Holmes Selected As 2023 John R. Wooden Award Finalist
3/30/2023 7:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes has been named a 2023 John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's All-American team. The Wooden Award All American Team is comprised of five student-athletes who were the top vote-getters in the quest to earn college basketball's most prestigious honor.
The five-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Aliyah Boston (South Carolina), Cameron Brink (Stanford), Caitlin Clark (Iowa), Mackenzie Holmes (Indiana), and Maddy Siegrist (Villanova). All five players have been invited to Los Angeles for the 47th annual presentation for the 47th annual presentation of the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Gala.
Voting took place from March 14-21, 2023. As insisted upon by Coach Wooden at the award's creation 46 years ago, all players were certified by their universities as meeting or exceeding the criteria of the John R. Wooden Award. The 20th annual John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Women's Player of the Year award will be announced on Monday, April 3rd, on SportsCenter on ESPN. The John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's Gala will honor the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winners and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, this year given to Dawn Staley. The Gala will take place at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 7th.
The Gorham, Maine native averaged a team-high 22.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and is one of the nation's most accurate shooters by going 68.0 percent from the floor. She is second in the nation and leading the Big Ten in field goal percentage, fifth in field goals made (281), sixth in points scored (692), and seventh in points per game (22.3). Holmes led the Hoosiers in scoring on 25 occasions this season 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 led the league in blocks (58) and blocks per game (1.9) and averages 1.1 steals (35) per game. She set a season-high five blocks against Nebraska and Michigan while recording multiple blocks in 14 games. Holmes is now in the top five in scoring in school history (1,897) and second in all-time blocks (208).
Other awards for Holmes this season included the program's first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and is now a three-time All-Big Ten selection in her career. She has also been named a 2023 Lisa Leslie Award finalist, a 2023 Wade Trophy finalist, 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy and 2023 USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Year.
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The five-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Aliyah Boston (South Carolina), Cameron Brink (Stanford), Caitlin Clark (Iowa), Mackenzie Holmes (Indiana), and Maddy Siegrist (Villanova). All five players have been invited to Los Angeles for the 47th annual presentation for the 47th annual presentation of the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Gala.
Voting took place from March 14-21, 2023. As insisted upon by Coach Wooden at the award's creation 46 years ago, all players were certified by their universities as meeting or exceeding the criteria of the John R. Wooden Award. The 20th annual John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Women's Player of the Year award will be announced on Monday, April 3rd, on SportsCenter on ESPN. The John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's Gala will honor the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winners and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, this year given to Dawn Staley. The Gala will take place at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 7th.
The Gorham, Maine native averaged a team-high 22.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and is one of the nation's most accurate shooters by going 68.0 percent from the floor. She is second in the nation and leading the Big Ten in field goal percentage, fifth in field goals made (281), sixth in points scored (692), and seventh in points per game (22.3). Holmes led the Hoosiers in scoring on 25 occasions this season 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 led the league in blocks (58) and blocks per game (1.9) and averages 1.1 steals (35) per game. She set a season-high five blocks against Nebraska and Michigan while recording multiple blocks in 14 games. Holmes is now in the top five in scoring in school history (1,897) and second in all-time blocks (208).
Other awards for Holmes this season included the program's first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and is now a three-time All-Big Ten selection in her career. She has also been named a 2023 Lisa Leslie Award finalist, a 2023 Wade Trophy finalist, 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy and 2023 USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Year.
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