Holmes Added To 2023 Wade Watch List
2/8/2023 1:55:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes is one of four players nationally added to the 2023 Wade Watch list, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced today. Holmes joins graduate student guard Grace Berger on the 20-member list.
Holmes is leading Indiana and one of the best in the Big Ten as she averages 22.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and shoots 69.3 percent from the floor. The senior forward has scored in double figures in all 23 games, recording 14 games with 20-plus points or more and two 30-point plus games. She has recorded nine double-doubles this season, which includes seven of those in conference play which is tied for seventh in a single season.
The Gorham, Maine native set a new career-high 32 points against Michigan State and has scored 21 points or more in the last six games for the Hoosiers. Her 30-point, 25-point and 26-point efforts against three AP Top 25 teams was the first time a player had scored three 25-point games against said foes since Maya Moore from UConn did it in 2010-11.
Holmes is second in the nation in field goal percentage, third in field goals and seventh in both total points and points per game. She has also been featured on other national watch list for player of the year including the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy women's watch list, 2023 Wooden Award preseason Top 50, misdeason Top 25 and Late Season Top 20 and 2023 USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Year watch list.
The Wade Trophy is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. First awarded in 1978 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America, the Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Year since 2001.
The WBCA will announce the four finalists for the honor in mid-March. The winner of the 2023 Wade Trophy will be announced in late March or early April on a date to be determined.
2023 Wade Watch List
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Holmes is leading Indiana and one of the best in the Big Ten as she averages 22.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and shoots 69.3 percent from the floor. The senior forward has scored in double figures in all 23 games, recording 14 games with 20-plus points or more and two 30-point plus games. She has recorded nine double-doubles this season, which includes seven of those in conference play which is tied for seventh in a single season.
The Gorham, Maine native set a new career-high 32 points against Michigan State and has scored 21 points or more in the last six games for the Hoosiers. Her 30-point, 25-point and 26-point efforts against three AP Top 25 teams was the first time a player had scored three 25-point games against said foes since Maya Moore from UConn did it in 2010-11.
Holmes is second in the nation in field goal percentage, third in field goals and seventh in both total points and points per game. She has also been featured on other national watch list for player of the year including the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy women's watch list, 2023 Wooden Award preseason Top 50, misdeason Top 25 and Late Season Top 20 and 2023 USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Year watch list.
The Wade Trophy is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. First awarded in 1978 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America, the Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Year since 2001.
The WBCA will announce the four finalists for the honor in mid-March. The winner of the 2023 Wade Trophy will be announced in late March or early April on a date to be determined.
2023 Wade Watch List
| Name | Institution | Position | Height | Current Year |
| Grace Berger | Indiana | G | 6-0 | 5th Yr. |
| Aliyah Boston | South Carolina | F | 6-5 | Sr. |
| Cameron Brink | Stanford | F | 6-4 | Jr. |
| Caitlin Clark | Iowa | G | 6-0 | Jr. |
| Monika Czinano | Iowa | F/C | 6-3 | 5th Yr. |
| Azzi Fudd | Connecticut | G | 5-11 | Soph. |
| Rori Harmon | Texas | G | 5-6 | Soph. |
| Mackenzie Holmes | Indiana | F | 6-3 | Senior |
| Ashley Joens | Iowa State | G/F | 6-1 | Sr. |
| Haley Jones | Stanford | G | 6-1 | Sr. |
| Elizabeth Kitley | Virginia Tech | C | 6-6 | Sr. |
| Ta'Niya Latson | Florida State | G | 5-8 | Fr. |
| Taylor Mikesell | Ohio State | G | 5-11 | Senior |
| Olivia Miles | Notre Dame | G | 5-10 | Soph. |
| Diamond Miller | Maryland | G | 6-3 | Senior |
| Aneesah Morrow | DePaul | F | 6-1 | Soph. |
| Angel Reese | LSU | F | 6-3 | Soph. |
| Jacy Sheldon | Ohio State | G | 5-10 | Sr. |
| Maddy Siegrist | Villanova | F | 6-1 | Sr. |
| Hailey Van Lith | Louisville | G | 5-7 | Jr. |
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