2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Holmes, Mackenzie
Jersey Number 54
Mackenzie Holmes
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Gorham, Maine
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-3
Bio
HONORS
Associated Press All-America Third Team (2023-24)
USWBA All-America Second Team (2023-24)
WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2023-24)
CSC Academic All-America First Team (2023-24)
Lisa Leslie Award finalist (2024)
All-Big Ten First Team (2023-24)
All-Big Ten Defensive Team (2023-24)
Wooden Award national ballot (2024)
Wade Trophy watch list (2024)
Ann Meyers Drysdale USWBA National Player of the Year Watch List (2024)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023-24)
Academic All-Big Ten (2023-24)
Associated Press All-America First Team (2022-23)
USWBA All-America First Team (2022-23)
WBCA All-America First Team (2022-23)
Honda Sports Award Finalist for Women’s Basketball (2023)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2022-23)
All-Big Ten First Team (2022-23)
All-Big Ten Defensive Team (2022-23)
Wooden Award finalist and All-American (2023)
Naismith Trophy semifinalist (2023)
Lisa Leslie Award finalist (2023)
Wade Trophy finalist (2023)
Big Ten Player of the Week (11/28/22, 1/2/23, 1/30/23, 2/20/23)
CSC Academic All-America First Team (2022-23)
Academic All-Big Ten (2022-23)
WBCA All-American Honorable Mention (2022)
All-Big Ten Second Team (2021-22)
Lisa Leslie Award Top 10 watch list (2022)
Naismith Trophy midseason Top 20 (2022)
Wooden Award midseason Top 25 (2022)
Wade Trophy midseason watch list (2022)
Academic All-Big Ten (2021-22)
Big Ten Player of the Week (11/15/21, 12/13/21)
The Athletic preseason All-American Honorable Mention (2021-22)
Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention (2021)
NCAA Tournament All-Region Team (2021)
All-Big Ten First Team (Coaches and Media, 2020-21)
All-Big Ten Defensive Team (Media, 2020-21)
Big Ten Player of the Week (3/7/21)
Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020-21)
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2019-20)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/12/19, 12/30/19, 1/20/20)
CAREER
Finished her career ranked first in four categories including the program’s all-time leading scorer (2,530), field goals made (1,043), field goal percentage (63.9) and wins (123) … ranks in the top five in seven additional categories (11 total) including second in blocks (258), games played (147), third in double-doubles (26), points per game (17.2 ppg.), fourth in rebounds (990) and free throws attempted (595) and fifth in free throws made (434) … became the program’s first First Team All-American by any organization (AP, USWBA, WBCA) and finished her career as an eight-time All-American.
FIFTH YEAR (2023-24)
Started in 31 games, played in all 32 … averaged a team-highs of 19.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game … shot an NCAA best of 65 percent from the floor leading the Big Ten … lead the team in double-doubles with 6, half of which were earned against Big Ten opponents… she scored in double digits in 30 games, including two 30 point games … earned the title of the programs all-time leading scorer with 2,530 career-points… became IU’s winningest player with 123 total victories … recorded multiple blocks in 14 games … shot 71.6 percent at the free-throw line … in the season opener against Eastern Illinois she shot 90 percent for 19 total points and set a season-high four blocks in an 18 minute performance … for her first double-double of the season she recorded 20 points and 10 rebounds against Murray St. … followed by another double-double against Lipscomb for 23 points and 10 rebounds … added a team-high six rebounds in the win against then No. 21 Tennessee … tallied up 20 points in win against Princeton to reach her 2,000th career point with a team-high eight rebounds … returning to her home-state she put up 22 points to beat Maine shooting 9-for-11 from the field … put up 17 points for home win against Stetson … to start out Big Ten play against Rutgers she recorded her 5th 20 point game of the season with a then game-high 25 points and adding eight rebounds … recording another double-double against Evansville for 22 points and 10 rebounds … shooting 10-for-14 from the field and 10-for-12 from behind the line for the fifth 30 point performance of her career in Big Ten home opener against Illinois … added 20 points and seven rebounds in win against Michigan … led the team in points in road win against Nebraska with 22 points, six rebounds and two steals … for her first Big Ten double-double and fourth of the season she tallied 21 points and a season-high 13 rebounds against Penn State … moved to 14-straight games with double-digit scoring at Iowa with 16 points … shooting 15-for-17 from the floor and a perfect 2-for-2 from behind the line she recorded 32 points against Minnesota, marking a new season-high … put up six rebounds and two blocks in the road win at Purdue … marking her fifth double-double and 25th of her career at Northwestern she put up 27 points and 11 rebounds … followed up with another double-double at Maryland for 23 points and 10 rebounds … for her 21th double-digit game she put up 28 points shooting 11-for-15 from the field in win against Michigan State … recording 17 points in home win against Purdue she overtook the IU women’s program scoring record reaching 2,365 career points … set a season-high four steals in win at Wisconsin along with 24 points … in her 24th double figure game at Illinois she led the team with 24 points … with the win against Iowa she earned the title of the program's all-time winningest player, she tallied nine rebounds and 24 points … recorded 28 points against Northwestern on the road to move up the the second all-time leading scorer across men’s and women’s IU programs with 2,466 points … to complete her second consecutive season with a perfect home record in Assembly she shot a perfect 5-for-5 from the field for 11 total points against Maryland … she contributed a team-high three blocks and 13 points in the first-round win against Fairfield to open up the NCAA tournament … in the second-round win against Oklahoma she broke several IU Tournament records by shooting 12-for-23 for 29 total points, and meeting a season-high four blocks to push the team to the Sweet 16 … to cap off her IU career she put up 12 points, four rebounds, two blocks and two assists in the Tournament loss against top-seed South Carolina.
SENIOR YEAR (2022-23)
Started and appeared in 31 games … averaged a team-high 22.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game … shot 68.0 percent from the floor, which led the Big Ten and ranks first all-time in a single season in program history … in single season records, she set the records with 281 field goals made and 68.0 field goal percentage, second with 692 points scored and 22.3 points per game, and seventh with 58 blocked shots … became the program’s first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year while earning All-Big Ten first team honors for the first time … is the program’s first three-time first team All-American from the Associated Press, USWBA and WBCA … named a finalist for the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award for national player of the year and was a semifinalist for the Naismith Award … recorded a team-high nine double-doubles, six of which occurred in Big Ten play and ranks tied for eighth in a single season … scored in double figures in all 31 appearances … led the team in scoring in 25 games and rebounding in 14 times … recorded 15 games with multiple blocks … shot 71.5 percent at the free throw line … had the program’s first 30-10 double-double since 2002 … shot 75 percent or better on 11 occasions … in the season opener against Vermont, went 7-for-9 from the floor and scored 16 points … against UMass Lowell, played just 16 minutes where she scored 17 points, five rebounds, two blocks and two assists … went 7-for-12 from the floor at No. 11/4 Tennessee and had her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds … added 16 points and eight boards against Bowling Green … had 16 points versus Bowling Green … led the team with 22 points to go along with seven rebounds and three blocks against Quinnipiac and started a five-game streak scoring 20 points or more… went a perfect 10-for-10 against Auburn in the Las Vegas Invitational and 6-for-6 at the line for 26 points and 12 rebounds … turned around the next day and went 12-for-15 from the field for 27 points and five rebounds against Memphis to close out the Las Vegas Invitational … recorded 25 points, five rebounds, tied a season-high three assists and a block in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge win over No. 6 UNC … in the Big Ten opener, scored a team-high 23 points in the win over Illinois where she added six rebounds and four blocks … had a double-double at Penn State with 18 points and 10 rebounds … went 4-for-6 from the field and 4-for-4 at the line against Morehead State … her 21 points were a team-high in the non-conference finale against Butler to go along with seven rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal … scored 32 points and 12 rebounds against Michigan State where she went 12-for-17 from the floor and 8-for-10 from the line and started a streak of four-straight double-doubles … played in 39 minutes in an overtime win against Nebraska where she scored 22 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and a season-high five blocks … set a season-high 13 rebounds, including a season-high five offensive boards, along with 24 points on 10-for-14 from the floor in a win at Northwestern … posted 15 points and 10 rebounds in a win over No. 9/11 Maryland to go along with two assists and a block … shot 73.3 percent (11-for-15) for 29 points and eight rebounds where she also went 7-for-9 from the line in a win over Wisconsin … had her second 30-10 double-double at No. 21/24 Illinois where she recorded 30 points and 10 rebounds with two assists and a block … helped IU defeat No. 14/16 Michigan with a 25 point, 10 rebound double-double … her team-high 26 points led IU to a win over No. 2/5 Ohio State at home … had 26 points against Rutgers … was efficient in a victory at Minnesota where she connected on 12-of-14 shots from the floor and had four blocks … against in-state rival Purdue, went 6-for-7 and made a 3-pointer along with five rebounds and two blocks … in 36 minutes of action against No. 5/6 Iowa, poured in 24 points, six rebounds and four steals … recorded a career-high 33 points in a win at No. 13/12 Ohio State where she went 15-for-18 from the floor, which is second all-time in a single game at IU … tied a season-high five blocks to go along with 27 points versus No. 12/13 Michigan … IU captured the Barn Burner Trophy for the seventh-straight time thanks to her 90.9 percent clip from the floor for 20 points, seven rebounds, four blocks and three steals … capped off the regular season with a 21-point effort at No. 6/6 Iowa with six rebounds, two assists, a block and steal … kicked off the postseason with 27 points with five rebounds, two blocks and two steals in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Michigan State … had 12 points and seven rebounds in the semifinals against Ohio State … didn’t play in the NCAA first round against Tennessee Tech … had a team-high 22 points, nine rebounds and tied a season-high three assists against Miami (FL) in the second round.
JUNIOR YEAR (2021-22)
Played and started in 25 games … averaged 15.2 points and shot 60 percent from the floor … also averaged a team-high 7.0 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and shot 80.8 percent at the free throw line … also shot 40 percent from the 3-point line … tied a team-high three double-doubles and scored in double figures in 22 of her 25 appearances … posted four double figure rebounding games … scored 20 or more points in five games … was Indiana’s leading scorer in 12 games … led Indiana with 29 points, seven rebounds and two steals in a win over No. 13 Kentucky … had an 11-for-15 performance from the floor for 22 points in a win over Norfolk State … grabbed 10 boards and two blocks along with six points against No. 5/7 Stanford … posted a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds against Miami (FL) … in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, scored a team-high 24 points against No. 2/3 NC State … went 70 percent from the floor for 16 points, six rebounds and two blocks in the Big Ten opener against Penn State … post-back-to-back season-high block games with five against Fairfield and at No. 20/21 Ohio State … against the Stags, dropped 23 points on a 90 percent clip with five rebounds and went 5-for-5 at the line … scored a career-high in the win against the Buckeyes with 30 points along with seven rebounds … set a career-high with 19 rebounds and 17 points in the victory over Western Michigan and added four blocks … in the non-conference finale against SIU, tied teammate Grace Berger for a team-high 18 points and team-high seven rebounds … posted a double-double of 15 points and 14 rebounds in a win over No. 6/8 Maryland … had 16 points and eight rebounds in a win at Wisconsin … missed eight games from Jan. 13-Feb. 17 with an injury … scored in double figures in the last nine games of the season starting with a 13 point effort in the regular season finale at No. 13/13 Maryland … recorded 11 points, five rebounds and three blocks in the Big Ten Tournament second round against Rutgers … led with 17 points as Indiana knocked off Maryland in the quarterfinals … posted 12 points in the semifinals to beat top seed Ohio State … in the Big Ten Tournament championship game, had 11 points and seven rebounds … helped IU secure its highest seed at No. 3 in the NCAA Tournament where she led the team in rebounding in all three games … scored a team-high 19 points and eight rebounds in the victory over Charlotte in the first round … grabbed a team-high eight rebounds, four blocks and had 10 points in the win over Princeton … put up 12 points, six rebounds and two blocks in the regional semifinal against UConn.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2020-21)
Started in all 27 games … team’s leading scorer with 17.8 points … team’s leading rebounder with 7.6 boards per game … became the program’s first Associated Press All-American honoree (honorable mention) … team’s and Big Ten’s block leader with 81 on the season (3.0 per game), which ranks second in a single season at IU … finished the season ranked seventh in the NCAA in total blocks and blocks per game … shot 60.7 percent from the floor, which ranks fourth in a single season at IU and finished fifth in the country in field goal percentage … notched seven double-doubles … recorded double figures 24 games, scored 20 points or more on 10 occasions and totaled 480 points … led the team in scoring 12 times … in the season opener against EKU, went 13-for-13 to set a new school record for single game field goal percentage and ties for fourth in single game field goals made … also set a new career single game blocks mark with seven against the Colonels … posted first double-double of the season at No. 11 Kentucky with 16 points and 11 rebounds … scored in double figures in 12 consecutive games from Dec. 20-Feb. 10 … had 19 points in a win at Minnesota … recorded her first double-double at No. 14 Maryland where she finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds … set a new career-high 27 points at Penn State on 10-for-12 shooting from the floor to go along with six rebounds and five blocks … put up 20-plus points in road wins at Purdue (20 points) and at No. 21 Northwestern (22 points) … posted back-to-back double-doubles against the Wildcats and against Ohio State with 17 points, 10 rebounds … had back-to-back 25 point games at Iowa and against Penn State … helped IU beat the Hawkeyes in Iowa City for the first time since 1994 as she also added 13 rebounds … ended the season with nine-straight double figure scoring games starting at Wisconsin where she had 23 points, nine rebounds and five blocks … her effort at No. 14 Ohio State with 17 points, eight rebounds, four blocks and two steals helped the Hoosiers end a decade-long drought against the Buckeyes … went 11-for-13 for 22 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Iowa … compiled a 12-for-15 clip against Purdue in the Barn Burner Trophy game for 26 points, nine rebounds, three blocks and two steals … averaged 15.8 points and 6.5 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament … had 14 points, seven rebounds and five blocks against VCU … scored 13 points and seven boards against Belmont and tallied 16 points on 8-for-13 shooting against top seeded North Carolina State … led the team in the Elite Eight with 20 points and eight rebounds.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2019-20)
Played in all 32 games, making two starts … earned a spot on the five-player Big Ten All-Freshman team, the seventh player in IU history … was a three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the first time a player has earned the weekly award three times in school history …. shot 63.4 percent from the field which set a new school record, besting the former record of 61.1 percent set by Jenny Dittfach in 1995-96 … went 144-for-227 from the field … averaged 10.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in her first season at Indiana … scored in double figures 18 times … had one double-double with a season-high 10 rebounds and 19 points in a comeback win over Wisconsin in overtime … ranked fifth amongst freshmen in the Big Ten in scoring, second in rebounding and tied for the lead in blocked shots (0.9 per game) … led the team in scoring in five games … set a season-high 22 points against Nicholls State and Northwestern … opened up her collegiate career with three-straight double figure scoring games … in her debut, went 6-for-9 from the field for 15 points and seven rebounds against Mount St Mary’s … followed that performance by going 9-for-9 from the field with 22 points and a season-high five blocks against Nicholls State to earn her first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors … had eight points and six rebounds in IU’s win over South Carolina at the Paradise Jam … posted double figures against Baylor with 11 points and seven rebounds … in her first collegiate start against Washington State in the Paradise Jam, she scored 14 points and pulled down eight rebounds … went for a stretch of four games against UCLA and to start Big Ten play with double figure scoring games … came off the bench against the Spartans for nine of her 18 points in the third quarter to propel IU to a victory in the conference opener … tied a season-high against Northwestern with 22 points and had nine rebounds … went 9-for-11 from the floor for 18 points against Minnesota … against the Badgers, Holmes had 19 points, 10 rebounds and went 11-for-13 from the free throw line and played a season-high 27 minutes … had 12 points on 6-for-7 shooting from the floor against Maryland … in the final two regular season games of the season, had double figure performances with 11 points, six rebounds against Nebraska and 12 points at Michigan … in the Big Ten Tournament, went a combined 8-for-11 against Rutgers and Maryland … had a tournament-high 10 points against the Terps in the semifinals … averaged 19.0 minutes per game.
PREP
The 2019 Maine Gatorade Player of the Year … averaged 30.1 points, 16.7 rebounds, 3.9 blocks and 2.9 steals per game and shot 63.1 percent from the floor as a senior where Gorham finished 13-7 overall … in her career, helped Gorham to two state championships, a state runner up finish and a regional semifinal appearance in her four seasons … averaged 21 points per game, 13.2 rebounds, 5.2 blocks and 2.8 steals per game as a junior as she is a four-time first team All-SMAA selection … three-time SMAA Player of the Year and selected twice to the all-defensive team … rated as a five-star prospect and the No. 53 recruit by ESPN Hoopgurlz, … played AAU with the Maine Firecrackers.
PERSONAL
Birthday is Nov. 1 … daughter of Lenny and Joan Holmes and Denise Payette Holmes … has one brother, Cameron and stepsiblings Elanna and Sam Lalezari … graduated from IU in May 2023 with a degree in human development & family studies … is a non-degree seeing master’s student.
Career-Highs (through 2022-23)
| Points | 33, at Ohio St. (2/13/23) |
| Rebounds | 19, vs Western Mich. (12/19/21) |
| Assists | 4, vs Purdue (3/6/21) |
| Steals | 6, at Illinois (1/18/23) |
| Blocks | 7, vs Eastern Kentucky (11/25/20), at Ohio State (12/12/21) |
| FG Made | 15, at Ohio St. (2/13/23) |
| FG Attempts | 22, vs Michigan (2/16/23) |
| 3FG Made | 2, vs NC State (12/2/21) |
| 3FG Attempts | 4, vs NC State (12/2/21) |
| FT Made | 11, vs Wisconsin 1/30/20, vs Michigan St. (3/3/23) |
| FT Attempts | 14, vs Michigan St. (3/3/23) |
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