Indiana women’s basketball center Mackenzie Holmes named AP All-American for third season in a row

Indiana women’s basketball center Mackenzie Holmes continues to add to her resume and senior season as she collected more All-American honors on Wednesday.

For the third-straight season Holmes was named an AP All-American as she was named to the Third-Team. Holmes is averaging 20.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while shooting a nation-best 66.7 percent from the field.

Holmes is the program’s all-time winningest player and all-time leading scorer.

She was also named to the All-America Second Team from USWBA on Tuesday.

Indiana basketball takes on Fairfield in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Below is the full release from the Indiana women’s basketball program.

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NEW YORK– Graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes has been named to the 2023-24 Associated Press All-America third team, announced by the organization on Wednesday.

Holmes earns her third-straight All-America honors from the organization, as she was a first team selection in 2022-23 and honorable mention in 2021-22. A unanimous All-Big Ten First Team and All-Big Ten Defensive team selection this season, the Gorham, Maine native leads Indiana (and second in the Big Ten) in scoring with 20.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and shooting a nation’s-best 66.7 percent from the floor in 29 games. She has scored in double figures in 27 of those 29 outings including 16 20-point games and two 30point efforts along with a team-high six double-doubles. Nationally, Holmes also ranks 18^th in field goals made (238) and 23rd in points per game.

The honor is her eighth All-American accolade in her Indiana career, earning three AP All-American selections (2021, 2023, 2024), two USWBA All-American nods (2023, 2024), two WBCA All-American honors (2022, 2023) and The Athletic All-American honors (2023).

Holmes and the Hoosiers will be a No. 4 seed in the upcoming 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, which begins on Saturday inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. They will face off against 13-seed Fairfield (31-1) at 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

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