoosiers in scoring on 25 occasions as a senior while posting double figures in 31 games, scoring 20 points 19 times and three 30-point scoring efforts. Her nine double-doubles led the team, as six of her double-doubles occurred in conference play which ranks eighth all-time in a single season. She also led the league in blocks (58) and blocks per game (1.9) and averages 1.1 steals (35) per game. Holmes is now in the top five in scoring in school history (1,897) and second in all-time blocks (208).
No. 9/9 Indiana will begin regular season play on Thursday, November 9 at home against Eastern Illinois.
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